Kenya
Our Lady of Perpetual Support
Where there is love, great things happen
Our Lady of Perpetual Support brings health, wellness, and opportunity to vulnerable children and those living with HIV/AIDS in the Kisumu region of Kenya.
OLPS runs a school that provides education to children from kindergarten to grade 8. Their children’s rescue centre offers orphaned and abused children a nurturing and safe environment creating a healthy space for them to thrive.
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Kenya
Kiwimbi
Opportunity through education
Committed to transforming lives through learning, Kiwimbi partners with underserved communities in Amagoro, in Busia County, Kenya to create educational opportunities through locally run libraries and community learning centres.
Their team employs evidence-based interventions derived from successful educational models to ensure that students receive personalized instruction that matches their individual skill levels.
Programs include: tutoring and mentorship, trade and skills building for young adults, preparing students for national exams, providing access to books and library resources, and a community arts centre.
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Uganda
Rahab Uganda
Transforming lives, one girl at a time
Rahab Uganda has a specific mission: to restore the self-image of girls and young women affected by sexual exploitation and human trafficking and empower them to proactively engage in personal transformation.
In addition to fighting human trafficking and exploitation, Rahab runs a residential shelter in Kasangati Gayaza that provides holistic services to children and young people between (9 -18 years) who have been victims of trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.
Rahab also operates a runs a drop-in centre that offers psychosocial support, education, economic skills development, early childhood development, health and nutrition services.
Since 2005, their outreach programme has reached 15,000 children and has fully served 400 girls.
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Rwanda
Uwezo Yourh Empowerment
Every child deserves a chance to learn and grow
Inspired by his own experience of isolation and stigma as a youth living with a disability, Bahati Satir Omar established Uwezon Youth Empowerment in 2014 with a vision to advocate, empower, and serve Rwandan children and youth with disabilities to live independently and with dignity. Since then, thousands of children and young people have been empowered to live independent, full meaningful and dignified lives.
Collaborating with local partners, Uwezo leads advocacy programmes that promote equal access to human rights, healthcare, and economic opportunity.
To date they have enabled over 4800 children with disabilities to access quality education. Uwezo also provides caregiver training and support and ensures young people have access to inclusive health services.
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Rwanda
Hope of Family
Reducing poverty through education and strengthening families
The team at Hope of Family bring a deep and personal understanding of their community’s needs and believe that a conducive home atmosphere is critical to the success of primary school-aged children.
Hope of family involve parents and caregivers living in the communities of Muhanga district in all aspects for their children’s education.
Additionally, they provide educational supplies, supplemental school fees, and promote literacy throughout the community, provide entrepreneurial and agriculture training, work to improve housing conditions and facilitate a local savings and loan program.
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Lesotho
Beautiful Dream Society
Restoring lives, lifting Lesotho
Beautiful Dream Society is creating a world where vulnerable and exploited people are restored and empowered to live beautiful lives. They are a leader in Lesotho’s fight against human trafficking by providing prevention, protection, and rehabilitation programs in partnership with all stakeholders.
Beautiful Dream Society provides women and girls with shelter, food, clothing, emotional support, legal support, and psychological and spiritual support in a safe, trauma-informed home environment. In addition to anti-human trafficking advocacy, they monitor boarders and known travel routes to stop trafficking before people are victimised.
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Tanzania
Gabriella Children Rehabilitation Centre (GCRC)
A centre of excellence for children living with neurodevelopmental disorders
Gabriella Children Rehabilitation Centre (GCRC) was established to promote empowerment, rehabilitation and community inclusion of children and youth living with disabilities.
Located in Hai District, Kilimanjaro, GCRC provides assessments and intensive therapeutic interventions for children and youth with cognitive and physical disabilities, as well as specialized early childhood education programs. Their therapists and teachers conduct visits in homes and communities to empower families and communities to better understand their roles in supporting people living with disabilities.
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Uganda
Sponsorship of Orphans Uganda Project (SOUP Uganda)
Equip teachers, engage learners, empower communities
SOUP works in partnership with communities in Nabikabala, Iganga, and Kampala to address children’s most vital needs.
In addition to an exemplary primary and nursery school, SOUP has facilitated a nutritional outreach program, sustainability projects, sponsorships to further education, and the creation of a national project aimed at engaging students through active learning methodology.
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Rwanda
Izere Mubyeyi
Serving children and youth living with intellectual disabilities
Izere Mubyeyi was founded in 2004 in Kigali by 23 parents and friends of children living with intellectual and learning disabilities with a goal to create opportunities for their children.
Today, Izere Mubyeyi provides access to quality education and health care, including running an early childhood centre for children ages three to six. They also provide parents and caregivers with psychosocial support and offer economic empowerment, skills training, and disability rights advocacy.
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Zambia
Zambian Rainbow Development Foundation (ZRDF)
Community management and local sustainability
ZRDF provides practical and sustainable interventions to 22 communities in the Central Province of Zambia by promoting community-led and owned initiatives.
Their interventions increase access to education and health care, improve household incomes and food security through better farming methods and micro credit, and raise awareness of HIV prevention, testing, and treatment retention.
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Zambia
Partners for Life Advancement and Education Promotion (PLAEP)
Rich, abundant, longer lives
PLAEP began serving the local communities of Kitwe in 2005 by addressing the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS.
Today, their core activities include testing and prevention services, increasing access to quality education and health services, and economic and skills development programs particularly for women.
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Zambia
Ndola Nutrition Organization (NNO)
Agents of change enhancing the well-being children, girls, and women
Since its inception in 2000, NNO has served 21 communities of Ndola and Luanshya providing services to fight poverty, HIV/AIDS, food insecurity, clean water deficiency, and social injustice.
The organisation places special emphasis on investing in children, women, and girls because their community-based interventions have shown that when you empower a girl or a woman, she becomes a catalyst for positive change.
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Malawi
Nancholi Youth Organisation (NAYO)
One heart, one community
NAYO was established in 2004 by four local youths to help other young people impacted by HIV/AIDS.
NAYO provides a holistic approach to youth and community development through a variety of interventions including running an HIV testing, prevention, and treatment clinic as well as services to breastfeeding mothers and children under five.
They also provide educational support, lead youth clubs, and facilitate village savings and loan groups. Since inception, NAYO has supported over 50,000 people in the Nancholi area of southern Malawi.
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Malawi
Fount for Nations
Creating right beginnings for children with disabilities
Since 2015, Fount for Nations has been complimenting the efforts of the Government of Malawi in building equal learning opportunities for Malawi’s children living with disabilities in order to ensure no child is left behind. They partner with teachers, parents and caregivers, health workers, and entire communities to provide a holistic experience for children.
Programmes include providing teacher and therapist training, early detection of disability, family support, early childhood education, and advocacy on behalf of children with disabilities. Fount for Nations is headquartered in Lilongwe.
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Malawi
Development Concept
Improving the lives of women, children, and youth
Development Concept supports children attending five area early childhood development centres, and children in five primary schools with nutritional food, educational materials, and scholarships.
Concept Development serves Liwonde, in the eastern region of Malawi.
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Malawi
Community Partnership for Relief and Development (COPRED)
Building a knowledgeable and empowered community
COPRED’s interconnected program areas focus on improving literacy rates and keeping girls in school, providing access to healthcare and early childhood education, providing opportunities for economic growth, and expanding water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services.
COPRED serves the community of Chiwembe in southern Malawi.
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Malawi
Chipembere Community Development Organization (CCDO)
Promoting good health and education for women, youth, and children
Chipembere Community Development Organization (CCDO) is a women & youth-led organization that aims to empower young people, including girls and women in the Thyolo district, to be self-reliant and to make informed decisions about their health and futures.
Their programming includes providing access to health care and education—including early childhood development centres—improving household incomes through youth and women clubs, and conducting various peace building and conflict prevention awareness campaigns.
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Lesotho
Phelisanong Pitseng with Disabled Group
Transforming lives in Africa
Founded in 2001 by a group of disabled and HIV/AIDS positive community members in the community of Pitseng, Phelisanong provides a residential home, nutrition and health care services, quality education, and a sense of family to children and orphans with special needs, HIV/AIDS, and other chronic illnesses.
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Zambia
Lubuto Library Partners
Libraries transforming Africa’s next generations
Lubuto Library Partners runs libraries to promote literacy, education, and skills development and provides safe spaces for children and adolescents living in under resourced communities of Lusaka and Southern provinces. They also lead interventions focused on keeping girls in school and preventing early marriage.
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Zambia
Children in Distress (CINDI) Kitwe Trust
Child protection, education, health, and nutrition
Children In Distress (CINDI) is reducing the vulnerability of children and their caregivers through household and community empowerment, and education in peri-urban communities in and around Kitwe.
Their programming includes an early childhood development (ECD) center and training caregivers on in-home-based ECD practices as well as providing educational support to children at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. They also provide access to vocational training for livelihood support.
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