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Beautiful Dream Society

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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Community Partnership for Relief and Development (COPRED)

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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Chimpembere Community Development Organization (CCDO)

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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Children in Distress (CINDI) Kitwe Trust

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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Cheshire Homes (Namibia) Trust

Namibia

Cheshire Homes (Namibia) Trust

Empowering children with disabilities in rural communities

 

Cheshire Homes provides for the physical, emotional, and nutritional needs for children living with disabilities in Zambezi and Kavango regions.

Their services include an outreach program, therapeutic care, stimulation, and nutritional support for children as well as provide caregivers with the information and training they need to better support their children.       

Cáritas Regional De Chokwe

 

Mozambique

Cáritas Regional De Chokwe

Empowering rural communities

 

Cáritas provides underserved rural communities in Gaza Province with access to education and health care, psychosocial support, and nutritional programs.

To further strengthen the safety net of care for orphaned and vulnerable children, their programs also support caregivers and guardians through sustainable farming training, providing start-up capital, and constructing houses and latrines. Cáritas actively partners with local government and other community-based organizations in Gaza Province.

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Associação Hixikanwe

Mozambique

Associação Hixikanwe

Supporting communities affected by HIV/AIDS

 

Associação Hixikanwe started as a small support group for women in Maputo Province affected by HIV/AIDS. The group transformed into an organization providing psychosocial support, economic strengthening, and prevention activities.

Hixikanwe uses the research-based Community Adherence Treatment Supporters (CATS) model, to support adolescents on antiretroviral treatment.

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The Action Foundation

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Kenya

The Action Foundation

Building equitable, inclusive, and resilient communities for children, women, and girls with disabilities

 

The Action Foundation empowers caregivers, teachers, and institutions to nurture and support children, women, and girls with disabilities by providing them with psychosocial support, skills, and resources needed to effectively care for children with disabilities. Their interventions improve access to health care, education, and economic empowerment through direct service provision and strengthening the capacity of existing education, health systems, and networks.

The Action Foundation serves the major informal settlements of Nairobi including Kibera, Mukuru, Mathare, and Kawangware and partners with schools in all eight regions of the country.

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Butterfly Art Project

South Africa

Butterfly Art Project

Supporting children's healing from trauma through art

 

The Butterfly Art Project trains and mentors Community Art Facilitators (CAFs) to provide psychosocial support through art therapeutic classes to children in communities of the Western Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Guateng, and Northern Cape.

CAFs’ therapeutic art classes help children to stabilize by developing healthy coping mechanisms for processing stress and healing from trauma.

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Arlington Academy of Hope Uganda

Uganda

Arlington Academy of Hope Uganda

Helping children reach for a better future

 

REACH partners with communities in rural communities of Eastern Uganda to provide education, healthcare, and community development opportunities.

In addition to providing education support to primary, secondary, and post-secondary students, REACH operates two health clinics which provides the community with access to quality health care services.

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Childsafe South Africa

South Africa

ChildSafe

Preventing childhood injuries

 

ChildSafe is an injury prevention unit based at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital that aims to reduce and prevent injuries of children in South Africa.

ChildSafe provides important education on injury risks and prevention measures at community and national levels. Their core focus is on the prevention of unintentional injuries such as burns, falls, drowning, road traffic crashes, choking, and poisoning.

Childsafe serves the provinces of Western Cape, Gauteng, and Eastern Cape.

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Child Restoration Outreach (CRO)

Uganda

Child Restoration Outreach (CRO)

Devoted to rebuilding lives of children living on the streets

 

Child Restoration Outreach Uganda has been supporting children living on the streets in Northwestern Uganda and their families since 1992.

They provide education, health, and nutrition support, recreational activities to young people, and reintegration programs to reconnect children with their families.

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Child Protection Society

Zimbabwe

Child Protection Society

Building a child-friendly society

 

Child Protection Society (CPS) protects and promotes the rights and well-being of children in Zimbabwe.

In addition to child protection services, CPS provides youth empowerment initiatives, education programs, health and nutrition services, and livelihood support.

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Chiedza Community Welfare Trust

Zimbabwe

Chiedza Community Welfare Trust

 

Chiedza Community Welfare Trust supports women and children in Mutare district living with and impacted by HIV/AIDS.

Their programs around advocacy and health include providing maternal, child, and sexual and reproductive health services as well as psychosocial support and income generating projects.

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Centre Cyprien et Daphrose Rugamba

Rwanda

Centre Cyprien et Daphrose Rugamba (CECYDAR)

Children living on the streets can become the pride of society

 

Centre Cyprien et Daphrose Rugamba (CECYDAR) transforms the lives of vulnerable children living on the streets in Remera, GASABO District, Kigali, through rehabilitation programs, individual and group psychosocial support, education, and life skills training.

CECYDAR prioritizes reuniting children with their family members and provides training sessions to aid in the rebuilding of the parent-child relationship.

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Breede Valley Association of and for Persons with Disabilities

South Africa

Breede Valley Association of and for Persons with Disabilities

Advocating and facilitating for inclusion and equality

 

Breede Valley APD provides therapeutic, social, and community development services to persons living with disabilities in the Breede Valley Municipal area.

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Bizweni Centre For Children With Disabilities

South Africa

Bizweni Centre For Children With Disabilities

Where children living with disabilities have the opportunity to learn and develop to their full potential

 

Bizweni is an educational day care centre in the Western Cape for children aged 2-18 years old living with physical and intellectual disabilities. They are the only facility in the surrounding community that provides this specialized care.

Each child is assessed by a specialist and receives an individual education plan. Bizweni also provides physical, occupational, and speech therapy as well as a music program, nutritional support, and transport to and from the center.

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Associação Movimento Social São Gabriel (MSSG)

Mozambique

Associação Movimento Social São Gabriel (MSSG)

 

Associação Movimento Social São Gabriel (MSSG) provides early childhood development and education services, nutritional support, and after-school activities for vulnerable children and youth in Matola City.

Associação Juvenil Para Desenvolvimento Comunitário- Anandjira

Mozambique

Associação Juvenil Para Desenvolvimento Comunitário- Anandjira

 

Anandjira provides parents, youth, and women living in neighborhoods prone to water-related diseases with access to early childhood care, sanitation, sexual reproductive health, and HIV education services, and livelihood support.

Their services support communities in the districts of Beira, Dondo, Nhamatanda, Buzi, and Marromeu.

 
 

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