Tanzania
Girls First Initiative
Championing and amplifying the voices of girls
The Girls First Initiative (GFI) cultivates a nurturing and empowering ecosystem for girls and young women in the Kinondoni District of the Dar es Salaam, supporting them to realize their full potential.
Their programming includes providing access to quality education and health care, mentorship and economic strengthening programmes, safe spaces, and networking opportunities.
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Tanzania
HER Initiative
Knowledge and awareness make a great woman
Led by young women, HER Initiative is challenging harmful societal norms that perpetuate the cycle of poverty by empowering adolescent girls and young women across Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Dodoma, Pwani, Mwanza, Iringa, Arusha, and Zanzibar.
Through a combination of business skills training, financial and digital literacy courses, comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) education, and tailored empowerment and mentorship programmes, HER is equipping young women to achieve financial independence and reclaim agency over their lives.
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Rwanda
Health Alert Organization (HAO)
Ethical healthcare for all
HAO is committed to ensuring that rural and underserved communities—particularly individuals living with disabilities in Kigali—have access to specialised, high-quality healthcare and mental health services.
Through its climate change programme, HAO supports communities in adapting to and mitigating the health-related impacts of climate change.
Its capacity building programme focuses on equipping primary healthcare workers with enhanced skills in preventive care, diagnosis, treatment, and patient management. This strengthening of local healthcare capacity is aimed at improving overall health outcomes within the communities they serve.
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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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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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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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South Africa
Isibani Sethemba
Supporting orphans and vulnerable children to reach their full potential
Isibani Sethemba serves children and their families living in Ingwavuma, a rural community in the far North of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
They provide HIV and TB patients with access to treatment, palliative care, psychosocial support, and sexual and reproductive health awareness programs, and also promote a reading culture through reading clubs and leadership development camps.
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Kenya
Hatua Network Organization
Promoting education and employment among the youth in Mombasa
Hatua Network prepares youth to thrive in Kenya’s workforce by providing promising, low-income students with access to education, career guidance, and professional networks. In 2022, they supported 731 youth, 333 secondary school students, 252 college and university students, and 190 alumni.
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Zimbabwe
Heather Chimhoga Orphan Care
Health, social services, educational, and psychosocial support to over one thousand orphans
Heather Chimhoga Orphan Care's (HCOC) services ensure that children remain in school, and have access to nutritional support, health, and psychosocial services. HCOC runs a child-friendly clinic and school-based feeding program, offers scholarships to vulnerable children and provides psychosocial and livelihoods support in the rural district of Murehwa.
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South Africa
Hantam Community Education Trust
Investing in communities
Hantam serves children living in the Upper Karoo, a remote part of Northern Cape, South Africa’s largest and most sparsely populated province.
Hantam's services include early childhood development programs, a government Grade R-9 school, a library, teacher’s housing, youth vocational skills training, and a community health clinic.
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Uganda
Girl Up Initiative Uganda
Building a vibrant movement of girls and young women
Girl Up is building a vibrant movement of strong and empowered girls and young women through transformative leadership, sexual and reproductive health education, and skills development.
Girl Up provides life skills and entrepreneur training, medical care, education scholarships, and psychosocial support. They are also equipping boys to become champions of gender equality. Since their start in 2012, Girl Up has reached more than 50,000 young women and girls living in and around Kampala.
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South Africa
HI HOPES
An early intervention partner for families of deaf and hard-of-hearing babies and children
HI HOPES works across six provinces in South Africa and provides home-based early intervention services to hearing-impaired children ages 0-3 and their families.
Families receive weekly visits from Parent Advisors, who tailor lesson plans to the individual child and family’s unique needs and perform follow-up assessments to see how the family and child are adapting. Deaf Mentors are selected from the community to act as role models, mentoring and supporting families, especially around issues of language and communication with their child.
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