Hope of Family

Rwanda

Hope of Family

Reducing poverty through education and strengthening families

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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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Gabriella Children Rehabilitation Centre (GCRC)

Tanzania

Gabriella Children Rehabilitation Centre (GCRC)

A centre of excellence for children living with neurodevelopmental disorders

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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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Izere Mubyeyi

Rwanda

Izere Mubyeyi

Serving children and youth living with intellectual disabilities

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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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Isibani Sethemba

South Africa

Isibani Sethemba

Supporting orphans and vulnerable children to reach their full potential

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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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Hatua Network Organization

Kenya

Hatua Network Organization

Promoting education and employment among the youth in Mombasa

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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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Heather Chimhoga Orphan Care

Zimbabwe

Heather Chimhoga Orphan Care

Health, social services, educational, and psychosocial support to over one thousand orphans

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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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Hantam Community Education Trust

South Africa

Hantam Community Education Trust

Investing in communities

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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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Girl Up Initiative Uganda

Uganda

Girl Up Initiative Uganda

Building a vibrant movement of girls and young women

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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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HI HOPES

South Africa

HI HOPES

An early intervention partner for families of deaf and hard-of-hearing babies and children

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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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