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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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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Associação Agrária para a Redução da Pobreza Absoluta de Chongoene (AREPACHO)

Mozambique

Associação Agrária para a Redução da Pobreza Absoluta de Chongoene (AREPACHO)

 

Associação Agrária para a Redução da Pobreza Absoluta de Chongoene (AREPACHO) provides orphans, caregivers, and victims of gender-based violence and child marriage with early education, livelihood support, and access to child protection, health, and counseling services in Gaza Province.

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Africa Directions

Zambia

Africa Directions

Supporting Zambian youth

 

Africa Directions supports children and youth in high-density communities of Lusaka City and the rural Luapula province in Zambia, areas characterized by a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS.

Their activities are aimed to build the capacity, skills, and confidence of the young people they serve.

Every day over 500 youths, aged 4-26, pass through Africa Direction’s three community centers, accessing a wide range of services including sports, peer education, drama, sexual reproductive health services and information, voluntary counseling and testing, legal advice, life skills trainings and a host of other clubs and recreation activities.

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Adina Foundation (U) Ltd

Uganda

Adina Foundation (U) Ltd

Promoting equal opportunities for children living with disabilities

 

Adina Foundation provides comprehensive physical therapy services, psychosocial support, and quality education for children and youth living with physical and emotional disabilities. They also offer support to caregivers through economic psychosocial support programs.

Adina serves children living in Kampala and in several districts across Northern Uganda.

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African Community Center for Social Sustainability

Uganda

African Community Center for Social Sustainability

Empowering the community through health and education

 

African Community Center for Social Sustainability (ACCESS) works alongside their community of Nakaseke to provide medical care, education, and economic empowerment opportunities to orphans and to children and their caregivers, with an aim to create long lasting, sustainable change.

ACCESS has established a walk-in healthcare clinic in the community as well as an accredited nurse and midwifery school and community health worker program. They also provide early childhood education and secondary school support and income generating opportunities.

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Learn To Play - Ithute Go Tshameka

Botswana

Learn To Play - Ithute Go Tshameka

Imagining a world where every child learns through play

 

Learn To Play is a social enterprise that provides quality and culturally relevant early childhood development programs. Their holistic approach supports ECD at the child, caregiver, and community level and works with mothers as the key change-agents in their communities.

Easily scalable and replicable, their model results in improved school readiness and the overall well-being of children and their families. To date Learn To Play has impacted 11 communities throughout Botswana.

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Chiedza

Zimbabwe

Chiedza

Child protection, education, health, nutrition, and economic strengthening

 

Since 2001 Chiedza has served more than 100,000 children living in the high-density and peri-urban areas of Harare South and the rural Zvimba district in Zimbabwe.

Their services include providing inclusive early childhood education, second chance education for children out of school, vocational training, health and nutrition support, child protection services and facilitating economic strengthening activities for caregivers.

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