Kliptown Youth Program

South Africa

Kliptown Youth Program

From poverty to opportunity

Kliptown Youth Program (KYP) is located in Kliptown, Soweto, an area that has high rates of HIV/AIDS, unemployment, substance abuse, and food insecurity. KYP was formed by community members in 2007 to ensure young people become the architects of their own future.  

It is one of the few organizations in the area providing a holistic range of services that focus on educational support and tutoring, nutrition, extra-curricular activities, mentorship for children, and work readiness training for unemployed graduates.

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KINDLE Orphan Outreach

Malawi

KINDLE Orphan Outreach

Empowering orphans and vulnerable children to reach their full potential

KINDLE addresses the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of orphans, vulnerable children, and their caregivers by providing healthcare and educational services, economic development, and spiritual support to the communities of Katawa and Salima.

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Karon Relief and Development Foundation Limited

Uganda

Karon Relief and Development Foundation Limited

Strengthening communities through education

Karon Relief Foundation promotes self-reliance through education and economic empowerment, servng young people in Kampala. They run a primary school, provide medical care and nutritional support to children, food security programs, and vocational skills training in areas such as tailoring, computer literacy and hair dressing.

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Kakenya's Dream

Kenya

Kakenya's Dream

Investing in girls from rural Kenya

Kakenya’s Dream supports girls through educational, health, and leadership initiatives to create agents of change. Through community-driven holistic, and replicable programs including quality education, medical care, shelter, and nutritional support, young girls from pastoralists communities are empowered to achieve their full potential.

Kakenya’s Dream serves girls from indigenous communities in southwestern Kenya, one of the most marginalized regions in the country.

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Kabubbu Development Project Limited

Uganda

Kabubbu Development Project Limited

A community that is empowered and transformed

Kabubbu Development Project (KDP) was formed in 2002 by local leaders from rural Uganda with a vision to transform communities into vibrant, healthy, and self-sustaining communities. Today the organization serves the entire sub-county of Nangabo in rural Wakiso District.

Education and health care provision is core to KDP programming. Their schools provide access to quality early childhood, secondary education, and vocation training. KDP's health care centre provides comprehensive and affordable quality services to a community of over 25,000 people annually.

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Kidzcan, Children's Cancer Relief

Zimbabwe

Kidzcan, Children's Cancer Relief

Caring for children with cancer

Kidzcan supports children and families affected by cancer. They provide clinical care, advocacy, and case management, along with essential resources like chemotherapy drugs and diagnostic services as well as conduct cancer awareness campaigns and supports caregivers through counselling and play-based activities.

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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

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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Jitegemee Children's Program

Kenya

Jitegemee Children's Program

Envisioning all children and youth have access to education and become self-sustaining

Jitegemee Children's Program provides educational and integrated support services to children and youth living in underserved communities in Machakos, Kenya.

Their child-centered holistic programming includes education services, vocational and livelihoods training, and psychosocial support for youth and their caregivers.

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Hantam Community Education Trust

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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Girl Up Initiative Uganda

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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HI HOPES

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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Njira Impact

Malawi

Njira Impact

Community Health, Community Wealth

Njira Impact, formerly known as Foundation for Community and Capacity Development (FOCCAD), provides essential services that improve the health and livelihoods of women, children, and young people living in hard-to-reach communities in Nkhotakota, Malawi.

They have two overarching programmes: Health and Livelihood. The Health Programme focuses on maternal, neonatal & child health, nutrition, sexual/reproductive health, and HIV & AIDS. While the Livelihood Programme is focused on economic processes, resilience, disaster response, and catalyst microgrants.

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Forever Angels

Tanzania

Forever Angels

All children should be raised in a loving family

Forever Angels supports orphaned, abandoned, and malnourished babies while focusing on family preservation.

Their Family Homes program serve children in Mwanza and provide short-term care in family-style homes until a permanent family is found.

They also provide life-saving nutrition to babies in their homes and empower their caregivers to care for their children and to live independently. This program was established as a way to prevent child abandonment and keep orphaned babies at home.

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Fr. Alex You Memorial School

Uganda

Fr. Alex You Memorial School

Empowering communities through education

Father Alex You Memorial Schools provides children and young people living in Western Uganda with quality pre-school, primary, and secondary education, vocational, and life skills training as well as healthcare and psychosocial support.

They believe that an empowered mind, paired with a quality academic education and vocational skills, fosters the transformation of individuals and communities in a sustainable way.

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Enlighten Education Trust

South Africa

Enlighten Education Trust

Improving the quality of teaching, learning, and life

Enlighten Education Trust addresses the social and learning needs of children in the underserved communities of the Overberg District. They support early childhood development, remedial educational, and cultivates leadership skills of school children.

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Edward Ndlovu Memorial Trust (ENMT)

Zimbabwe

Edward Ndlovu Memorial Trust (ENMT)

Empowering communities through literacy

ENMT promotes literacy, education, and skills development in Gwanda in southern Zimbabwe.

At their library children are able to borrow books, improve literacy skills and enjoy storytelling and other activities such as crafts, writing, and drama.

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Ewang'an Nadede Advocacy Initiative

Kenya

Ewang'an Nadede Advocacy Initiative

Passion to empower, protect, and enlighten girls and women from indigenous communities

Ewang'an Nadede Advocacy Initiative (ENAI - Africa) protects and empowers indigenous young girls and women facing early marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) through education and health services, livelihood support, food security programs and anti-FGM and gender-based violence advocacy.

ENAI - Africa is the only organization providing these essential services within a five-village radius in Kajiado County, a rural part of the south rift in Kenya.

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Dlalanathi

South Africa

Dlalanathi

A happy child leads to a healthy community

Dlalanathi provides psychosocial support for children and families in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, who are experiencing trauma and loss through play by training and supporting caregivers.   

Through unique healing processes designed for children, youth, families, Dlalanathi is strengthening safety networks to ensure children’s rights are realized and are protected by families and the community.

Dlalanathi serves families in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal.

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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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