Kenya
Stara Peace Women Organization
Transforming communities through empowerment, education, and healthcare
Located in Makina, Kibera, the largest slum in Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa, Stara Peace Women Organization has supported nearly 10,000 children since 2000 through education, early childhood development, girls and women’s empowerment programs, as well as psychosocial and nutritional support, and income generating projects.
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Kenya
St. Vincent de Paul Community Development Organization
Protecting children and strengthening families
By providing access to essential services to children and families living in Kibera, Kenya’s largest informal settlement, St. Vincent’s is building a community in which children and their families can thrive.
St. Vincent’s provides early childhood development, education, healthcare, nutrition support, business training, and runs a rescue centre for abused and abandoned children.
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South Africa
Siyakwazi
Improving learning outcomes for children living with disabilities
Siyakwazi helps children living with disabilities to reach their full potential by providing therapy, education, and home-based learning interventions as well as advocating for the rights of children with disabilities and barriers to learning.
They work with primary schools and early childhood development centers in KwaNzimakwe, KwaZulu-Natal, to ensure that children with special needs and learning difficulties and their caregivers are equipped with the knowledge and tools to access mainstream educational opportunities.
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Zimbabwe
Rozaria Memorial Trust
Changing norms, behaviours, and practice
Rozaria Memorial Trust supports girls and women living in rural communities by providing them with education and healthcare services, leadership, empowerment, and entrepreneurship programs. They actively engage in advocacy—on a local, national and international level—to influence behavior change and policies around gender-based violence, early marriage, and other issues impacting the live of girls and women.
Rozaria’s headquarters are located in Magaya Vilage of Murewa District where they invest in community activities in Mashonaland East and Central provinces.
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Malawi
Rights Institute for Social Empowerment
Building a human rights-based culture
Rights Institute for Social Empowerment (RISE) is a human rights organization that protects, empowers, and advocates for women and girls, including LGBTQ+ and those living with HIV/AIDS and disabilities in Lilongwe District.
RISE is dedicated to ensuring that women and girls are protected from all forms of gender-based violence, have access to sexual and reproductive health services and information, are empowered to make informed decisions about their lives, and actively participate in the governance of their communities.
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South Africa
Refugee Children's Project
Supporting refugee children and their families to build new lives
Refugee Children's Project supports the integration of refugee children and their families into local communities within their country of asylum.
Refugee Children’s project ensures that children and their families receive education, nutrition, and health care support, and provides vocational skills training and empowerment programs to parents and caregivers.
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Uganda
Arlington Academy of Hope
Helping children reach for a better future
REACH (formerly known as Arlington Academy of Hope) 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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Zambia
Primrose Community Health Organization
Building healthy, climate resilient, productive, economically empowered, and sustainable communities
Primrose Community Health Organization (PRICHO) provides comprehensive, quality, cost-effective health services and friendly spaces where adolescents, young people, men, and women are able to make their own informed sexual reproductive health and rights choices based on dignity, equality, and social justice.
PRICHO serves the Kafue District and offers HIV prevention, detection, and treatment services, economic empowerment programs, and education support. Their community work includes challenging social norms and attitudes to achieve transformative change for girls and their communities.
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Kenya
Pepo La Tumaini Jangwani
Restoration and rehabilitation of human dignity
Pepo La Tumaini Jangwani provides education, psychosocial support, and healthcare to child-headed households and families affected by HIV/AIDS, and to families in the pastoral communities of Isoiolo County, Kenya.
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Zimbabwe
New Zimbabwe Early Venture in Education
Promoting the rights of children and youth living with disabilities
New Zimbabwe Early Venture in Education (NZEVE) provides early intervention and ongoing support to hearing impaired children and their families living in Manicaland and surrounds.
Since 2000, more than 200 children have graduated from their early childhood education program with 98% of students going to to complete their primary education in classes where sign language was used.
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South Africa
Net vir Pret
Play, learn, and grow together in a safe environment
Net vir Pret supports children living in an underserved rural farming community of Barrydale in South Africa's Western Cape.
Net vir Pret provides their community with after-school, weekend, and school holiday activities, remedial support, arts and crafts workshops, music and dance programs, and various sports activities.
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South Africa
Musicworks
Generating possibilities for children through music
Musicworks uses the power of music to unlock potential in the lives of children and their communities. They offer music interventions for children and young people, partnering with communities in the Cape Flats.
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Uganda
Mukisa Foundation
Hope for children living with disabilities
Since 2006, Mukisa has supported more than 5,000 children from Kampala and three rural districts in Uganda who are living with various form of disabilities.
Mukisa’s services include therapeutic care, provision and the maintenance of mobility, posture, and support devices, medical and nutritional support, educational services, family empowerment programs, and advocacy and awareness campaigns.
Mukisa is quickly becoming a "disability hub" for holistic care and services for children living with disabilities and their families.
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Botswana
Moremogolo Trust t/a Bana Ba Metsi
Supporting vulnerable youth to become productive members of their community
Bana Ba Metsi is a primary school for vulnerable boys that provides education, nutritional and rehabilitation support, and skills building opportunities.
Bana Ba Metsi, which is located in Ngarange, one of the most underserved regions of the country, cultivates an environment that nurtures social skills, a sense of responsibility, development, and prepares its students to re-enter the formal education system and the workforce.
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Malawi
Matunkha Development Trust
Making a difference together in Malawi
Matunkha Center supports children and families living in the countryside of Rhumpi located in Northern Malawi. Through education, health, and agricultural development programs, Matunkha Center is empowering the surrounding communities to become self-sufficient.
In addition to a health care clinic, the center provides primary and vocational education as well as financial support to secondary school students. Matunkha Center employs more than 60 members of the community.
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Malawi
Mangochi Orphans Education and Training
Providing equal and comprehensive education services
Mangochi Orphans Education and Training provides quality primary school education, scholarships to secondary school children, nutrition support, and computer and vocational skills training to orphans and vulnerable children and youth living across 30 villages in Mangochi District.
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South Africa
Malamulele Onward
Creating possibilities for Africa’s children with cerebral palsy
Malamulele Onward provides innovative solutions to improve quality of life for children with cerebal palsy (CP) and their families who live in rural and underserved communities throughout South Africa.
Their team consists of therapists, parents of children with CP, and young adults affected by CP who all contribute a range of perspectives and ideas when tackling the current challenges faced by children with CP and their families.
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Tanzania
Malaika Kids
Providing a future for Tanzania’s orphans
Malaika Kids provides a positive and safe environment for vulnerable orphans where they can fully develop and grow into responsible, confident adults.
Mailaika first welcomes children to their reception home. When a family member cannot be located, the child moves into the Malaika Children’s Village in Mkuranga. The concept of the village is unique and based on a family unit that consists of a maximum of ten children who live together with a mother in a family home.
They also support academic opportunities with many of the children going to boarding school, and young adults to vocational schools.
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Kenya
Little Rock Inclusive ECD Center
Ensuring every child has a great start at growth and learning
Little Rock IECD plays a vital role by providing resources and services to orphans, children with special needs, those affected by HIV/AIDS, and families living in Kibera, Kenya's largest informal settlement, an area where support is limited.
Little Rock has reached over 3,000 children with inclusive early childhood development services, therapeutic care, educational and nutritional support, daily meals, daycare services, and economic strengthening for families.
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Namibia
Light for the Children Foundation
Creating an oasis in the desert for children
Every day Light for the Children welcomes hundreds of children from their community of Gobabis to their early education center.
The center provides pre-school and kindergarten education as well as day care services, after school classes for older children, and home based care services.
Light for the Children also provides nutritious meals for each child prepared from the center’s vegetable garden.
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