South Africa
Zisize (Ingwavuma) Educational Trust
Supporting orphans and vulnerable children to reach their full potential
Zisize provides a variety of programmes aimed at supporting children and their families including educational support, early childhood development centers, and providing psychosocial, health, and nutrition services to in rural Ingwavuma, KwaZulu-Natal.
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Malawi
Youth For Development and Productivity
Improving the health and safety of children and youth
Youth for Development and Opportunity (YODEP) has been providing essential services to children and young people in their community of Zomba since 1988.
YODEP’s programming includes early childhood development, secondary school support, nutritional support, youth development and leadership skills training, healthcare services, and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs in Zomba and Mangochi districts.
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Kenya
Women's Institute for Secondary Education and Research
Empowering girls and communities through transformative education and holistic healthcare
Women's Institute for Secondary Education and Research (WISER) empowers girls and communities through transformative education opportunities in Muhuru Bay.
Their flagship program, WISER Girls Secondary School, provides education, essential resources, leadership training, psychosocial support, sexual and reproductive health education, and hands-on STEM opportunities to ensure the most vulnerable girls reach their full potential.
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South Africa
Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability
Ensuring a better quality of life for people living with intellectual disabilities
Established over 50 years ago, Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability is an instrumental role-player in shaping the future for the benefit of all South Africans living with intellectual disabilities.
They provide training, mentorship, advocacy, conduct research, and develop resources for those working in the intellectual disability space.
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Uganda
Wells of Hope Ministries
Restoring hope to people in prison, their children, and their families
Wells of Hope Ministries supports children with parents in prison, a population that is often overlooked. Their programs reduce the vulnerability of children across Uganda by providing medical care, primary school education, secondary school tuition, nutritional support, counseling, after-school activities, and life skills development.
Wells of Hope facilitates prison visits to strengthen relationships between the children and their parents and are drawing the attention of government to address the specific needs of this target group.
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Rwanda
We-ACTx for Hope
Equity in access to care and treatment
WE-ACTx provides access to primary health care, psychosocial support, and resources for women, children, and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in Kigali City.
Working with a dedicated team of health care providers, they provide nutritional support, confidential testing, prevention, and treatment plans as well as counseling services, and support groups targeted to specialized groups such as survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
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Uganda
Wakisa Ministries Limited
A pregnancy crisis center focused on love, faith, and hope
Wakisa Ministries addresses the emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being of pregnant young girls from all regions of Uganda.
Wakisa is empowering young women with the tools they need to confidently make an impact within their families by providing shelter, health care and education services, counseling, and vocational skills training.
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Eswatini
Vusumnotfo
Strengthening skills in sustainable practices to advance child development and learning.
Through early childhood development programs, nutrition and livelihood support, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs, Vusumnotfo is nurturing the next generation to ensure that all children reach their full potential.
The organization was formed by 17 communities in northern Eswatini in 1992.
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Tanzania
Umoja Tanzania Incorporated
Improving the lives of young Tanzanians
Umoja empowers young people in Arusha to thrive through holistic education, good physical and mental health, and safe employment. Umoja offers a range of services to vulnerable Tanzanian youth, their families, and their communities including education and youth empowerment services, skills training, and social enterprise development.
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South Africa
Uhambo Foundation
Enabling children living with disabilites to lead full and happy lives
Uhambo Foundation provides the design and production of posture support, mobility devices, and therapy products to children living with disabilities in Cape Town.
They are committed to the inclusion of children living with disabilities by partnering with government, NGOs, community members, and families within a holistic, ecosystem approach.
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Kenya
Tumaini International Trust
Tumaini means hope
Tumaini provides education and healthcare services to orphaned and vulnerable children, and those impacted by HIV/AIDS, as well as income generating activities to their caregivers and the communities where Tumaini operates. Currently they serve children and families in 11 counties in Kenya.
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South Africa
Feed The Babies Fund
Supporting the growth and development of babies
Feed the Babies facilitates the growth and development of babies during their formative years—birth to six years old—by focusing on their nutritional and educational needs.
Throughout rural communities in KwaZulu-Natal they provide nutrition support at early childhood development (ECD) centers, train ECD practitioners on best practices and basic management of ECD centers, and offer infrastructure support by renovating existing ECD centers.
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Lesotho
Touching Tiny Lives Trust
Saving one child at a time
Touching Tiny Lives Trust (TTL) is the only organization caring for orphaned and vulnerable children in the rural, mountainous district of Mokhotlong, Lesotho that supports children affected by severe malnutrition and HIV/AIDS.
Since 2004, TTL has directly supported thousands of children under the age of five with services that include nutritional rehabilitation, health assessments, immunization support, and vitamin supplementation. With an increased emphasis on prevention, TTL has expanded their scope to improve the nutritional status of families.
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Zambia
Tiny Tim and Friends
Envisioning a world where no child has HIV
Tiny Tim and Friends is one of the few providers of specialist pediatric HIV services in Zambia. Their clinic, which sees 850+ patients each year, offers medical, nutritional, and psychosocial support to HIV+ children and pregnant women.
Tiny Tim and Friends works in communities across Lusaka providing HIV testing and prevention services, with an emphasis on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission as well as counselling and support groups.
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South Africa
Westlake United Church Trust
Building a vibrant community in Westlake
The Westlake United Church supports vulnerable youth, children, and families living in Westlake, a community of 20,000 people. They provide access to quality early childhood development, pre and postnatal on-site support by a registered nurse, psychosocial support, and nutrition for the youth and the elderly.
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South Africa
The Rachel Swart Fund
Empowering people living with disabilites in South Africa
Throughout South Africa, Rachel Swart Fund (RSF) provides assistive devices to children living with disabilities who are placed on the state waiting list.
They partner with therapists at state health facilities who first assess the patients, and if the state facility does not have a budget for a device, apply on behalf of the child to RSF for the device.
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Namibia
The Promiseland Trust
Caring for vulnerable children
The Promiseland Trust offers a child-friendly and safe environment that provides early education and day care services, nutrition, and psychosocial support to children in Walvis Bay.
In addition to education, Promiseland provides daily home-cooked meals to school children, and advises seven area schools on improving their food programmes. Their Foster Care Project employs a foster mother from the community to care for two children, ensuring they are raised in a stable and caring environment.
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South Africa
Butterfly Art Project
Supporting children's healing from trauma through art
The Butterfly Art Project trains and mentors Community Art Facilitators (CAFs) to provide psychosocial support through art therapeutic classes to children in communities of the Western Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Gauteng, and Northern Cape.
CAFs’ therapeutic art classes help children to stabilize by developing healthy coping mechanisms for processing stress and healing from trauma.
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South Africa
Thanda After-School
A safe environment for children to have fun, learn, and grow
Thanda provides innovative solutions for sustainable development in their community of Hibberdene, KwaZulu-Natal. They create safer, stronger communities by providing educational and skills-building opportunities to individuals and their households through early and creative learning and organic farming training.
In 2022, Thanda piloted its Baby Programme, which aims to support caregivers to learn how to engage and play with babies.
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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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