Ndola Nutrition Organization (NNO)

Zambia

Ndola Nutrition Organization (NNO)

Agents of change enhancing the well-being children, girls, and women

Since its inception in 2000, NNO has served 21 communities of Ndola and Luanshya providing services to fight poverty, HIV/AIDS, food insecurity, clean water deficiency, and social injustice.

The organisation places special emphasis on investing in children, women, and girls because their community-based interventions have shown that when you empower a girl or a woman, she becomes a catalyst for positive change.

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Nancholi Youth Organisation (NAYO)

Malawi

Nancholi Youth Organisation (NAYO)

One heart, one community

NAYO was established in 2004 by four local youths to help other young people impacted by HIV/AIDS.

NAYO provides a holistic approach to youth and community development through a variety of interventions including running an HIV testing, prevention, and treatment clinic as well as services to breastfeeding mothers and children under five. 

They also provide educational support, lead youth clubs, and facilitate village savings and loan groups.  Since inception, NAYO has supported over 50,000 people in the Nancholi area of southern Malawi.

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Fount for Nations

Malawi

Fount for Nations

Creating right beginnings for children with disabilities

Since 2015, Fount for Nations has been complimenting the efforts of the Government of Malawi in building equal learning opportunities for Malawi’s children living with disabilities in order to ensure no child is left behind. They partner with teachers, parents and caregivers, health workers, and entire communities to provide a holistic experience for children.

Programmes include providing teacher and therapist training, early detection of disability, family support, early childhood education, and advocacy on behalf of children with disabilities. Fount for Nations is headquartered in Lilongwe.

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Development Concept

Malawi

Development Concept

Improving the lives of women, children, and youth

Development Concept supports children attending five area early childhood development centres, and children in five primary schools with nutritional food, educational materials, and scholarships.

Concept Development serves Liwonde, in the eastern region of Malawi.

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Community Partnership for Relief and Development (COPRED)

Malawi

Community Partnership for Relief and Development (COPRED)

Building a knowledgeable and empowered community  

COPRED’s interconnected program areas focus on improving literacy rates and keeping girls in school, providing access to healthcare and early childhood education, providing opportunities for economic growth, and expanding water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services.  

COPRED serves the community of Chiwembe in southern Malawi. 

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Chimpembere Community Development Organization (CCDO)

Malawi

Chipembere Community Development Organization (CCDO)

Promoting good health and education for women, youth, and children

Chipembere Community Development Organization (CCDO) is a women & youth-led organization that aims to empower young people, including girls and women in the Thyolo district, to be self-reliant and to make informed decisions about their health and futures. 

Their programming includes providing access to health care and education—including early childhood development centres—improving household incomes through youth and women clubs, and conducting various peace building and conflict prevention awareness campaigns.

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Phelisanong Pitseng

Lesotho

Phelisanong Pitseng with Disabled Group

Transforming lives in Africa

Founded in 2001 by a group of disabled and HIV/AIDS positive community members in the community of Pitseng, Phelisanong provides a residential home, nutrition and health care services, quality education, and a sense of family to children and orphans with special needs, HIV/AIDS, and other chronic illnesses.

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Lubuto Library Partners

Zambia

Lubuto Library Partners

Libraries transforming Africa’s next generations

Lubuto Library Partners runs libraries to promote literacy, education, and skills development and provides safe spaces for children and adolescents living in under resourced communities of Lusaka and Southern provinces. They also lead interventions focused on keeping girls in school and preventing early marriage.

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Children in Distress (CINDI) Kitwe Trus

Zambia

Children in Distress (CINDI) Kitwe Trust

Child protection, education, health, and nutrition

Children In Distress (CINDI) is reducing the vulnerability of children and their caregivers through household and community empowerment, and education in peri-urban communities in and around Kitwe.

Their programming includes an early childhood development (ECD) center and training caregivers on in-home-based ECD practices as well as providing educational support to children at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. They also provide access to vocational training for livelihood support.

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Kawempe Home Care Limited

Uganda

Kawempe Homecare Limited

A vibrant, self-sustaining centre of excellence, providing compassionate healthcare to children with cancer

Through a community-based holistic care model, Kawempe Home Care delivers quality healthcare, psychosocial, and nutritional support to children and people with HIV, TB, cancer, and other health related issues.

Their New Hope Children’s hostel provides children with cancer access to specialist care and a secure and safe home environment whilst they undergo treatment. Kawempe’s home education support program provides opportunities for orphan children and those impacted by HIV/AIDS to attend and stay in school.

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Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust

South Africa

Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust

Improving the emotional wellbeing of South Africa

Founded by clinical psychologists in 2000, Ububele’s models of community-based mental health care address the emotional trauma of South Africa’s past, the ongoing mental and physical effects of the cycle of poverty, and the daily challenges faced by individuals, families, and communities.

Through the development and dissemination of training programmes, psychosocial support, and home-based care—all with an early childhood development focus—Ububele is supporting children to grow up to be emotionally healthy adults, competent parents, and concerned citizens. Ububele serves families of Alexandra Townships.

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Woza Moya Centre

South Africa

Woza Moya Centre

Supporting orphans and vulnerable children to reach their full potential

Founded in 2000 as a direct response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic that was ravaging their Ufafa Valley community, Woza Moya established a community caregiver program to provide door-to-door counselling and ensure that people, especially youth, get tested for HIV and other chronic diseases, have access to medications, and adhere to treatment.

Today, the centre also provides early childhood development services, sustainable livelihoods and youth development programs, a mobile health clinic, and programs to support orphaned and vulnerable children.

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Isibani Sethemba

South Africa

Isibani Sethemba

Supporting orphans and vulnerable children to reach their full potential

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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Cheshire Homes (Namibia) Trust

Namibia

Cheshire Homes (Namibia) Trust

Empowering children with disabilities in rural communities

Cheshire Homes provides for the physical, emotional, and nutritional needs for children living with disabilities in Zambezi and Kavango regions.

Their services include an outreach program, therapeutic care, stimulation, and nutritional support for children as well as provide caregivers with the information and training they need to better support their children.       

Walvis Bay Child and Family Centre

Namibia

Walvis Bay Child and Family Centre / Sunshine Centre

Serving children and youth living with disabilities

Walvis Bay Sunshine Centre is one of the very few community-based organizations in Namibia providing services that enhance quality of life for children and youth with disabilities and their families.

They provide education, therapy services, skills training, and psychosocial support to more than 150 children with special needs.

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Oonte Orphans and Vulnerable Children Organization

Namibia

Oonte Orphans and Vulnerable Children Organization

Empowering orphans and vulnerable children

Oonte is a humanitarian support organization providing essential services to vulnerable children and households living in Ondangwa, a town in the northern Oshana region.

They provide access to nutritional programs, early childhood education, psychosocial support, computer literacy, after-school classes, and extracurricular activities, reaching more than 700 children annually.   

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Cáritas Regional De Chokwe

Mozambique

Cáritas Regional De Chokwe

Empowering rural communities

Cáritas provides underserved rural communities in Gaza Province with access to education and health care, psychosocial support, and nutritional programs.

To further strengthen the safety net of care for orphaned and vulnerable children, their programs also support caregivers and guardians through sustainable farming training, providing start-up capital, and constructing houses and latrines. Cáritas actively partners with local government and other community-based organizations in Gaza Province.

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Associação Hixikanwe

Mozambique

Associação Hixikanwe

Supporting communities affected by HIV/AIDS

Associação Hixikanwe started as a small support group for women in Maputo Province affected by HIV/AIDS. The group transformed into an organization providing psychosocial support, economic strengthening, and prevention activities.

Hixikanwe uses the research-based Community Adherence Treatment Supporters (CATS) model, to support adolescents on antiretroviral treatment.

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Umunthu Plus

South Africa

Umunthu Plus

Empowering youth, women, and girls

Umunthu was founded by a group of young women in Nkhotakhota in response to the rise in school dropouts, and increased cases of early forced marriages.

Their services support early childhood development for 430 children, keeping girls in schools, and engaging men and boys to eliminate gender-based violence and early marriages.

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Urunji Child Care Trust

Malawi

Urunji Child Care Trust

Child protection, education, health, and nutrition

Urunji Child Care provides essential education, health, nutrition services, and psychosocial support to orphaned and vulnerable children living in Lilongwe District.

They ensure that each child receives support from their community so that they are able to maintain a sense of belonging and grow in a familiar and comforting environment.

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