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Rights Institute for Social Empowerment
Rights Institute for Social Empowerment (RISE) is a human rights organisation that protects, empowers, and advocates for women and girls, 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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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. -
Shearly Cripps Children’s Home
Shearly Cripps, is a charitable organization under the Anglican Diocese of Harare’s education department, aims to empower orphans and vulnerable children to become socially adjusted, self-sustainable, and healthy responsible citizens.
We are seeking to raise $10,000 USD to meet government residential care standards, ensuring a safe and conducive environment for the children through the construction of a much-needed housing unit. Your support will contribute to providing a secure space for these children to thrive.
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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. -
Sponsorship of Orphans Uganda Project
Equip teachers, engage learners, empower communities
SOUP works in partnership with communities in Nabikabala, Iganga, and Kampala to address children’s most vital needs. In addition to an exemplary primary and nursery school, SOUP has facilitated a nutritional outreach program, sustainability projects, sponsorships to further education, and the creation of a national project aimed at engaging students through active learning methodology.
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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. -
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 Organisation 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. -
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. -
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. -
The Sunshine Association
Giving children living with disabilites the best possible start in life
The Sunshine Association aims to provide an environment that is developmentally stimulating and increases opportunities for early learning for vulnerable children and those living with disabilities. Their programming includes, providing education, early intervention, and therapeutic services to children and caregivers as well as accredited training to early childhood development practitioners in Johannesburg on inclusion of children with disabilities. -
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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Touching Tiny Lives Trust
Touching Tiny Lives Trust (TTL) is the only organisation 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, immunisation support, and vitamin supplementation. With an increased emphasis on prevention, TTL has expanded their scope to improve the nutritional status of families.