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Africa Directions
Supporting Zambian youth
Africa Directions supports children and youth in high-density communities of Lusaka City and the rural Luapula province in Zambia, areas characterized by a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. Their activities are aimed to build the capacity, skills, and confidence of the young people they serve.Every day over 500 youths, aged 4-26, pass through Africa Direction’s three community centers, accessing a wide range of services including sports, peer education, drama, sexual reproductive health services and information, voluntary counseling and testing, legal advice, life skills trainings and a host of other clubs and recreation activities.
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African Community Center for Social Sustainability
Empowering the community through health and education
African Community Center for Social Sustainability (ACCESS) works alongside their community of Nakaseke to provide medical care, education, and economic empowerment opportunities to orphans and to children and their caregivers, with an aim to create long lasting, sustainable change. ACCESS has established a walk-in healthcare clinic in the community as well as an accredited nurse and midwifery school and community health worker program. They also provide early childhood education and secondary school support and income generating opportunities. -
Cáritas Regional De Chokwe
Cáritas is dedicated to empowering rural communities in Mozambique’s Gaza Province by providing access to education, healthcare, psychosocial support, and nutritional programmes. At the heart of its mission is a commitment to improving the wellbeing of orphaned and vulnerable children.
To strengthen the safety net of care, Cáritas also equips caregivers and guardians with sustainable farming skills, start-up capital, and improved housing and sanitation through the construction of homes and latrines. By addressing both immediate needs and long-term resilience, the organisation ensures families can build stability and hope for the future.
This campaign seeks to raise $10,000 to expand Cáritas programmes in Gaza Province, funding food support and farming inputs for vulnerable children and their caregivers. Your support will help rural families overcome hardship and create lasting change.
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Centre Cyprien et Daphrose Rugamba
Centre Cyprien et Daphrose Rugamba (CECYDAR) transforms the lives of vulnerable children living on the streets in Remera, GASABO District, Kigali, through rehabilitation programs, individual and group psychosocial support, education, and life skills training.
CECYDAR prioritises reuniting children with their family members and provides training sessions to aid in the rebuilding of the parent-child relationship.
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Chiedza Community Welfare Trust
Chiedza Community Welfare Trust supports women and children in Mutare district living with and impacted by HIV/AIDS.
Their programs around advocacy and health include providing maternal, child, and sexual and reproductive health services as well as psychosocial support and income generating projects.
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Chipembere Community Development Organization (CCDO)
Promoting good health and education for women, youth, and children
Chipembere Community Development Organisation (CCDO) is a women & youth-led organisation 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 healthcare and education—including early childhood development centres—improving household incomes through youth and women’s clubs, and conducting various peace-building and conflict prevention awareness campaigns. -
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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Girls First Initiative
Championing and amplifying the voices of girls
The Girls First Initiative (GFI) cultivates a nurturing and empowering ecosystem for girls and young women in the Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam, supporting them to realise their full potential. Their programming includes providing access to quality education and health care, mentorship and economic strengthening programmes, safe spaces, and networking opportunities. -
Hatua Network Organization
Hatua Network prepares youth to thrive in Kenya’s workforce by providing promising, low-income students with access to education, career guidance, and professional networks. They have supported over 731 youth, 333 secondary school students, 252 college and university students, and 190 alumni.
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HER Initiative
Led by young women, HER Initiative is challenging harmful societal norms that perpetuate the cycle of poverty by empowering adolescent girls and young women across Dar es Salaam, Morogoro, Dodoma, Pwani, Mwanza, Iringa, Arusha, and Zanzibar.
Through a combination of business skills training, financial and digital literacy courses, comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) education, and tailored empowerment and mentorship programmes, HER is equipping young women to achieve financial independence and reclaim agency over their lives.
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Hope of Family
Reducing poverty through education and strengthening families
The team at Hope of Family bring a deep and personal understanding of their community’s needs and believe that a conducive home atmosphere is critical to the success of primary school-aged children. Hope of family involve parents and caregivers living in the communities of Muhanga district in all aspects for their children’s education. Additionally, they provide educational supplies, supplemental school fees, and promote literacy throughout the community, provide entrepreneurial and agriculture training, work to improve housing conditions and facilitate a local savings and loan program. -
Ikamva Labantwana Bethu (ILB)
Investing in the future of children
ILB is transforming the lives of youth in Crossroads and surrounding communities in the Western Cape as well as those in Tarkastad in the Eastern Cape. Their aim is to close the gap in education access and to give youth skills they need to bring more opportunities that would assist them to access employment opportunities.ILB assists children from primary school level with academic support to ensure that they are ready for high school. Youth are supported through a skills development programme which builds their soft and hard skills.
The greater community is also uplifted through a development programme that addresses key socioeconomic issues such as unemployment, poverty, and violence.