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Heather Chimhoga Orphan Care
Health, social services, educational, and psychosocial support to over one thousand orphans
Heather Chimhoga Orphan Care’s (HCOC) services ensure that children remain in school and have access to nutritional support, health, and psychosocial services. HCOC runs a child-friendly clinic and school-based feeding program, offers scholarships to vulnerable children and provides psychosocial and livelihoods support in the rural district of Murehwa. -
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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HI HOPES
An early intervention partner for families of deaf and hard-of-hearing babies and children
HI HOPES works across six provinces in South Africa and provides home-based early intervention services to hearing-impaired children ages 0-3 and their families. Families receive weekly visits from Parent Advisors, who tailor lesson plans to the individual child and family’s unique needs and perform follow-up assessments to see how the family and child are adapting. Deaf Mentors are selected from the community to act as role models, mentoring and supporting families, especially around issues of language and communication with their child. -
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.
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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. -
Izere Mubyeyi
Serving children and youth living with intellectual disabilities
Izere Mubyeyi was founded in 2004 in Kigali by 23 parents and friends of children living with intellectual and learning disabilities with a goal to create opportunities for their children. Today, Izere Mubyeyi provides access to quality education and health care, including running an early childhood centre for children ages three to six. They also provide parents and caregivers with psychosocial support and offer economic empowerment, skills training, and disability rights advocacy. -
Jitegemee Children’s Program
Jitegemee Children’s Program provides educational and integrated support services to children and youth living in underserved communities in Machakos, Kenya. Their child-centred holistic programming includes education services, vocational and livelihoods training, and psychosocial support for youth and their caregivers.
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Kabubbu Development Project Limited
A community that is empowered and transformed
The Kabubbu Development Project (KDP) was formed in 2002 by local leaders from rural Uganda, with a vision to transform communities into vibrant, healthy, and self-sustaining communities. Today, the organisation serves the entire sub-county of Nangabo in rural Wakiso District. Education and health care provision are core to KDP programming. Their schools provide access to quality early childhood, secondary education, and vocational training. KDP’s health care centre provides comprehensive and affordable quality services to a community of over 25,000 people annually.
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Kakenya’s Dream
Kakenya’s Dream supports girls through educational, health, and leadership initiatives to create agents of change. Through community-driven holistic, and replicable programs including quality education, medical care, shelter, and nutritional support, young girls from pastoralists communities are empowered to achieve their full potential.
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Karon Relief and Development Foundation
Strengthening communities through education
Karon Relief Foundation promotes self-reliance through education and economic empowerment, serving young people in Kampala. They run a primary school, provide medical care and nutritional support to children, food security programs, and vocational skills training in areas such as tailoring, computer literacy, and hairdressing.