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Expansion of Circle of Peace School
$3000 of $3000 donated
Kampala, Uganda
Circle of Peace School project is an educational initiative designed to provide kindergarten and elementary education. Currently, the existing location of the school will be unavailable after December 2009 because the school is being evicted from its existing property. As a result, the school is moving all primary school students to the Upper school where they will have to share space until new shelters can be provided for them. The Circle of Peace School is asking for help to start building structures to allow their students to continue their education. Most of their students are orphans, aids victims whose parents have died, and poor children who can’t afford to pay for education. Currently there are 105 students in the lower school and 100 in the upper school. With these funds, the school will purchase all the necessary materials to begin building. Please click on “view my updates” (under the profile picture) to see pictures of the school and read additional commentary. Mor...
Rehabilitating Former Street-Children
$420 of $750 donated
Nairobi, Kenya
The Turning Point Trust works to prevent and rehabilitate street-children within Africa’s largest slum, Kibera, Kenya. When a child comes from the streets to the Turning Point Project, they bring with them behavioural characteristics that they have learnt in that environment. This behaviour frequently prevents them from immediately returning to school, and a period of rehabilitation is required. Our School Transition Class provides a safe, nurturing, educational environment that enables the child to slowly readjust to a more structured way of life: for example: relating to adults in authority; lengthening their concentration period and adjusting to being within four walls. During this time, our staff work to trace the child’s family and work alongside them to address the problems the family are facing. If appropriate, a parent or guardian might become involved in Turning Point’s Finance Programme, giving them the chance to start a small business and earn a steady income. Each ...
Training for Independence
$12000 of $12000 donated
Uttar Pradesh, India
The Mushahar tribe is an extremely disadvantaged community in India. As a dalit (untouchable) group, they are immensely discriminated against in public institutions, especially schools, to the point that they are discouraged from going. This program, known as Training for Independence, provides these Mushahar children with an alternative form of education – in a nonformal education setting with trained teachers (that are, in most cases, more effective than primary government school instructors). In addition to this education, the children will have the opportunity to receive a vocational education, exposure to life in the nearest city (Varanasi, U.P.), as they have never left the village and live extremely traditional lives. The purpose of this program is to give them the set of knowledge that will prepare them for life in the 21st century India – outside of the village – where they are aware of how to interact with people in urban settings, how to run their own small enterpri...
Baraka Children's Centre Latrine and Toilet Up
$2200 of $2200 donated
Central, Kenya
Baraka Children's Centre was founded in 2004 as a personal initiative by founder Francis Kimaru and his wife Lydia. It cares for 12 orphaned and vulnerable children from the area around Nyeri, Kenya. It was born out of the recognition that there was a significant population of needy kids in the district, and the desire of Francis and Lydia to make a positive change in the lives of young people. Francis’ own father had been an orphan raised in a home, and his father’s experience inspired Francis to help children in vulnerable situations lead a happier and healthier life. Most of the kids at the home had parents who died of AIDS, and were left either with grandmothers unable to provide appropriate care or else left on the streets to fend for themselves. Baraka Children's Centre takes these children in, provides rehabilitation, and then gives them a safe and loving home environment. All expenses for the children are covered by the home: accommodation, food, clothing, school...
Empower Teen Survivors of Abuse with Education
$480 of $480 donated
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Emerge Global supports Sri Lankan girls, ages 10-18, who are housed in protective shelters due to sexual abuse or the threat of abuse and are courageously testifying in court against their perpetrators (who are often male family members). Through partnerships with these shelters, Emerge provides a comprehensive curriculum that emphasizes leadership, life skills, and business knowledge and helps each girl generate a financial foundation by creating and selling her own unique jewelry. Emerge sells jewelry created through the program in the U.S., Sri Lanka, and online, with 50% of all revenue going back to the girls who created the pieces. Emerge currently engages a past participant as a Peer Educator for two of our educational programs—Beads-to-Business and Life Skills—on a part-time basis. Not only is a Peer Educator an excellent teacher and well-respected by Emerge participants and staff, but she is also a model for how Emerge hopes to employ high-performing past participants as...
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