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  Centre Cyprien et Daphrose Rugamba (CECYDAR)

  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 help rebuild the parent-child relationship.

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  Chiedza Child Care

  Chiedza is a community-based NGO registered with the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Development in 2003, PVO 58/23. It was established in 2001 by concerned professionals and citizens of Zimbabwe in response to the devastating impact of HIV and AIDS on children and families. They were touched by an increasing number of orphans as a result of AIDS-related deaths. With the advent of antiretroviral therapy, the organisation continued to adapt, responding to the impact of HIV and AIDS on children and their families.

  i) Education – providing early childhood education services to at least 30 children between the ages of 4 to 6 years annually. Chiedza has a registered ECD center for orphans and vulnerable children in Ardbenie. Chiedza additionally provides catch up lessons for at least 200 children from the ages of 8 to 18 years who are out of school. The children attend lessons at the center and are provided with meals through the support offered by Higherlife Foundation. Chiedza pays pay school fees for children who were once out of school and are reintegrated into formal schools up to tertiary level.

  ii) Vocational Training – Supporting young people to undergo vocational training through working with established centers. At least 40 young people are being supported.

  iii) Formal Tertiary – Those who successfully go through the out of school program up to tertiary level are supported with tuition. Chiedza has 9 learners in various state universities.

  iv) Protection – Chiedza provides counselling, conducts parenting sessions, facilitates birth registration and supports abused children and those at risk of abuse through case management.

  v) Health and Nutrition – Chiedza supports children living with HIV with medical support, food packs and facilitate support groups through working with local clinics. They also conduct health assessments for children and provide hot meals for at least 200 children learning at the center 5 days a week, during school terms.

  vi) Economic Strengthening – Parents and caregivers are trained in group savings and specific income generating skills. Reaches at least 200 parents annually.

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  Chambuta Children’s Home

  Chambuta children’s Home is a government founded Home located in Chilonga, Chiredzi North district of Masvingo Province. The Home was a former refugee camp established in 1988 to shelter Mozambican refugees displaced by civil war in that country. When they returned to their country, the Government converted it into a children’s Home. The Home was established as a suitable place to provide shelter to children living and working on the streets of the various towns in the country. As part of imparting skills, the home has a running vocational training scheme which provides skills to children from the Home and from the community. Currently the home is housing 60 children, 40 in Primary and 20 in Secondary School.

  Objectives

  • To promote child welfare through
  • Providing shelter for children who live and work in the streets.
  • Ensuring that children receive parental care, love, and guidance.
  • Providing necessities such as food and clothes.
  • Grooming children into responsible, independent and life skills-equipped adults.
  • Imparting life skills through the vocational scheme.
  • Facilitating children’s education and ensuring that they remain healthy.

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