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Child Aid
Humana People to People
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The Federation HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLEThe Federation HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE
October 2008October 2008
“The HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE Movement comprises 34 member associations working in 42 coun‐tries. At present, Humana People to People members operate 265 social projects reaching out to more than 10 million people on a yearly basis within the areas of: Basic Health, HIV & AIDS, Education, Human Rights, Agriculture, Environment, Relief Aid and Community Development. Furthermore, around 4.5 million peo‐ple are reached annually through a second‐hand clothes sales and distribution system. Humana People to People members work with pressing issues facing mankind around the globe, placing themselves in the frontline of development. Projects include, but are not limited to:
• 22 Teacher Training Colleges educating 2.000 qualified and compassionate primary school teachers per year for the rural areas of Angola, Mozambique and Malawi
• 52 community based projects known as “Child Aid” or “Community Development Projects” operating in 10 Southern African countries, India, China and Latin America, with 230.000 member families
• 96 HIV & AIDS Programmes known as “Total Control of the Epidemic” (TCE) implemented in South‐ern Africa, India and China reaching 9.6 million people
• 16 Farmer’s Club Projects with more than 48.000 members in Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and China
Humana People to People organisations are known for their implementation capacity, cost efficiency, well established track records and their close cooperation with National Governments.
CONTENTSCONTENTS
The Federation HUMANA People to People Page 1 Introducing Child Aid Page 2 The 10 lines of Child Aid Page 4
HUMANA People to People Child Aid Projects Page 6 Child Aid country by country Page 8 The 5 year progression of Child Aid Page 16 The Structure of Child Aid Page 18
Children of the World Page 19 An Invitation to Partners Page 21
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A Child Aid project is a community based pro‐ject involving 3000 families where the chil‐dren, the families, and their communities or‐ganise themselves and take action within 10 universal lines of development to improve the lives of the children, ensure their survival and create opportunities for them to develop and use their full potential. We quote from the Charter of HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE: “Child Aid. Here the whole family surrounding the child is involved. As members of Child Aid, the families engage themselves in tasks in the local community, on the family level or on an individual level. The families and we decide to build a new school. We find the finances, together we build. The families take part in health education and build toilets and wells. For the sake of the children. Child Aid. The families send their sons and daughters to school every day – and the grown ups participate themselves in the literacy program. The families join the course in basic knowledge on agriculture. These programs are all for members of Child Aid. For the sake of the children.” At present, HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE runs 52 Child Aid projects in 15 countries in Africa, India, China and Latin America. Child Aid has 290.000 active member families and its activities reach out to more than 500.000 families. The 10 lines of activities are what define a Child Aid project. Through carrying out the 10 lines, each from its different angle, the families improve the children’s living condi‐tions.
The 10 Lines
Child Aid works to empower and organise every child and family to take matters into its own hands and take action as a community to improve the lot of the children. The Action Groups constitute the core structure of Child Aid. Each Action Group consists of 30‐40 families who are organised together and meet every week for lessons and actions. The project also avails itself of several other forms of organisation such as committees, community actions, campaigns, a school pro‐gramme, clubs for children and youth, and the like. Every Child Aid project carries out all the 10 lines of activities, while also taking into ac‐count the specific needs and opportunities in the community and focusing its efforts ac‐cordingly. Thus, a Child Aid Project may focus
Introducing Child AidIntroducing Child Aid
Line 1 Strengthening the economy of the family
Line 2 Health and hygiene and the fight against HIV/AIDS
Line 3 Preschools
Line 4 Children as active in the political, social, cultural and economic spheres of society
Line 5 Children without parents
Line 6 Education
Line 7 District development
Line 8 Environment
Line 9 A line chosen by the project
Line 10 A line chosen by the project
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intensively on 4 or 5 of the lines while the re‐maining lines are treated more extensively. Some lines may receive specific funding from Partners, while other lines can be imple‐mented with little or no money. Through carrying out the 10 lines, the Child Aid project keeps its breadth. By aiming for a variety of goals, everyone’s imagination be‐comes bigger, there is room for the abilities and initiatives of many, and more funding can be sought for different purposes. By defining the size of the project at no less than 3000 active member families, Child Aid promotes the active participation of every‐one, teaming up with the people in the com‐munity. The children themselves are the main players in the Child Aid project, not just as beneficiar‐ies, but as participants. By taking part in the Child Aid activities, the children learn that they can act to improve their situation, and that what they do matters. The children are to be counted on as activists in all Child Aid projects. The 5 year progression Child Aid can be carried out as a 5 year pro‐gression in which each year has a headline pointing to the main focus of the program that year. Year 1: Every single Child Year 2: Every single Family Year 3: The Community Year 4: The Nation Year 5: The World
During the first year, all activities are carried out with the focus on every single child. The Action Groups cover lessons in health, hy‐
giene and child care. They carry out practical actions in basic hygiene, sanitation and dis‐ease prevention. All children are registered and are given health check‐ups and vaccina‐tions. Campaigns are organised to get all chil‐dren to school. Preschools are established. Orphans and marginalized children are cared for. The results are increased child survival, a decrease in health risks and basic improve‐ments in the lives of the children. During the second year, the activities con‐tinue, but with focus on the family to give a broader perspective. The lessons in the Ac‐tion Groups cover health, child education and strengthening the economy of the family. Money earning and family economy are added to the activities. During the third year, while still continuing with and building on the activities from the previous two years, the Action Groups broaden their activities to include improve‐ments in the community: Improving infra‐structure and common facilities and taking care of the environment. During the fourth and fifth year, the people in the Child Aid Project continue building on the basic activities and taking them further, now also focusing on their community as part of the nation and the world, and still with the children as active participants.
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The 10 lines of Child AidThe 10 lines of Child Aid
Line 1: Strengthening the economy of the family Child Aid trains, supports and empowers each family to be able to increase its income so that all family members eat a healthy balanced meal 3 times per day, the family is in control of its economy, and so it finds opportunities to further increase its in‐come through farming or other productions.
Line 2: Health and hygiene and the fight against HIV and AIDS Child Aid organises lessons and campaigns in the whole commu‐nity so everyone gains basic knowledge and practical skills on how to stay healthy; the mortality rate of the children is reduced through training and common actions; access to clean water and good sanitation is improved, and everyone is educated in how to fight common diseases that cause early death such as diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS.
Line 3: Preschools Child Aid introduces and implements the Preschools of the Fu‐ture (POF Kids) programme, a specific programme designed for preschool children by Humana People to People, for all the chil‐dren of preschool age within the Child Aid area, and trains the preschool teachers in the area to carry it out.
Line 4: Children as active in the political, social, cultural and economic spheres of society. Child Aid organises the families and the local schools in carrying out a number of activities that pave the way for the children’s own commitment and contribution to their local community, and organises the children to participate actively in actions, ac‐tivities and programmes that uplift the whole community as well as the children themselves.
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Line 5: Children without parents Child Aid works with the families to secure that every orphan and vulnerable child within the community is registered and taken well care of in terms of all its basic physical, social and emotional needs, and that the community as a whole is organ‐ised in supporting and assisting each vulnerable child and its caregivers, for example by cultivating a common field with sta‐ple food and vegetables to ensure that everyone has enough to eat.
Line 6: Education Child Aid teams up with the parents, the teachers, and the chil‐dren themselves to ensure that every child of school age attends school and finds a supportive environment for finishing his or her education, that teaching methods and results are improved, that literacy rates among grown‐ups are increased, and that op‐portunities are created so that all the people in the Child Aid area can continue learning and building capacity, whether young or old.
Line 7: District Development Child Aid becomes an influential force for development in its area; mobilizing, organising and taking action with the people in the community to improve common structures; attracting money for infrastructure development and establishing a Child Aid Centre as a gathering point and resource centre.
Line 8: Environment Child Aid works with the community to identify and map out en‐vironmental issues affecting the area and its surrounding envi‐ronment, discusses the issues and finds out what can be done to address them, and takes action with the families to improve and protect the local environment for the benefit of all who live in it.
Line 9 & 10: A line of the project’s own choosing Each Child Aid project implements two Child Aid lines of its own choosing, depending on the specific needs and wishes of the community and the opportunities that can be utilized locally.
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Humana People to People Child Aid ProjectsHumana People to People Child Aid Projects
October 2008October 2008
Project Families enrolled
Families reached
People reached
Angola Child Aid Tombwa Child Aid Cabinda Child Aid Bié
250
3.000 3.000
500
6.000 10.000
2.500 30.000 50.000
Belize Child Aid Toledo Child Aid Belize North
1.300 800
2.300 800
10.000 3.500
Botswana Child Aid Selibe Phikwe
1.600
2.300
11.500
Brazil Child Aid Cansanção Child Aid Quijingue
2.500 2.560
5.000 5.620
22.500 25.000
Congo DR Child Aid Malueka Child Aid Kimbwala
3.000 1.500
4.200 3.000
21.000 15.000
Ecuador Child Aid El Triunfo
3.000
4.400
20.000
Guinea Bissau Child Aid Bissora
2.900
5.800
29.000
Malawi Child Aid Lilongwe Child Aid Kasungu
6.000 1.500
12.000 3.000
60.000 15.000
Mozambique Child Aid Gaza Child Aid Nacala Child Aid Nhamatanda Child Aid Inhambane
700
3.000 3.530 3.000
1.400 6.000 7.060 6.000
7.000 30.000 35.000 30.000
Namibia Child Aid Omusati Child Aid Ohangwena Child Aid Oshikoto Child Aid Kavango
3.000 3.000 3.000 3.000
6.000 6.000 6.000 6.000
30.000 30.000 30.000 30.000
South Africa Child Aid Doornkop Child Aid Tubatse Child Aid Bakenberg
3.360 6.000 6.000
12.000 6.000 6.000
60.000 30.000 30.000
Zimbabwe CA Bindura‐Shamva Child Aid Rushinga Child Aid Kukwanisa
1.300 3.600 3.400
2.600 4.000 6.800
13.000 20.000 34.000
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Humana People to People Child Aid ProjectsHumana People to People Child Aid Projects
October 2008October 2008
Project Families enrolled
Families reached
People reached
Zambia Child Aid Kapiri Child Aid Chibombo Child Aid Serenje Child Aid Mkushi Child Aid Samfya Child Aid Mporokosho Child Aid Nchelenge Child Aid Mpika Child Aid Sinazongwe Child Aid Gwembe Child Aid Mazabuka Child Aid Kalomo Child Aid Choma CA Monze Namwala
10 .000 7.800 7.500 5.500 4.750 4.750 4.750 4.750 7.500 7.500 7.500 7.500 7.500 7.500
20 .000 15.600 15.000 11.000 9.500 9.500 9.500 9.500 15.000 15.000 15.000 15.000 15.000 15.000
100.000 78.000 75.000 55.000 47.500 47.500 47.500 47.500 75.000 75.000 75.000 75.000 75.000 75.000
India Community Development Project Alwar Community Development Project Dausa Community Development Project Hisar Community Development Project Jaipur Community Development Project Khetri Community Development Project Nainatal Community Development Project Panipat Community Development Project Rewari Community Development Project Thanagazi Community Development Project Virat Nagar
10.350 13.500 1.500 5.000 2.800 3.950 2.450 3.900 6.000 4.550
53.800 45.000 3.000 12.000 6.000 22.800 5.000 23.600 15.000 22.800
130.000 150.000 8.000 50.000 20.000 60.000 13.000 50.000 100.000 55.000
China Child Aid Yuxi
2.000
4.000
12.000
Total 230.000 680.000 2.300.000
Child Aid is supported by numerous Partners in the form of Governments, Local authorities, UNICEF and other UN agencies, the World Bank, Interna‐tional and National NGO’s, Embassies, International and Local businesses, Humana People to People or‐ganisations in Europe and USA as well as private individuals. Humana People to People would like to thank all its Partners profoundly for their support. Without it, Child Aid would not exist. We invite many more Partners to join in to support the devel‐opment and expansion of Child Aid together with and for the benefit of the World’s Children.
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ANGOLAANGOLAANGOLA ADPP Angola started its first 5 Child Aid projects in 1990 in Caxito, Huambo, Benguela, Ambriz and Cabinda. The families were enrolled and organised in family groups, and the projects carried out improvements in the villages by for example constructing clinics and schools. The first “Children’s Houses” were established and the children enrolled in preschool education.
From 1993 to 1994, Child Aid worked with the resettlement of families who had fled their homes during the civil war. In 1995 to 1996, ADPP Angola, UNICEF and the Angolan National Department of Water carried out a part‐nership in 7 provinces where 41,000 families from 5 Child Aid projects got access to clean drinking water.
Currently, Child Aid is operating in Cabinda, Tombwa and Bié. In 2007, Child Aid in Cabinda started a program in partnership with EU called Forest for the Future, an environmental project. In this program, the families in 30 communities are learning to build and use firewood saving stoves and plant and take care of trees. Moringa trees are planted to improve people’s health and Jatropha trees are planted as live fences. The goal is to plant 90.000 trees in 2008 and furthermore to construct 60 rope pumps, establish 30 model fields, and establish 30 vegetable gardens and 30 herb gardens with medicinal herbs. Groups of women have formed to start money earning activities such as honey production.
Child Aid Bié, named “Rural Community Development Project in Ringoma”, started in July 2008 in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Ru‐ral Development in Angola and the program for Rural Development and Combating Poverty. The project will reach 10.000 families of which 3.000 will be active participants.
BOTSWANABOTSWANABOTSWANA
Child Aid Selibe Phikwe in Botswana started in February 2006 in partner‐ship with PACT South Africa. Selibe Phikwe is a small mining town with a population of 10.595 house‐holds situated in the north‐eastern part of the country. It is an area with a high HIV prevalence. The main focus of the project is orphans and vulnerable children. Currently the project reaches out to 451 such children.
Child Aid works with the children and with responsible adults surrounding the children. The children receive support through counseling and activities. The guardians are offered training programs on the care and mentoring of children. They learn about child care and child development, health care, nutrition, children’s needs and children’s rights. Some of the guardians have enrolled and participate in Ward Action Groups (WAG). The WAG is a neighborhood committee where members who live close to each other form a network. Members of WAG also go door‐to door to identify and support community members who have stopped taking ARV. Project officers from Child Aid follow up with these individuals and help them to restart their treatment.
Children and youth are reached through school clubs, after‐school clubs and youth clubs where they take part in educational programs, entertainment, sports and cultural activities.
Through family education and income generating activities the project works to improve household economy and basic child care. The families learn about HIV/AIDS prevention, health and hygiene and home improve‐ment.
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CONGO DRCONGO DRCONGO DR Child Aid in Congo DR is operating in peri urban settings in the capital Kin‐shasa. The first project, Child Aid Malueka started in December 2006, and Child Aid Kimbwala‐Lutendele started in May 2008 in a neighbouring area. Today Child Aid Malueka has 3000 member families and reaches out to 4200 families. The project has activities within all 10 lines of Child Aid. These are some results from Child Aid Malueka:
4213 latrines and hand wash systems have been built. 18 community wells and 4 community springs have been constructed with water committees established to maintain them.
480 youth are active in youth clubs, and the project has opened a centre for youth and children. 300 Orphans and vulnerable children are being cared for. Two small community schools have been constructed. 10 schools have improved their teaching quality by sending teachers for refresher courses and receiving didactic materials. 300 adults have graduated from adult liter‐acy classes and are now able to read and write.
2000 people and many school classes have learned about HIV/AIDS, and Child Aid has opened a centre for testing and counseling while 28 trained volunteers are doing information work in homes and schools. 200 member families are producing vegetables or small husbandry for food security and extra income.
In Child Aid Kimbwala‐Lutendele, 3000 families have been mobilized until now. 160 family coordinators have been trained and 1500 families have par‐ticipated in lessons about hygiene, and most of the families have installed hand washing systems and composting systems for household garbage.
GUINEA BISSAUGUINEA BISSAUGUINEA BISSAU ADPP in Guinea Bissau has operated its Child Aid project in Bissora since 1990. During the first years, 1100 families were organised in the family pro‐gram and 640 children were enrolled in preschools. Wells and latrines were constructed and vegetable gardens established. In June 1998, civil war broke out, and many people fled to the capital. Child Aid directed its action to help the people who were displaced at the city bor‐ders. Project staff cooked food for 1000 people every day, and 5000 people received water daily. ADPP bought medicines and assisted local health em‐ployees to care for people who were in a bad condition. The project supplied 6000 litres of fuel for transport, distributed food to 200.000 displaced people, and 38.000 people received clothes packages. 62 tons of seeds for rice, beans and vegetables were distributed during the rainy season. Child Aid Bissora remained in the country throughout the war and has formed a strong alliance with the community. At present, Child Aid has 2.900 member families and reaches out to 25.000 people in the town of Bissora and 80.000 people in the surrounding villages. Child Aid runs thirteen differ‐ent programs in Bissora, Mansoa, Mansaba, Farim and Nhacra: * The Family Program * Pregnant Women * Cholera Prevention * Malaria * Reproductive Health * The School Program * HIV / AIDS * The Environment Program * Youth Clubs * Domestic Animal Breeding * Vegetable Production * The Action Program * and * The Small Project Program.
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MALAWIMALAWIMALAWI DAPP in Malawi runs 2 Child Aid projects. Child Aid Lilongwe has been in operation since 2000 and has 6.000 member families participating in the program. Child Aid Kasungu is a new project started in June 2008 in partnership with UNICEF water and Environmental Sanitation WES. The project now has 1500 members. The Child Aid projects work with the families who carry out a number of activities to improve their health, food security, education and living condi‐tions. Here are a few examples from Child Aid Lilongwe: The families improve their economic status in various ways. They keep chickens and sell eggs to raise money to cover basic needs. Some families have started irrigation clubs and have planted maize, tomatoes and cabbage. Some of the products are sold to raise funds and others are used for own consumption to secure nutritious food in the households. Youth and children are active in clubs. They contribute to HIV/AIDS advocacy and awareness through drama, speeches, dances and poems. They also raise funds for the orphans in the community. The project has established a Voluntary Counseling and Testing Centre with a nurse in charge of providing care and support for HIV/AIDs clients. The center also provide general health services. The project runs 31 preschools. 41 primary schools participate in sanitation and hygiene education. SSHE sanitation campaigns are held throughout the district with chiefs and local leaders in the forefront.
MOZAMBIQUEMOZAMBIQUEMOZAMBIQUE Child Aid in Mozambique started in the 1990’s with 6 projects. 5 of these have been completed, with Child Aid in Nhamatanda in Sofala province still in operation. In 2007, Child Aid was restarted in Nacala with a microcredit scheme and preschools, and two new projects have since been started in Gaza and Inhambane. At present, the 4 Child Aid projects in Mozambique have 10.000 member families in total. Child Aid in Nhamatanda is the longest‐running Child Aid project in Mozam‐bique. The project currently runs 40 preschools and 46 literacy centers for adults, contributing to reducing illiteracy in the region. In partnership with World Vision Mozambique, 14.000 orphans and vulner‐able children and 4.000 people living with HIV/AIDS have received support. In partnership with the Ambassador’s Girl’s Scholarship Program, 1.750 girls have received scholarships, uniforms, school books and food so they can attend primary school. Child Aid Nhamatanda is furthermore reaching out to 40.000 families with the CB‐DOT program (Community Based Direct Observation Treatment) for Tuberculosis. The goal of this program is to increase the detection of TB cases by 5 % in the area and provide CB‐DOT to at least 80% of new TB patients to ensure their recovery and prevent further spread of the disease.
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NAMIBIANAMIBIANAMIBIA The first Child Aid project in Namibia started in Omusati in 1993, soon after Independence. Some rural communities in the Omusati regions now have improved health and hygiene, sanitation facilities and preschools. More than 1000 VIP latrines have been constructed. A recent participatory poverty assessment carried out in the Omusati region showed that in a village where the Child Aid project was implemented, the people had a different attitude than in those communities where the project had not been implemented. The positive difference was that people were not waiting for government to come and assist them. Instead they had formulated their problems, were in the process of solving them and had visions and plans for the future.
4 new Child Aid projects were started in 2007‐2008, and Child Aid now has 12.000 member families.
In 2007, all Child Aid projects started implementing the program “No More Mosquito Bites ‐ No More Malaria”. Malaria is a severe problem in the north‐ern region of Namibia and therefore the prevention of mosquito bites is very important. 1000 volunteers have been trained in malaria prevention. They visit family homes to inform about how best to prevent malaria, ar‐range information events in the villages and schools and organise actions to eliminate breeding places. 224.000 people have been reached and 200 cam‐paigns to control malaria have been carried out.
In partnership with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, UNI‐CEF and private partners, Child Aid reaches out to 6.000 orphans .
SOUTH AFRICASOUTH AFRICASOUTH AFRICA
Humana People to People in South Africa runs 3 Child Aid projects with a total of 15.000 member families.
Child Aid Doornkop started its activities in the heart of Soweto in 1998. The project now reaches out to 12,000 families in Doornkop and Slovoville. Child Aid Doornkop has developed into a vibrant community project with a staff of 120 and a Child Aid centre with 600 visitors per day. Among other activities, the centre conducts skills training in catering, sewing, business management, vegetable production and other income generating activities. Child Aid Doornkop engages 2.000 orphans and vulnerable children from the community in programmes such as Preschools of the Future, school pro‐grammes and youth clubs.
Child Aid Tubatse and Child Aid Bakenberg were started in 2006 in the Lim‐popo Province. Child Aid Tubatse now reaches 6.000 families. The project works with local preschools with 1080 kids and runs a school program reaching 2000 children and clubs for 500 children and youth. 470 orphans and vulnerable children receive different types of support. Income generat‐ing projects and vegetable gardens, including a borehole, have been estab‐lished. All the families have received education in the prevention and treat‐ment of HIV/AIDS and TB.
Child Aid Bakenberg also reaches 6.000 families. The project works with 10 preschools with 600 children and runs a school program reaching out to 10.000 children with lessons in HIV & AIDS, life skills and First Aid, as well as 35 youth clubs with 1.600 active members. 254 orphans and vulnerable children are being supported, 650 people have been tested for HIV and members of Positive Living groups have received access to ART treatment
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ZAMBIAZAMBIAZAMBIA Child Aid in Zambia has been a main force in the development of Humana People to People’s Child Aid program. DAPP Zambia started its first Child Aid project in 1990. Currently Child Aid has 14 projects with 94.800 member families. 2400 villages are involved in the Child Aid program with organised Village Action Groups. 420 schools are members of the school program and 240 Community Preschools are running with the assistance of Child Aid. Results of the program within water and sanitation include the construction of 18.560 improved pit latrines. Additionally thousands of families have im‐proved their sanitation by building latrines using local materials. 201 schools have been assisted with hand washing tanks and 1409 school la‐trines have been constructed. 325 new wells have been established and 439 existing wells have been rehabilitated. Environmental results include: More than 1 million trees planted, 6.000 firewood saving and smoke reducing stoves constructed and in use and 1143 Rope Pumps produced. The partici‐pating families have in various ways improved their livestock and land man‐agement. 25,000 families have received microcredit loans, livestock and crops. The community structure of Child Aid gives a very good opportunity to reach a lot of people with information. An example is that HIV advocates within the Child Aid projects reached 208,000 people between June and August 2008 with information about Anti Retroviral Treatment.
ZIMBABWEZIMBABWEZIMBABWE Child Aid in Zimbabwe was started in 1993 and is now operating in 3 dis‐tricts, all of them in rural areas. 8.300 families are enrolled as member fami‐lies and another 7.000 families are reached by the activities carried out by Child Aid. 2.100 children are attending preschool education in 46 preschools. 30 in‐come generating projects have been created to support the day to day run‐ning of the preschools. 3,800 youth are organised in 72 youth clubs. They carry out activities such as drama about HIV and AIDS to spread awareness in the communities, be‐havior change sessions, cultural activities and sports. Here are some results from the newest Child Aid project, Child Aid Bindura/Shamva which was started in 2006 and has 3.400 active member families. Despite the economic hardships in Zimbabwe the families have established income generating projects. The projects include 90 vegetable gardens, 15 sewing projects, 40 women' clubs, 30 poultry projects and 5 workshops. The income generating projects allow many families to generate surplus for ba‐sic necessities. Child Aid Bindura/Shamva has identified and registered 300 orphans and vulnerable children and consequently formed 21 support groups who run 18 income generating projects to raise money for school fees, books and uniforms for the orphans.
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INDIAINDIAINDIA Child Aid projects in India are known as Community Development Projects. The first Community Development Project started in 1998 and Humana Peo‐ple to People in India now runs 10 Community Development Projects cover‐ing 462 villages and 664.000 people. A Community Development Project is run by a project team whose task is to fight with the poor families to create development and progress in an area of 50 villages ‐ or 50.000 people. The project team facilitates that people organise themselves in community based organisations; Self Help Groups; Farmers Clubs; Youth Groups; Women’s Groups; Adolescent Girls Groups and Kids Clubs. In each village a Village Action Group is formed. With the people organised and ready to take action, the project implements activities and programs within the 10 lines of activities, where possible lev‐erage is gained with funds from Government schemes and other programs. Some of the results achieved by CDP in India during the last year are: 217.000 people have participated in activities, 20.000 people have received training of various kinds, 13.000 people have been organised in Community Based Groups, 45.000 trees have been planted, 38 vermicompost units have been established and 336 toilets have been constructed, adding up to a total of 5.000 toilets so far.
CHINACHINACHINA Child Aid Yuxi in China started in 2003. The project is operating in the poor mountainous areas of Yunnan Province, South West China and reaches out to 12.000 people. The project targets farmers and minorities. The families learn about health and hygiene. Community Health Workers (one man and one woman, both volunteers from a village) are trained in ma‐ternal health, child health and child care. This program has been imple‐mented in 40 villages during 2007 and 2008. Child Aid runs 12 Community Preschools where 150 kids between 3‐7 years of age get a good start to their school life, thus preventing drop‐outs later on. The project has a good cooperation with all the local primary and middle schools, providing weekly or monthly education within English, culture, en‐vironmental issues and health, thus benefiting 1700 children. The project also runs 20 youth clubs for primary school and middle school children. Child Aid supports the development of infrastructure in the villages, e.g. by constructing preschools and eco sanitary toilets, which do not need any wa‐ter. 5 preschools and 125 toilets have been constructed. Model plots for organic farming have been planted in the villages to develop the production of nutritious vegetables for the families. 80 women from the poorest households benefit from Micro credit loans and income generation training every year.
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BELIZEBELIZEBELIZE Child Aid in Belize started in Toledo District in 2007, followed by Child Aid Belize North which started in July 2008. Together the 2 projects reach out to 2050 families in 50 villages. Under the line: “Strengthening the economy of the family” the project has started income generation by raising poultry. Every month, 6 families re‐ceive 50 small chickens, the wire for a chicken house, feed for the 2 first weeks and a manual. The families construct the house and a yard and secure corn for the chickens. Each family refunds a part of the costs and the money goes into a revolving fund so more families can get poultry. The project expects that a family with poultry can improve the family econ‐omy with 250 USD per year. So far 35 families have established poultry farming. Another income generating activity is run under the line “Children in diffi‐cult situations”. 16 families in difficult situations have been selected by the area leaders in Child Aid and offered assistance to start a small business sell‐ing second hand clothes. From a revolving fund Child Aid purchases the clothes on behalf of the selected families, who then sell the clothes and make a small profit. Child Aid assists the families with ideas, with formats to keep control of the clothes and with estimates of the value of the clothes. The families receive clothes from Child Aid until sufficient funds have been saved. Other activities carried out together with the families during the first year of operation are building latrines, establishing vegetable gardens and carrying out school programs with 23 schools. The project has also established youth clubs in most of the villages and trains the youth leaders in planning and spearheading activities with their peers.
BRAZILBRAZILBRAZIL
Humana People to People in Brazil started its first Child Aid project in Can‐sanção in October 2007. In April 2008 a second project was started in neighboring Quijingue, one of the poorest areas in the state of Bahia. Today 6.000 families are enrolled in the program and 150 Village Action Groups have been established.
After just one year in operation, the projects are well known and supported by the municipalities of Quijingue and Cansanção. The projects cooperate with other organisations in the area and the local business community. The projects are also working together with and supported by the ministry of agriculture in the state of Bahia.
These are some of the activities carried out together with the families: 30 schools have been renovated, 15 community and school gardens have been established, 25 family vegetable gardens have been established, 50 seed banks have been set up with 11 tons of seeds distributed and 20 sports and playgrounds have been constructed. A local market has been set up. Football and sports events are organised weekly. 20 capacity building courses in bee keeping, handycraft, food preparation and other skills have been organised. 12 programs to support the weak students in the schools have been estab‐lished with 300 children participating.
Together with the community, Child Aid has put focus on improving sanita‐tion and hygiene. More than two hundred community cleaning actions have been carried out and 600 families have regained access to clean water. The first 25 latrines have been constructed.
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ECUADORECUADORECUADOR The first Child Aid project in Ecuador was started in El Triunfo in 2007 and now has 2600 member families. In August 2008 a second project has been started in neighbouring Milagro.
The projects involve the community, the families and the children in a com‐prehensive program focused on education, health and hygiene, improved nutrition and income generating activities ‐ all aimed at reducing poverty.
Some results from the first year of operation are: 1000 families are enrolled in weekly educational programs about health and hygiene, nutrition, common illnesses and child care from pregnancy to school age, and 1700 families have been trained in the prevention of malaria and dengue fever.
40 community cleaning actions were carried out with the families, 7 drain‐ing actions were organised to remove still water from the communities, 900 vegetable gardens were planted and 3 schools were painted. During the rainy season in February the coastal areas of Ecuador were flooded and El Triunfo was one of the hardest hit areas. 75 families had their houses destroyed and moved into temporary camps. Many more families had their houses half filled with water and mud.
Child Aid went together with the municipality and other organisations to help out in the emergency situation. One of the main tasks was to collect clothes and food and deliver it to the camps. In the last week of February the Child Aid Area leaders walked around in their areas to get an overview of the damages, and afterwards got the families together and organised com‐mon actions to help those without houses.
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Overall Goals for the 5 Years
Year 1: Every single Child
Year 2: Every Family
Year 3: The Community
Year 4: The Nation
Year 5: The World
LINE 1: Strengthening the Economy of the Family
∗ Family members get 3 meals a day
∗ The family is in con‐trol of its economy
∗ The family’s income has increased
∗ All the families grow vegetable gardens
∗ The community is organised in money earning groups
∗ The families learn to grow a variety of vegetables
∗ The families learn about money earning activities and make plans for it
∗ The families learn to make plans and budg‐ets for their family economy
∗ The families learn water harvesting techniques
∗ The families increase their crop yield
∗ The families learn to secure the harvest against loss
∗ The families learn to grow a variety of cash crops
∗ The Child Aid Project introduces micro credit schemes and / or self‐help schemes
∗ The families achieve food security
∗ The families diversify their crops
∗ The families carry out money earning activi‐ties
∗ The families learn how to preserve food
∗ All family members get 3 meals a day
∗ The families take part in events on commu‐nity and a national level
∗ The families learn to market their products
∗ The families learn about the economic policies in their coun‐try
∗ The families learn to account their re‐sources
∗ The community teams up to package, adver‐tise and market their products
∗ The families learn about the economy of the continent and the world
LINE 2: Health and Hygiene and the fight against HIV and AIDS
∗ Everyone knows the basic rules for staying healthy
∗ Child mortality has been reduced
∗ Cases of malaria and diarrhea are reduced
∗ All children under 5 are immunized
∗ All people have clean drinking water
∗ Teenage pregnancies have been reduced
∗ At least half of the
∗ The families learn good hygiene in home and environment
∗ All children are immu‐nized
∗ Lessons about HIV/AIDS and other com‐mon diseases
∗ Lessons in malaria control and diarrhea control
∗ The families construct latrines
∗ Lessons in family planning
∗ All families practice the 10 rules of sur‐vival
∗ All families have clean drinking water
∗ Lessons about HIV/ AIDS and voluntary counseling & testing
∗ The Child Aid project teams up with health authorities to get needed supplies for the district such as condoms and HIV testing kits
∗ The Child Aid project and the families con‐duct community ac‐tions in the 10 rules of survival
∗ The families practice better nutrition to improve their health
∗ Child Aid teams up with the community to provide HIV/AIDS support services
∗ The Child Aid project and the community team up to organise community health care
∗ The community can attract and handle bigger Partnerships
∗ Child Aid and the community partici‐pate in national de‐bates on health issues and influence policy
∗ The Child Aid project and the community participate in national and international activities like World AIDS Day
∗ The families learn about world health problems, world population issues and global poverty and what others are doing around the world
LINE 3: Preschools of the Future
∗ All children have access to preschool education
∗ The preschools follow the Humana People to People Preschools of the Future (POF Kids) programme
∗ The preschool teach‐ers are trained in the POF Kids programme
∗ The preschool teach‐ers are trained in the POF Kids programme
∗ Child Aid and the community estab‐lishes preschools
∗ The families and chil‐dren learn about the POF Kids programme
∗ The families learn about child develop‐ment
∗ The community estab‐lishes preschools for all the children
∗ The preschools estab‐lish vegetable gardens and produce their own food
∗ There are less mal‐nourished preschool children
∗ The families produce educational materials for the preschools
∗ All the children attend preschool
∗ The preschool teach‐ers recieve further training in the POF Kids programme
∗ All the preschools have clean water and good sanitation
∗ Child Aid and the community upgrade the preschool build‐ings and educational materials
∗ The POF Kids pro‐gramme becomes visible nationally
∗ Child Aid contributes to the national policy on child development
∗ The children, the teachers and the fami‐lies write and publish a book about their experiences with the POF Kids programme
∗ Every single child is organised in a chil‐dren’s club or youth club
∗ Out of school youth are organised in clubs
∗ The children and youth take active part in the development of their community
∗ Child Aid and the schools establish youth clubs for all children of school age
∗ The youth club lead‐ers are trained
∗ Child Aid and the schools develop a good year programme for the youth clubs, including community actions
∗ Child Aid and the community estab‐lishes clubs for out of school youth
∗ The youth club lead‐ers are trained
∗ Child Aid and the community develop a good year programme for the out of school youth clubs including community actions and money earning activities
∗ Through the clubs, the youth are actively doing good in the community
∗ The children learn about child abuse and mobilize against it
∗ Child Aid and the community organise skills training for the youth
∗ Everyone learns about gender equality
∗ All the children and youth are organised in youth clubs
∗ The children and youth take part in and influence district development
∗ Children and youth get involved and par‐ticipate in annual events in the area
∗ The Children and youth learn how to raise funds for devel‐opment
∗ The children and youth participate in national and interna‐tional children and youth events
LINE 4: Children as active in the Political, Social, Cultural and Economic spheres of the Society
The 5 year progression of Child Aid
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Overall Goals for the 5 Years
Year 1: Every single Child
Year 2: Every Family
Year 3: The Community
Year 4: The Nation
Year 5: The World
LINE 5: Children without parents / Children in difficult situations ∗ Every newborn child is registered
∗ Orphans and vulner‐able children are registered by Child Aid and by the au‐thorities
∗ The community has support systems for all vulnerable children
∗ All orphans and vul‐nerable children have their basic needs covered
∗ Child Aid registers all the orphans and vul‐nerable children
∗ The community estab‐lishes support sys‐tems for vulnerable children and ensures that every child is cared for
∗ The children and youth are trained in life skills
∗ The families organise money earning activi‐ties to support the vulnerable children
∗ The children and their caregivers learn about child abuse and take action against it
∗ Child Aid and the community organise common activities to support the vulner‐able children
∗ The community or‐ganises that all chil‐dren get adult guid‐ance
∗ Child Aid and the community partici‐pate in national de‐bates and influences policy on the issue of taking good care of orphans and vulner‐able children
∗ Child Aid and the community attracts big partnerships to support orphans and vulnerable children
LINE 6: Education ∗ All children attend school
∗ The school drop‐out rate has been reduced
∗ Literacy rates have increased
∗ Primary school teach‐ers attend training
∗ Opportunities are in place for all the peo‐ple in the Child Aid area to continue learning and building capacity
∗ The schools in the area enroll in the Child Aid School pro‐gramme
∗ The primary school teachers are trained to be activists in Child Aid
∗ The children, families and teachers carry out campaigns to ensure that all children at‐tend school
∗ The schools establish vegetable gardens
∗ The families learn about and acknowl‐edge the children’s right to preschool education
∗ Child Aid and the schools establish adult literacy classes
∗ Everyone continues with actions to ensure that all children at‐tend school
∗ The schools establish good sanitation
∗ The teachers and headmasters train themselves and build capacity
∗ The schools and fami‐lies organise home‐work assistance
∗ Child Aid and the schools create possi‐bilities for additional education and training for everybody
∗ All the schools main‐tain good sanitation
∗ The community or‐ganises support for children who still do not go to school
∗ The community takes more initiatives to make additional edu‐cation and training available to everyone
∗ Child Aid and the community partici‐pate in national and international days on education
LINE 7: District Development ∗ Child Aid is an influ‐ential force for devel‐opment in its area
∗ Schools and clinics are renovated
∗ A Child Aid centre has been established as a lively centre for the community
∗ Slum dwellings have been improved or new homes built
∗ The community is well organised
∗ Child Aid and the families take part in activities in the area, for example to mark World AIDS Day
∗ Child Aid and the families organise common actions to make improvements
∗ The families take common action to protect water sources in the com‐munity
∗ Child Aid and the community estab‐lishes a Child Aid centre
∗ The community or‐ganises actions to improve housing
∗ The community or‐ganises actions to renovate and maintain community structures
∗ Child Aid raises more funds for district de‐velopment
∗ Child Aid and the community organise to renovate schools and health centres
∗ The community or‐ganises itself to main‐tain roads
∗ The community devel‐ops its ability to self‐organise
∗ The community keeps its roads maintained
∗ Child Aid and the community makes a series of films about its activities to inspire others
∗ Child Aid activities become part of gov‐ernment systems for community develop‐ment
∗ All Action Groups have a water and environment protec‐tion plan that they are carrying out
∗ Everyone knows what to do to protect the environment
∗ The communities have seed banks and tree nurseries
∗ The families have improved their farm‐ing methods
∗ Child Aid identifies local environmental issues and promotes awareness of the envi‐ronment among the families
∗ The families learn how to practice soil conservation
∗ The families construct and use firewood saving stoves
∗ The families learn how to prevent bush fires
∗ Child Aid and the families find ways to irrigate vegetable gardens and crops
∗ Child Aid and the community estab‐lishes seed banks and tree nurseries
∗ Child Aid and the community finds new sources of energy
∗ The community fights soil degradation
∗ The community gets more water for irriga‐tion
∗ More families get firewood saving stoves
∗ Child Aid and the community develop alternative sources of energy
∗ The community goes together to tackle specific environ‐mental problems in their area
∗ Child Aid and the community influences the national policy on environment through its example
∗ The families learn about the challenges facing the global envi‐ronment and take action at community and national level
LINE 8: Environment
The 5 year progression of Child Aid
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The Structure of Child AidThe Structure of Child Aid
A Child Aid project works with 3000 member families. The pro‐ject is divided into 8 Areas, each with an area leader. Within each Area, the member families are organised in Action Groups with 35‐40 families in each group. The Action Group selects 2 coordi‐nators to spearhead the group’s activities. The area leader organises the implementation of the 10 lines in the Action Groups. She trains the Action Group coordinators in her area to hold weekly lessons and lead quarterly actions with the families.
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Children in DifficultiesChildren in Difficulties
The world has 2,3 billion children under the age of 18, making up one third of the global population. 135 mil‐lion children are born every year. Child survival
9.7 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2006. Every day, 26.000 more children die. The main causes of child deaths are malnutrition, poor neonatal care, pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, measles and AIDS. In Africa, one in six children die before their fifth birthday. Child malnutrition
More than one third of child deaths are attributable to maternal and child undernutrition. In developing countries, 26% of children under 5 years are moder‐ately and severely underweight. In South Asia, this is the case for 42% of children under 5 years. Water, sanitation and hygiene
More than 125 million children under 5 years do not have access to an improved drinking‐water source, and more than 280 million are without access to im‐proved sanitation facilities. More than 5.000 children under five die every day as a result of diarrhoeal dis‐eases. Malaria
Malaria kills more than one million people every year, and is Africa’s leading cause of child mortality, count‐ing for almost 20 % of all child deaths under the age of five. Children out of school
An estimated 93 million children do not attend pri‐mary school. In Sub‐Saharan Africa, 41 million chil‐dren of primary school age are out of school; 34 per cent of children of secondary school age attend pri‐mary school. Only 25 percent of children of secondary school age attend secondary school. Children living with HIV/AIDS
In 2007, an estimated 2.1 million children under 15 were living with HIV. Of these, 2 million live in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Every day, almost 1.150 children worldwide become infected with HIV. In low‐ and middle‐income countries, 127.300 HIV‐positive chil‐dren received antiretroviral treatment in 2006.
Children without parents
133 million children worldwide are orphans. Of these, 15 million were orphaned by AIDS, more than 12 mil‐lion of them in sub‐Saharan Africa. In Rwanda, there are over 100,000 children living in child‐headed households. Child disability
150 million children suffer from one or more disabili‐ties. Six million children have been permanently dis‐abled or seriously injured in armed conflicts in the past decade. 400.000 children become blind every year because of lack of vitamin A. Children without a nationality
38% of all estimated births worldwide go unregis‐tered. 51 million children born in 2006 did not have their births registered. Two out of three African chil‐dren under 5 are not registered. Refugee children and child soldiers
14,6 million children under the age of 18 have been forced to flee their homes because of conflict and are living as refugees. There are currently around 300.000 child soldiers. Child marriage
Worldwide, more than 60 million girls and women aged 20‐24 were married before they reached the age of 18. 45 per cent of women aged 20‐24 in South Asia and 40 per cent in Sub‐Saharan Africa, were married as children. Overweight children
United States has more than 25 million overweight children and youths, which means one in three under 18 is overweight. Globally more than 20 million chil‐dren under the age of 5 are overweight. The number of overweight children is growing fast in many coun‐tries – not only in rich countries but also in countries such as China, India, South Africa and Mexico.
UNICEF May 2008
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HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE invites you to become a Partner in Child Aid, empowering communities through an organised structure of basic support and training. The families use Child Aid to create better lives for their children, reduce poverty and gain lasting develop‐ment for themselves and their community. Partners are invited to support the establishment of Child Aid projects in rural or urban ar‐eas. Each project covers a population of 6.000‐10.000 families of which 3.000 families are members, at the cost of 150.000 USD annually or 50 USD per family per year. Partners are also invited to support specific programmes within the 10 lines of activities:
Line 1: Strengthening the economy of the family Line 2: Health and hygiene and the fight against HIV/AIDS Line 3: Preschools Line 4: Children as active in the political, social, cultural and economic spheres of society Line 5: Children without parents Line 6: Education Line 7: District development Line 8: Environment Line 9: A line chosen by the project Line 10: A line chosen by the project
Humana People to People Headquarters at Murgwi Estate, Shamva, Zimbabwe
E‐mail: [email protected] Website: www.humana.org Phone: +263 912 420 420 and +263 912 401 292
We invite you to becomeWe invite you to become a Partner in Child Aida Partner in Child Aid
“The dehumanized human being, the dehumanized society must meet The Solidary Humanism. Man standing shoulder to shoulder with all mankind.”
The Charter, Humana People to People.
Humana People to People
“HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE is focusing on a series of central elements for any nation in its understanding of its cultural life. When that includes ∗ taking good care of its children and young ones ∗ taking good care of its sick and weak ones ∗ taking good care of its old ones ∗ protecting all outcasts of fortune ∗ safeguarding the right of all to practice The Solidary Humanism ∗ defending the human rights of all its citizens ∗ economizing well on the common wealth in a process of fair sharing we shall understand the culture of that nation as humanely founded.” The Charter HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE