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Growing up in a children’s home is better than on the street but still we believe every child should be part of a family. We tirelessly research the background of the children the authorities place with us, and wherever possible, we are trying to reintegrate them to their wider family and tribal context. We closely monitor their wellbeing afterwards so we can intervene should this be needed. If a next of kin placement fails, then we together with the Ministry of Gender identify and train suitable foster and adoption families.

For  those children where we couldn’t find relatives or we had realized that there is no adequate environment for them to grow up, we raise these kids in our family style houses. Every house is run by a caretaker, a local mother who takes care of up to 10 children. They live together like a family, oftentimes the biological children of these mothers are also living with them and they become brothers and sisters.

Education changes the trajectory in children’s lives. We therefore emphasize good education for the children under our watch, may it be the children in our children’s home or children who have been reintegrated into communities but remain in our educational program. We run our own primary school, which is a reputable school where also many outside children join. Many of them even live with us and make use of our boarding facilities. Older children under our care attend other secondary or vocational schools, even universities – depending on their academic results.

Developing communities to be able to break the vicious circle of poverty, child neglect and child abuse locally, means attacking the root causes of children ending up on the streets. We provide trainings, counseling, and support for families in great distress, as well as for families who desire to stand in the gap through foster care and adoption. On other hand, we enable larger communities to become self-sustainable, through various initiatives like providing accessible drinking water, as well as supporting them through sourcing exclusively from within the region.