![]() No other donor organisation has offered sponsorship to this level for Chafisi children, they generally stop sponsorship at the end of primary school. Hope St sponsorship of children on the Chafisi program has a strong emphasis on life skills to raise capable and contributing community members, so our aim is for sponsorship to continue until the child/youth has attained a trade qualification, a diploma or degree. Sponsorship also funds boarding costs on the Chafisi campus during school terms for children from extremely difficult family situations, and children living too far away to walk to school. The Chafisi child sponsorship program provides school fees, feeding, medical care, and counselling for children from very poor families, children who would otherwise grow up to be illiterate. Through education people will become aware and fewer children will be at risk.’ġ United Nations Children’s Fund (2014). People are not aware of the risks they face when they run to the streets. When the government started education programs less and less people died. ‘When HIV first came to Uganda, many people died. Hope Focus’ Board chairman explained the outreach program in this way. It is estimated over 24,000 people will be reached during the community awareness outreaches, and up to one million through the radio broadcasts. They will continue visiting the communities and speak regularly on a radio talkback show, sharing the stories of street children they have rescued. Hope Focus has a program to raise awareness in these most at-risk communities. ![]() They are not aware of child prostitution, modern-day human trafficking, or the risks street children face. They don’t know where their runaways have ended up. When visiting these rural communities, the Hope Focus has observed that most people do not know children are living on the streets. Through years of counselling children living on the streets, Hope Focus has identified the at-risk communities that many of these children originally came from. Hope Focus also provides a short tailoring and craft course for youth who cannot adapt to formal education. Hope Focus has program graduates who are tailors, builders and electricians. The program has a strong emphasis on life sk ills to rehabilitate tough street kids into capable and contributing community members. Sponsorship continues until the child/youth has attained a trade qualification, a diploma or degree. Eleven of these children call the Hope Focus safe home their home. There are currently 27 children on the Hope Focus program, in primary, secondary and vocational training schools. Some children in the safe home are in due course also reconciled with extended family. There they receive education, health care, mentoring and life skills. Those children who are most vulnerable and have no family support are offered a place in Hope Focus’ safe home. The ORA Uganda team works closely with local schools, vocational training institutes and community leaders to implement these projects. clean water projects in communities with no safe water supply.agricultural projects providing families with additional income,. ![]()
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