Direct Change

Victory Children - Benin

$120 = full support for 1 child for a year (food, clothing, academic support + tutoring)
The program supports orphans at school, through providing them with school fees, school supplies, uniforms, and follow-up visits, as well as the creation of a study center for weekly tutoring sessions and a nutritious meal.
Victory Way will serve 330 orphans and vulnerable children in the greater Parakou of northern Benin, ranging in age from approximately 5 to 18.

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Orphan Student Education Fund

With over 3 million orphans in Ethiopia, thousands of families take in nieces, nephews, cousins and grandchildren. The financial pressure on these extended families often leads to children going to work instead of going to school.
This project, which is run by Adoption Advocates International, provides orphans with scholarships to keep them in school and with their extended family. The initial project started in the Ethiopian town of Nazret (about two hours south of Addis Ababa) and has recently expanded to also sponsor students in the cities of Mukatore and Sheshamone. Currently, a total of 190 children receive monthly sponsorship support, HIV/AIDS is a very serious problem in this area and over 1000 orphans have been identified who are at risk of dropping out of school without sponsorship assistance.
Contributions to this project pay for school fees, school uniforms as well as basic necessities (food, clothing and shoes).

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The Vulnerables Life And Hope Support Project

$35/month – Provides all education costs as well as food and clothing
In the Volta region of Ghana, only about 1/3 of the thousands of children who have lost one or both parents receive any form of assistance aimed at ensuring sound development of the child.
This project is run by the Life Development Foundation, a local charity in the Volta region of Ghana. The project is targeted to benefit vulnerable children who have lost one or both parent to HIV/AIDS. It also includes children of insane/terminally ill parentage, unemployed and unskilled young single mothers, and unmarried men with children or children of very poor parents with more than five (5) children.

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Secondary School Fees -Vihiga District

$20/month = 1 childs school fees
Since the year 2003 that saw the introduction of Free Primary Education in Kenya by the current Government, a big number of students have enrolled in primary schools all over Kenya. This translates to a larger enrollment of students in secondary schools every year with half the population unable to afford secondary education thereby leading to drop out cases after primary education.
Direct Change is partnering with the Christian Partners Development Agency (CPDA) to carry out this project.
Contributions to this project pay for school fees, school uniforms as well as basic necessities (food, clothing and shoes).

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Rebuilding Education in Sudan

After over two decades of a civil war that costs millions of lives, the southern Sudan is beginning to rebuild as thousands of refugees return to the region. The lack of schools and teachers in the region has kept an estimated 80% of school age children out of school. Direct Change is in the process of identifying partners to rebuild schools, train teachers and to assist in the redevelopment of the educational system throughout southern Sudan.
While most Direct Change projects focus on ongoing support, the situation in this region requires the creation of sustainable infrastructure.

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TunaHAKI Centre for Child Development Education Project

$265 = Provides full support keeps 1 child in primary school
$390 = Provides full support keeps 1 child in secondary school
In Tanzania 2.5 million children of primary school age are out of school. School fees, supplies and the costs of school uniforms have turned education into an unaffordable luxury for many children.
The partner carrying out the work of this project is the TunaHaki Foundation that is working with the Tanzanian based TunaHAKI Centre.
Contributions to this project pay for school uniforms as well as basic necessities (food, clothing and shoes).

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AHOPE: HIV Orphans’ Care & Support Program

Traditionally in Ethiopian culture, the kinship within extended families was strong and orphans were cared for within the family. However, the increasing number of orphans and the deteriorating living standard of the Ethiopian people have created a condition where extended families are unable to provide even the minimal basic care for orphans.
In addition, there is a great deal of misinformation and superstition surrounding HIV that makes persons who would otherwise accept responsibility for a child to, instead, shun that child if he or she is HIV+.
This program run by AHOPE Ethiopia provides food, housing and education within a child development center.

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Lost Boys Education

In the late 1980’s over 25,000 children (mostly boys) were forced by violence from their homes in southern Sudan on a journey that led them first to Ethiopia and then several years later to a refugee camp in Kenya. In 2001, a group of almost 4,000 of these “Lost Boys of Sudan” were brought to the United States leaving behind thousands of others in the refugee camp.
Join Direct Change in supporting this project that will provide direct financial support to organizations in Uganda and Kenya to provide education and job training to the “Lost Boys” that remained in Africa.

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TunaHAKI Centre for Child Development Family Reunification and Health Programs

$745 = Reunifies child living in orphanage with extended family and provides support (including school fees) for one year.
$320 = One year of an orphaned child’s medical costs
With over 1 million orphans in Tanzania, many extended families are unable to afford to absorb the grandchildren or nieces and nephews that are left without a home. With limited space in orphanages, these children are often left to fend for themselves.
This project is funding the work of the TunaHAKI Centre for Child Development in Moshi, Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania. TunaHAKI Centre has identifies families that if provided with financial support and the direct payment of school fees could raise an orphan that is part of their extended family.

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Narok Children's Hope

$30/month = provision of Antiretroviral Therapy for one HIV+ child
While it is estimated that over 120,000 children are currently infected with HIV in Kenya many of these children do not have access to live saving medication.
In fact, the Narok regional district hospital reports that in their region only 1 out of every 200 HIV+ children are currently receiving Antiretroviral Therapy (ART).
Direct Change is partnering with the Christian Partners Development Agency (CPDA) to increase the number of children in the Narok District to receive life saving medication.

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