Children's Voice in Rwanda
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Summary
We are helping children, mainly girls, to get off the street by placing them in families through our foster parent program. We use media to publicize our activities and needs. Girls play sports too.
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How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $4,015 was raised for this project.
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Received $4,015 from 65 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Our project has 200 beneficiaries who are children and girls mainly. The project beneficiaries have several needs including: food, accomodation, medication, education, training on income generating activities for them to be independent especially those of 14-17 years of age. They need access to legal services in cases of sexual abuse. These children are based in Rwanda in Kigali city.
Activities
The project trains and educated children in Rwanda. The project has helped 100 children, mainly girls, of 10-13 to go to primary school, while other 100 of 14-17 years of age are in catch up classes on a part time basis.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $4,015
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding.
Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as
indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the
"Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $4,015. The original project funding goal was $9,200.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will help beneficiaries to have access to education, medication, food and clothes. Girls will be trained about their reproductive health and HIV/AIDS awareness which reduces the number of other street children being born.
Project Message
Due to 1994 Genocide many parents were killed and their children were left with no homes no care, no love and no affection from any one . HIV/AIDS has also increased a number of orphans in Rwanda.
- Nyirahakizimana DADA, A beneficiary
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on March 15, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 09, 2006.
Latest Update from the Field
Get off of younger Rwandese girls from street through sports
By Emertha Uwanyirigira - President and founder , March 15, 2007 05:26 PM
In this months of march the children's voicein Rwanda has managed to get off more than 20 girls from the street through football.
in this process we have put those girls in primary school where they can get knowledge lather than just staying on the street:
we have tought them about their rights as children. they now feel considerd in the society like other children.
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