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Anglican Diocese of Lusaka, Livingstone
2003 – $ 2,100
St. Margaret’s Community School, run by the Anglican Diocese,
provides education for vulnerable children and brings together
the community to increase awareness and build capacity for caring
for children in this community near Victoria Falls. Grant funding
enables the school to hold three community-based workshops on
HIV/AIDS and two community sensitization workshops on child
rights. They are also sending four youth to short courses in
vegetable growing and chicken keeping and engaging all students
in small-scale income-generating activities.
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Anglican Children's Project, Lusaka
2004 – $ 14,500
The goal of the Anglican Children’s Project is to support
vulnerable children and their families. Their programs include
a residential transit center for street children, income-generating
activities for orphans, school scholarships, psychosocial counseling,
sports activities, and education about child labor and its effects.
In the past, the Firelight Foundation has funded the Anglican
Children’s Project’s educational and food programs,
as well as a bakery project that provides food, income, and
job training for street children. This regrant expands the project
by funding vocational education for youth.
2002 – $ 5,000
The goal of the Anglican Street Children Project is to strengthen
vulnerable families, thus alleviating the hardships that force
children onto the streets. They also provide long-term care
for orphans. Grant money is being used to train children in
a bakery project.
2001 – $ 5,000
The grant enables the Project to provide counseling, school
supplies (books, uniforms, pens, and shoes), and other basic
necessities for children, as well as providing outreach to their
caregivers.
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Bwafwano Community Home-Based Care Organization, Lusaka
2004 – $ 30,000 (Two-year grant)
Bwafwano is a leader in the field of home-based care and the
support of vulnerable children. Activities include health,
nutrition, psychosocial support, education, skills training,
HIV/AIDS prevention, and income-generating activities. Previous
Firelight funding enabled 100 orphans to attend an entrepreneurship
workshop and receive small business loans. Grant funds also
helped Bwafwano train caregivers, youth, and adults in peer
education, orphan monitoring, and community leadership and
mobilization. In addition, 500 children at the community school
were fed every day for one school year. With this grant, Bwafwano
is increasing the orphan care and peer education support they
offer by expanding to a new geographical area. The funds provide
food and basic materials to children in school, and supports
the formation of anti-AIDS clubs and orphan care support groups,
and the distribution of condoms.
The entire grant was funded through Firelight’s Donor
Advised Fund at Tides Foundation.
2004 – $ 2,800
Bwafwano is creating two produc
ts with this documentation grant: a newsletter that is directed
at local community-based organizations and a video that describes
Bwafwano’s work for potential and current donors.
2004 – $ 4,000
The Global Health Council selected Bwafwano’s Executive
Director, Beatrice Chola, to present a paper on Bwafwano’s
community mobilization work at its annual public health conference
in Washington, D.C. This grant covers the travel expenses
associated with this presentation and a visit to the Firelight
Foundation’s offices in Santa Cruz, California.
2003 – $ 15,000
Bwafwano operates a clinic, a youth peer educator program,
a home-based care program, and a community school from its
compound in a poor area outside the capital city of Lusaka.
As a result of this grant, 20 youth are being trained as peer
educators and 20 adult committee members are being trained
in orphan monitoring, community leadership, and mobilization.
In addition, 50 community caregivers are receiving training
and 500 children are being fed at the community school.
2001 – $ 18,000
Firelight funding enables 100 orphans to attend a workshop
in entrepreneurship as well as to join a small business revolving
fund. They are receiving skills training courses in tailoring,
batik, and handicrafts. The organization is initiating a peer
education program, and a community pharmacy.
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Care for Children in Need (CAFCHIN), Lundazi
2004 – $ 12,300
CAFCHIN’s activities aim to promote community-based approaches
to orphan care. Previous Firelight funds helped CAFCHIN set
up a community resource center, a small loan fund assisting
caregivers in incomegenerating activities, and a rural family
network. This regrant helps CAFCHIN continue to train and assist
55 caregivers in initiating income-generating activities. Funds
also enable CAFCHIN to work with children to develop memory
books by covering the purchase of a camera, film, and art materials.
Memory books are collections of stories and memorabilia that
offer children a sense of family history.
2003 – $ 10,000
Care for Children in Need is a community-based organization
located in an isolated, rural area. Grant funding is helping
them set up a community resource center. Funds also support
a small loan fund for caregivers and will help create a rural
family network in the region. These activities aim to promote
discussion, support, and collaboration for the provision of
orphan care in their community.
2001 – $ 8,000
Grant funds are helping CAFCHIN develop their rural family
development program which aims to provide education in abuse
prevention, counseling, life skills, and health promotion
to orphans and vulnerable children in the area.
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Chentelelwe Health Education And Livelihood
Programme, Ndola
2005 – $ 5,000
Founded by community members concerned about the effects of
HIV/AIDS, widespread unemployment, and increasing numbers of
school dropouts, Chentelelwe works in Mushili township, on the
edges of Ndola. The organization’s volunteer-driven programs
include vocational training and livelihood support, food security,
and psychosocial support. This grant enables Chentelelwe to
purchase two sewing machines and a knitting machine to be used
for vocational training and group income-generating activities.
Additionally, 50 guardians are learning about small business
management and each is receiving $30 of seed capital. Chentelelwe
is also teaching 30 caregivers and youth peer educators psychosocial
support strategies.
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Chikanta Community Schools Development Project
(CCSDP), Choma
2005 – $ 10,000
CCSDP educates children unable to attend government schools
due to distance or a lack of financial means. It also offers
adult literacy programs and entrepreneurial training for caregivers.
It operates 120 community schools, educating approximately 9,000
children. Firelight has funded CCSDP since 2001, covering the
group’s administrative expenses, as well as teachers’
stipends and the costs of school supplies. With this regrant
CCSDP is training 30 caregivers in mushroom production for income
generation. This grant also supports CCSDP to provide uniforms
and school supplies to 1,450 children and to hold community-sensitization
meetings to discuss HIV/AIDS and child exploitation, reaching
500 people. Additionally, CCSDP will use funds to purchase a
computer and office equipment and to pay administrative expenses.
2004 – $ 3,700
The primary focus of CCSDP is the provision of free education,
via community schools, to disadvantaged children in rural locations.
Chikanta’s previous grant assisted with the ongoing management
and maintenance of 10 of their 16 community schools. This grant
covers CCSDP’s office rental and staff salary expenses.
2002 – $ 5,000
The primary focus of Chikanta is the provision of free education,
via community schools, to orphaned and other disadvantaged children.
Firelight funding is assisting Chikanta with the ongoing management
and maintenance of 10 of their 16 community schools in this
very rural location.
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Child Care & Adoption Society, Chilenje
Transit Home, Lusaka
2003 – $ 8,000
The Chilenje Transit Home is a temporary shelter for orphans
and vulnerable children. The home supports children by reintegrating
them into their biological families or securing adoptive parents
or foster care. They receive children from all over the country,
although most come from Lusaka. Grant funding is enabling the
Society to send two staff members to a six-month training in
psychosocial counseling, and to provide training to caregivers
in hygiene, nutrition for HIV-positive babies and children,
first aid, and counseling for traumatized children.
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Child Hope Organization, Lusaka
2001 – $ 5,000
Funds support programming to address the prevention of HIV/AIDS
by holding educational workshops and promoting income-generating
projects for children.
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Children in Distress-Kalomo (CINDI-Kalomo),
Kalomo
2005 – $ 19,000
CINDI is a nationwide network that works to mitigate the impact
of HIV/AIDS on children. CINDI-Kalomo focuses on improving vulnerable
households’ economic standing as a strategy for promoting
children’s wellbeing. Previous grants have supported CINDI-Kalomo
to train more than 80 caregivers in business initiation and
management, and have supplied seed funding for trainees’
small businesses. With this grant CINDI-Kalomo is supporting
33 young people at all levels of education. Twenty children
are participating in a field trip to Kitwe to meet other children
affected by HIV/AIDS and to enjoy recreation and peer support.
CINDI-Kalomo is also coaching 29 caregivers in parenting skills
and providing HIV/AIDS prevention information. A portion of
funding covers office equipment and operating expenses.
2004 – $ 8,000
The Children in Distress (CINDI) national network was established
in 1989 in order to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on children.
CINDI-Kalomo used Firelight’s first grant to train 45 caregivers
and 19 youth in business skills. With 2004 funding, CINDI-Kalomo
introduces an HIV/AIDS educational component for 24 children,
provides income-generating opportunities to 18 guardians, and
holds 3 workshops on HIV/AIDS awareness.
2002 – $ 5,000
The overall mission of CINDI is to support orphaned and vulnerable
children. Currently, there are nine branches of the organization
operating throughout Zambia. Grant funds to the Kalomo branch
cover the facilitation of workshops on income-generating activities
for 50 families providing care to 250 orphans.
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Children in Distress-Kitwe (CINDI-Kitwe),
Kitwe
2005 – $ 13,000
CINDI-Kitwe, a branch of the national Children in Distress (CINDI)
network, aims to deliver an effective and sustainable community
response to the needs of vulnerable children, focusing on material
and psychosocial support. Since 2002 Firelight has funded CINDI-Kitwe’s
efforts to mobilize communities to recognize and support the
needs of children. It has enabled them to train volunteers in
home health care and psychosocial skills needed to care for
adults and children affected by HIV/AIDS. Funds have also supported
CINDI-Kitwe’s youth focused HIV-prevention and peer education
programs. This regrant supports CINDI-Kitwe to continue its
human capacity building activities, supporting a series of training
workshops for orphan caregivers, volunteers from the community,
and youth peer educators. Additionally, CINDI-Kitwe is producing
and distributing posters and pamphlets with HIV-prevention messages
designed especially for children and youth.
2004 – $ 9,800
CINDI-Kitwe aims to create an effective and sustainable community
response to the material and psychosocial needs of orphans and
vulnerable children. Earlier funding enabled CINDI-Kitwe to
conduct a needs assessment, organize anti-AIDS workshops for
500 youth, and hold community group meetings with children and
caregivers on HIV/AIDS issues. With continued funding from Firelight,
CINDI-Kitwe will provide 120 youth with reproductive
health and HIV/AIDS awareness training, train 600 youth in peer-to-peer
HIV/AIDS education, provide a weekly volunteer mobile clinic,
and train 600 youth in micro-enterprises.
2002 – $ 8,000
Grant funding is enabling CINDI-Kitwe to organize anti-AIDS
workshops for 500 youth and hold community group meetings with
children and caregivers on HIV/AIDS issues. In addition, they
will begin implementing program monitoring and evaluation activities.
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Children of the Most High (CMH), Choma
2004 – $ 10,000
This organization provides shelter, care, and community support
to vulnerable families in a rural area. CMH used a previous
Firelight grant to provide seeds (e.g. cabbage, maize, bean,
and sunflower) and skills training to 42 women’s groups.
They also began building a community school for 98 children
and provided care to 27 orphaned children who reside in two
safe houses. With a new Firelight grant, CMH is completing construction
of the community school that will serve 160 children. They are
also purchasing a grain mill for the community, offering nutrition
workshops to 250 women caregivers, and providing additional
nutritional support for infants.
The entire grant was funded through Firelight’s Donor
Advised Fund at Tides Foundation.
2002 – $ 10,000
This organization provides shelter, care, and community support
to vulnerable families in an area with approximately 65 widows
and 150 orphans. Funds are supporting the women’s income-generating
clubs, providing school fees, contributing to the building of
a community school, and paying the salaries of two community
workers.
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Chingola Orphan Care/Wilson’s Orphans
and Street Kids, Chingola
2005 – $ 10,000
Formed as a partnership of five local service organizations
to address the needs of 2,500 orphans and vulnerable children,
Chingola Orphan Care trains widows, orphans, and street children
in skills that help them move toward self-sufficiency. With
previous Firelight funds, the organization supported 110 children
with educational expenses, and provided shelter, food, school
necessities, and medical care to 20 street children. This regrant
enables Chingola Orphan Care Group to continue this assistance,
reaching 34 street children, and to pay for the educational
expenses of 30 additional vulnerable children.
2003 – $ 3,000
The mission of this all-volunteer organization is to address
the needs of over 2,500 orphans and vulnerable children in the
Chingola region by providing primary education, food, clothing,
medical care, housing, and skills training. With Firelight funding,
Wilson’s is formalizing their community school and training
100 volunteers to work in the school.
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Community for Human Development (CHD), Lusaka
2005 – $ 12,000
“Education is an investment for the future. Not only is
it vital for the country’s development, but it is also
each individual’s right, especially children,” affirms
CHD. CHD founded a network of community schools to mobilize
greater community involvement in meeting vulnerable young people’s
needs. CHD has used previous Firelight funding to integrate
former street children, mostly young girls, into community and
government schools. It has also purchased materials for its
10 schools, which together educate 1,200 children living in
isolated rural areas and high-density urban neighborhoods. This
grant enables CHD to enroll 40 girls from rural areas in government
schools, to distribute school supplies to all of its pupils,
to train 16 teachers, and to provide allowances to 10 of these
educators.
2004 – $ 5,000
CHD manages eight community schools for orphans and vulnerable
children. CHD also provides incomegenerating activities, business
management training, and holistic care training for women caregivers,
and helps them secure small business loans. With Firelight support,
CHD is assisting 20 street children from Lusaka and reintegrating
them into school. Funds also cover administrative expenses and
CHD’s purchase of educational materials for its network
of community schools.
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Development Aid from People to People Children’s
Town (DAPP), Malambanyama/Lusaka
2005 – $ 5,000
DAPP-Children’s Town is a residential and vocational center
that serves former street children and responds to the needs
of vulnerable children in villages neighboring Children’s
Town. Firelight funds have been used to support Children’s
Town’s community school, its orphan outreach program, and
its HIV/AIDS awarenessraising activities. The community school
provides students with a basic education, life skills, and vocational
skills. The outreach program works with village care committees
to strengthen community-based care of orphans and vulnerable
children. This discretionary grant provided gap funding to cover
salaries for 12 teachers for the months of July and August while
Children’s Town awaited funding from other donors.
2004 – $ 25,000 (Two-year grant)
Children’s Town, located 140 km outside of Lusaka, works
to address the plight of street children and other vulnerable
children. The program started 15 years ago with 2 children in
tent shelters. Today, there is housing for 180 children and
20 teachers, a community school, office buildings, and a community
hall. By providing education, skills, and emotional support
to vulnerable children and youth, Children’s Town transforms
street children into participating members of their communities.
Their community-outreach program serves 4,000 children by strengthening
the capacity of guardians to provide adequate care for them.
They also offer expertise in income generation and advocate
for children’s rights. This comprehensive model of outreach
not only responds to immediate community needs, but also prevents
more vulnerable children from choosing a life on the streets
of Lusaka. Previously, Firelight supported the operation of
Children’s Town community school and the launch of their
community-outreach programs for orphans and vulnerable children.
This grant continues support for these activities.
$11,000 of this grant was funded through Firelight’s
Donor Advised Fund at Tides Foundation.
2004 – $ 4,000
Children’s Town will develop a written publ ication documenting
their work. This document will describe successes and failures
and will serve as a guide for other organizations and government-planned
centers for street children.
2002 – $ 5,000
Two of the most important objectives of DAPP are: 1) to strengthen
the capacity of guardians, schools, and local communities to
provide orphans with appropriate and affordable care; and 2)
to increase awareness regarding the rights and needs of orphans.
Grant funds help DAPP meet these objectives by offering psychosocial
counseling workshops to 40 caregivers and teachers and life
skills workshops to 40 orphans and their caregivers. Funding
also covers educational materials and tools for income-generating
activities.
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Echoes of Mercy, Chibuluma/Kitwe
2005 – $ 7,000
Echoes of Mercy supports families coping with poverty and HIV/AIDS
by providing educational and material assistance, training them
in vocational skills, and addressing the causes of food insecurity.
Previous Firelight funding supported Echoes of Mercy to educate
and offer vocational training opportunities to more than 40
vulnerable children. With this regrant Echoes of Mercy is providing
120 children with school assistance and 15 caregivers with training
in growing fruit and vegetable gardens. The organization is
also convening eight community meetings to highlight the effects
of HIV/AIDS and propose ways to encourage prevention, care,
and support activities.
2003 – $ 3,000
With these grant funds, Echoes of Mercy assists 22 children
with school fees, uniforms, and supplies. Echoes of Mercy will
also start a preschool to offer free basic education to 15 orphans
and vulnerable children. The organization is working with local
churches to provide training in HIV/AIDS prevention and raise
awareness of orphans and vulnerable children.
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Families for Children Project (FCP), Ndola
2005 – $ 9,600
FCP promotes extended family fostering of orphans within the
communities of Masala and Kantolomba on the outskirts of Ndola.
More than 250 pupils study, receive hot meals, and participate
in sports and drama clubs at FCP’s community school. This
grant covers the cost of feeding, clothing, and educating these
children and purchasing sports equipment for their recreational
enjoyment. The grant also funds business training and startup
capital for each of 20 caregivers.
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FLAME, Lusaka
2002 – $ 2,000
FLAME runs a community school and temporary shelter catering
largely to former street children and destitute families. Firelight
grant money covers improvements to the temporary shelter that
serves 40 children.
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Fountain of Hope (FOH), Lusaka
2003 – $ 30,000 (Two-year grant)
Fountain of Hope operates a large shelter and a variety of programs
for street children in the heart of Lusaka. They offer schooling,
meals, counseling, and other services to as many as 600 displaced
children. In addition, FOH’s staff members comb the city
at night looking for new children living on the streets who
might need assistance and checking in with other familiar street
children to assess their health and well-being. Funding is covering
overhead and operational costs for running this comprehensive
outreach program.
2003 – $ 20,000 (Two-year grant)
A second, separate grant is providing technical assistance for
organizational development in project management, financial
planning, and strategic planning. It also allows Fountain of
Hope to send 13 staff members to receive further training in
social work, business entrepreneurship, counseling, teaching,
cooking, accounting, child psychology, and human resource management.
2001 – $ 10,500
The grant enables FOH to provide 40 mothers with business
skills training and seed money for small businesses. The grant
also pays for 32 children to attend one year of secondary
school.
2001 – $ 15,700
With grant funding, FOH is setting up a separate shelter for
25 girl children and covering the costs of shelter rental,
allowances for 2 caretakers, and the purchase of bedding,
clothes, and food for the children.
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Jesus Cares Ministries, Lusaka
2003 – $ 10,000
Jesus Cares Ministries works with street children, child prostitutes,
orphans, children forced into labor, and any other children
under duress and oppression. They currently run a community
school that provides education, health services, and basic necessities
to 150 children. However, because of overcrowding and rising
demand, the school needs to increase its capacity. With this
grant, Jesus Cares Ministries is increasing enrollment by 50
students by constructing an additional classroom and purchasing
additional benches and educational materials.
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Kabwata Widows and Orphans Community Society
(KWOCS), Kabwata
2005 – $ 6,000
KWOCS works to enhance the community’s sense of collective
responsibility to address the effects of HIV/AIDS. Its 56 community
volunteers function as the cornerstone of outreach to vulnerable
households, providing home-based care and legal advice. This
grant enables KWOCS to electrify a hammermill used by the community
to grind maize meal, which will generate funds for ongoing care
and support activities, including other income-generating projects.
The organization is also providing educational assistance to
30 children.
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Kaoma Cheshire Community Care Centre, Kaoma
2004 – $ 6,000
Kaoma Cheshire Care Home provides hospice support and famine
relief for HIV-positive children. Past Firelight funding has
enabled the home to offer the only local free schooling for
vulnerable children. This grant covers school uniforms for 49
children and the food and health care needs of infants at their
facility.
2002 – $ 10,000
This Centre is the single source of aid to orphaned children
in a 5,000-square kilometer area in western Zambia. It provides
shelter to 88 children under the age of 5, half of whom are
infants under 1 year. In total, they reach 769 children with
shelter, food, or education. Funds are covering teachers’
salaries and supporting 10 family groups of children, allowing
siblings to stay together.
2001 – $ 20,000
This center faced closure in 2001 when a local bank failed
and they lost nearly $50,000 in savings. Firelight funding
is helping them sustain the center and open a free community
school for orphans. In addition, grant funds are assisting
Kaoma in offering support to community members caring for
vulnerable children.
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Kara Counseling and Training Trust (KCTT),
Lusaka
2005 – $ 30,000 (Two-year grant)
KCTT provides counseling services, home-based care, and hospice
care to HIV-affected and -infected people, including children
living with HIV/AIDS. Firelight funding enabled the group to
train hospice staff for a daycare center and 24-hour care facility
that meets the special needs of very young HIV-positive children.
With this two-year regrant, Kara is training guardians of HIV-positive
children in palliative care. The organization is providing 12
hospice staff members with skills that will help them identify
and assist orphans and vulnerable children effectively. KCTT
is also training 100 guardians in income-generating skills and
providing them with loans.
2003 – $ 10,000
Kara Counseling and Training Trust provides counseling services,
home-based care, and hospice care to HIV-affected and infected
people. They are using grant funding to expand their current
hospice program to provide a daycare and 24-hour hospice facility
specifically for children. Children who are well enough are
brought to the facility during the day and returned to their
homes for the night. In addition, KCTT is training existing
hospice staff to care for children living with HIV/AIDS. The
grant also covers the cost of training in-school youth in peer
education skills, outreach, and the care and needs of children
living with HIV/AIDS.
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The Law and Development Association (LADA),
Monze
2005 – $ 45,000 (Three-year grant)
LADA’s mission is to reduce property grabbing, forced marriages,
child abuse, and widow inheritance. They do this by providing
legal advice, training community-based paralegal assistants,
and advocating for the rights of vulnerable children and their
guardians. LADA has used previous Firelight funding to train
41 Paralegal Kids. These youth identify cases of child exploitation
and then work with LADA staff and authorities to end and redress
abuse. This three-year regrant enables LADA to strengthen the
Paralegal Kids program by hiring a full-time coordinator and
providing previously trained youth with a refresher course.
LADA is assisting 30 of the Paralegal Kids to start an income-generating
project. The grant also funds computer and internet access to
improve communication and enhance research capacity.
2004 – $ 10,000
In response to widespread property grabbing, widow inheritance,
and early forced marriages, LADA provides legal advice, training,
and income-generating activities to improve the status of women
and girls. With the Firelight grant, LADA launches a “paralegal
kids” program to teach children, especially girls, about
their human rights. This program empowers children to report
child abuse directly to the police or LADA members.
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Luapula Foundation, Mansa
2005 – $ 30,000 (Two-year grant)
Luapula Foundation provides social, financial, and educational
assistance to HIV-infected and affected children and their families.
Previous Firelight grant funds provided youth-focused HIV/AIDS
awareness raising activities, life-skills education for 160
youth, and conservation farming workshops aimed at improving
the food security of vulnerable households. Firelight’s
funding also supported Luapula to educate 66 young people in
secondary school and college. This two-year regrant assists
Luapula’s efforts to enhance household food security, funding
two conferences on improved farming and food storage techniques,
and providing agricultural supplies for 40 families. Regrant
funding also covers quarterly HIV/AIDS education for 50 youth,
community school fees for 70 young people, secondary school
expenses for 50 children, and college tuition for 3 youth.
2004 – $ 15,000
The Luapula Foundation addresses the plight of orphans and vulnerable
children in the Mansa community, a high-need underserved area.
With previous Firelight support, Luapula was able to increase
the economic independence and food security of 104 vulnerable
children and educate community members on HIV prevention. The
grant also provided school fees and vocational training for
youth, and provided farming supplies for caregivers and children.
With regrant funds, Luapula is providing secondary school fees
to 50 orphans, educational fees for 10 previously funded students,
agricultural supplies for 30 families caring for orphans, and
HIV-prevention education to 160 youth.
The entire grant was funded through Firelight’s Donor
Advised Fund at Tides Foundation.
2004 – $ 3,700
With this documentation grant, Luapula is purchasing a computer,
a printer, and supporting software to assist in the production
of their newsletter and in the daily running of their organization.
2003 – $ 5,000
Luapula Foundation was founded to address the plight of AIDS
orphans in the Manza community, a high-need, underserved area.
Grant funding covers food, school fees, and school supplies
for children. It also pays for agricultural supplies, such as
seeds and fertilizer, and other income-generating activities
for caregivers.
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Lupwa Lwabumi Trust (LLT), Lusaka
2005 – $ 30,000
Lupwa Lwabumi (Families for Everyone) views family life as vital,
not only in meeting the needs of orphans and vulnerable children,
but in creating a better future for Zambia. It works to reunite
children on the street or in institutional care with extended
family members, tracing their relatives and then offering family
counseling through the reunification process. Firelight funds
support a needs assessment covering 10 communities designed
to collect baseline data and inform reunification work plan
development. Funds also enable Lupwa Lwabumi to host 20 community
mobilization meetings and begin reuniting 70 children with extended
family members.
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Mulumbo Early Childhood Care and Development
Foundation, Lusaka
2005 – $ 7,500
MECCDF works to strengthen the community’s capacity to
provide holistic childcare services. Previous Firelight funding
enabled MECCDF to recruit and train 70 Child Care Community
Support Group volunteers in early childhood education, inclusive
education for children with disabilities, HIV/AIDS prevention
and care, and other topics. Each volunteer assumed responsibility
for teaching a minimum of 15 children and their caregivers.
With this regrant MECCDF is establishing two additional childcare
centers (bringing the total number to five), employing additional
trained caregivers at each center, and training at least 25
community support group members. Grant funds also purchase school
uniforms and books for 100 children.
2003 – $ 4,000
Mulumbo works with densely-populated, rural communities to strengthen
their capacity to provide community-based childcare, health,
and development services. Currently, they are working in three
regions (Lusaka Province, Central Province, and Western Province)
selected because of their high levels of orphaned and vulnerable
children, low levels of services, and community interest in
cultivating early childcare and development programs. With Firelight
support, the Foundation is providing integrated, child-focused
training to 35 new members of its Child Care Community Support
Groups.
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National Educational and Agricultural Enhancement
Programme (NEAEP), Lusaka
2003 – $ 5,000
By offering assistance with income-generating activities for
caregivers and school fees and supplies for children, NEAEP
aims to help orphans stay in their communities of origin. They
aim to build the capacity of the community to care for children
– household by household. The funds cover school fees and
supplies for 15 primary and 15 secondary school pupils and enable
NEAEP to train caregivers and community members on orphan issues.
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New Horizon Ministries (NHM), Lusaka
2004 – $ 6,000
New Horizon Ministries helps care for destitute and abused children
who are living on the streets of Lusaka. With a previous grant,
NHM purchased an oven and trained 15 girls and 10 caregivers
in basic sewing and cooking skills. This new Firelight grant
helps NHM fund administrative and operational costs.
2002 – $ 2,000
New Horizon Orphanage strives to meet the life skills and psychosocial
needs of girl street children. This grant is providing training
in tailoring, baking, knitting, and housekeeping for 25 girls,
ages 7 to 14 years, who are not currently attending school due
to lack of financial support, and 10 caregivers.
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Ray of Hope for Orphans, Livingstone
2005 – $ 20,000 (Two-year grant)
Ray of Hope improves children’s lives by developing caregivers’
earning capacity, offering psychosocial support to vulnerable
families, and providing educational support to children in need.
A previous Firelight grant helped Ray of Hope to provide business
training and startup loans to 80 caregivers supporting more
than 250 orphans and vulnerable children. This two-year Firelight
regrant enables Ray of Hope to reach 94 caregivers providing
for more than 300 children with business management training
and group loans. Loans are given in 20-week cycles and Ray of
Hope requires the entire group to meet weekly to make payments.
Ray of Hope is also providing 35 children with school funding,
and holding camps for 80 children to offer peer support, recreational
opportunities, and information about HIV/AIDS. Funds support
the staff with program management training and enable Ray of
Hope to purchase a computer.
2004 – $ 4,000
Ray of Hope for Orphans works to upgrade the life of orphans
and vulnerable children by providing for their basic needs such
as food, health care, education, social services, counseling,
and spiritual guidance. With the Firelight grant, Ray of Hope
for Orphans is setting up a revolving loan fund for 30 households
with orphaned and vulnerable children. Funds also pay school
and health fees for 35 child heads-of-households or children
living with elderly caregivers.
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Reformed Open Community Schools (ROCS-Lundazi),
Lundazi
2004 – $ 7,000
ROCS-Lundazi provides literacy and skill-building opportunities
for orphans in order to encourage their future self-sufficiency.
Their activities also include psychosocial support, HIV/AIDS
and gender awareness training, and water supply and sanitation
provision. With Firelight funds, ROCS-Lundazi is initiating
carpentry-training programs in two primary schools. They are
also training teachers at 25 schools in a sports and recreation
curriculum and are providing each school with sports equipment
and a bicycle to facilitate this work.
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Rescue Mission Zambia (RMZ), Lusaka
2005 – $ 4,000
A youth-initiated, youth-led group, RMZ advocates for children’s
rights and aims to build youth leaders into effective agents
of change. With this grant RMZ is establishing 10 school-based
anti-AIDS clubs and 20 soccer teams for out-ofschool youth.
These clubs enable youth to share information about HIV/AIDS
and build children’s confidence, selfesteem, and peer-support
networks. RMZ also operates the Nangoma Children and Youth Empowerment
Centre, where it offers workshops on HIV/AIDS, teaches vocational
skills, and offers space to play and study. Firelight funds
purchase a sound system and games for the Centre, an important
gathering place and resource center for the community.
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Senanga Orphan Day Centre, Senanga
2005 – $ 25,000 (Two-year grant)
Senanga Orphan Day Centre Community School provides education
and nutritional support to children through their free school
program. The school used previous Firelight funding to support
269 children, 50% of whom were orphaned due to HIV/AIDS. The
organization provided free education and uniforms to the children
and food to all students and staff and led cultural activities
that taught children about local dance and music. Using a regrant,
Senanga Orphan Day Care Community School is completing the construction
of two classrooms, continuing to feed 300 students and staff,
covering some administrative costs, and facilitating workshops
for caregivers on psychosocial support.
2002 – $ 10,000
Firelight funding in this underserved, rural area allows this
school for 175 orphans to build 3 classrooms and 6 latrines,
hold a planning workshop for teachers and management, purchase
textbooks, and send a teacher to a teacher training college.
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Tusa Munyandi Association, Livingstone
2005 – $ 5,000
Widows, widowers, caregivers, and children founded Tusa Munyandi
to provide area orphans and vulnerable children with moral,
spiritual, and material support. With this grant Tusa Munyandi
is purchasing school uniforms and supplies for 60 orphans and
vulnerable children and paying their health care costs. The
organization is holding a home-based care training workshop
for 15 volunteers. Funding also supports income-generating projects
for caregivers.
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Welfare Concern International (WCI), Livingstone
2005 – $ 5,000
Operating in an underserved border area near Livingstone, WCI
assists the community through a network of five community centers.
WCI raises awareness of HIV/AIDS, trains young people in various
trades, and operates revolving loan funds for caregivers of
vulnerable children. WCI is using Firelight funds to provide
educational support for 50 students and to conduct workshops
for 30 community leaders, sensitizing them about the issues
that face families coping with HIV/AIDS.
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Youth Activists Organization (YAO), Lusaka
2005 – $ 8,800
YAO facilitates youth camps, primarily
for boys, to increase their knowledge of reproductive health
and promote a climate of community support. With Firelight funds,
YAO is expanding their youth football program and health camps
into four rural areas. These activities include assessing youth
knowledge about health issues and offering targeted educational
workshops to address their needs.
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Zambia Red Cross Society (ZRCS), Lusaka
2003 – $ 4,000
The Zambia Red Cross Society, through their Youth Skills Enterprises
Initiative (YSEI), is recruiting and training 40 “on-the-street”
youth and marginalized women with 3 skill-building workshops.
In addition, they are holding four HIV/AIDS and behavior change
workshops for all participants. After completion of the training,
YSEI will make small loans to all participants. In addition,
they provide information on sexual health, HIV/AIDS, and high-risk
behaviors.
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