Supporting Children’s Villages in Zambia and The Gambia
We have a special relationship with 2 village communities in Basse, The Gambia and in Chipata, Zambia.
Chipata: SOS Children’s Villages began working in Chipata in 2011. The SOS Children’s Village community in the region provides long-term family-like care to more than 100 children. We also work within the wider community to tackle hardship. Our nursery school, medical centre and social centre provide essential health and nutritional services, income generating skills, education and vocational training and psycho-social support. Around 600 children and their families benefit from this programme. In addition to the medical centre, a mobile clinic treats up to 2000 patients a year, traveling to nearby communities providing basic medical care, preventive medicine and voluntary testing and counselling for those affected by HIV/AIDS.
Basse: Since 2007, children with no one to care for them have been able to find a loving home with 1 of the 12 SOS families in Basse. Under the care and love of an SOS mother, the children grow up together with siblings in a family environment, where they can experience just being a child. They also have access to quality education through nursery, primary and secondary schools. Since 2010, SOS Children’s Village Basse also runs a social centre which reaches out to vulnerable families in the area to prevent these families from breaking apart. We work with these families on an individual basis to ensure they are getting the support that they need, whether that’s food packages, medical care, or educational resources.
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