WATOTO
KAMPALA & GULU, UGANADA, AFRICA
SEPTEMBER 2016
Home > Updates > September 2016 - Villages of Hope - Zambia
In 8 Sub-Saharan Regions of Africa, Villages of Hope (VOH) provide love and care to orphans and vulnerable children so they can embrace adulthood as contributing members of society.
A TIME FOR WORK AND A TIME FOR PLAY!
Gardening
Chalkboards
In Zimbabwe, VOH opened in 2001 and located its Village on the western edge of Harare, the nation's largest city and capital. Along with receiving education and medical care, the children are taught to work with their hands - to help themselves and others. Part of that ongoing training includes how to plant, maintain, and ultimately harvest gardens. When the children end up eating the very things they worked to produce, they experience first-hand the value of their hard work!
At Villages of Hope in Mongu, located in Zambia's Western Province, the children recently received chalkboards for their homes. They now love to practice their drawing and writing on the chalkboards; the younger children are learning how to write their names and some of the older ones are trying out their drawing skills by sketching each other.
A TIME TO LEARN
The students at Burundi VOH take their studies very seriously. If they do not pass their grade 9 National exams they are not allowed to repeat the grade. Their only option is then to pursue technical school if they are financially able to do so. The teachers work very hard in order for the students to achieve the best possible results so that they can continue with standard schooling and have a greater choice of future career opportunities.
At VOH in Kenya, the new high school with the first block of 3 classrooms is almost complete. Even the school washroom block is looking good! The project manager and construction team are working diligently to see that these buildings will last for generations of students to come.
Burundi
A TIME TO SHARE WITH OTHERS
The first Village of Hope opened in 1999 in Kitwe, in the Central-North part of Zambia, close to the Congolese border. 13 children's homes are open on site with a total of 83 resident children. There are also 8 youth homes on site, housing 19 young adults.
In Kitwe, the director was recently able to connect with the neighbouring community, reaching out to other care-givers, as she shared about their child protection program, teaching on how to ensure their children are safe from both physical and emotional dangers.
Child Protection
Kenya