Family Support

As you’ll have read earlier in Our story, each of the children is now resettled with their relatives. Most of the families have lost one or both parents which meant they felt an orphanage was the only option in order to keep their child fed and in school. However, the Family Support Programme aims to ensure that the children can live with their families during the school holidays but still receive everything they need to have a healthy childhood .

After many years eating a poor diet and often just one meal a day the children all now receive highly nutritious food both when at boarding school and when they return home. Food packages are available for each child during the school holidays, to ensure that the relatives do not have to worry about having another mouth to feed but can simply enjoy having their child home.

Another aim of the Family Support Programme is to ensure that all of the children can access medical care when they fall sick. This is such a vital fund as in the past children have needed treatment for life threatening illnesses, such as malaria and meningitis, which their relatives would not have been able to afford.

When resettling some of the children we discovered that not all relatives had a roof over their heads and could therefore not have their child return home at that time. In order to support these families, we subsidise their rent so that they can provide a place for their children to live.