A Complete Home in an Incomplete Town
A complete home in an incomplete town: being a centre for holistic care in a disrupted environment.
A propos de vous
A propos de vous
Prénom
Henk
Nom
Olwage
URL Twitter
https://twitter.com/#!/light4tchildren
URL Facebook
A propos de votre organisation
Nom
Light for the Children Foundation
Site Web
Pays
Namibie, OK, Gobabis
Pays dans lesquels ce projet crée un impact social
Namibie, OK
Votre organisation est-elle une
a. organisation à but non lucratif
Votre rôle dans l’éducation : [case à cocher]
Agent scolaire.
Le type d’école(s) à laquelle votre solution est destinée :
Autre
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
Plus 5 années
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Innovation
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Stabilité (le projet a dépassé les premières étapes et obtient de bons résultats)
Depuis combien de temps votre solution est-elle en vigueur?
En place depuis plus de 5 ans
Le besoin : quel problème tentez-vous de résoudre ?
There is a need for complete, holistic child care in societies which are disrupted, seemingly aimless in their destitution, unco-ordinated in their being. Why should there be such specialzation and fragmentation between different organizations, when all can be under one roof? After independence of Namibia, people started to move all over the country. Sges old populations were torn from their roots. The laid back nature of people belies the fact that they are deeply uprooted. We have to look after the deepest needs of children in their family context.
La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !
To create a home, where adults with gifts and abilities and compassion can be at the service of children and their families; to invite every beneficial contribution, locally and internationally and bind it into a comprehensive whole.
Le système : décrivez un exemple spécifique montrant de quelle façon votre initiative fonctionne ; indiquez vos principales activités.
A child may cvome to our centre, from his shack where we had been doing repairs and helped his grandmother to cope with the HIV/Aids of her daughter, to our centre where he will receive a slice of bread and tea, have preschool, receive lunch, and be tended to his physical needs, like clothing, health and psycho social support. When in Primary School, he will come for lunch and afternoon study, and there wll always we members to council and help where needed. He will see his uncle working in our project garden, his cousin doing needlework and will have access to our computer center and carpentry. Step by step he will grow up, not in a children's home, but in a home, a genuine home from home. This model fits in best wit the African way of living and the extended famly.
Le marché : qui sont vos collègues et vos concurrents ? Identifiez les autres personnes qui travaillent à répondre au même besoin et indiquez ce qui vous différencie d'elles. Comment ces concurrents pourraient-ils influencer votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
We compete with orphanages and formal schools, but only in a limited sense, because a real home has no competition!
Maintenant que vous avez bien réfléchi à votre participation, aidez-nous à la présenter.
décrivez votre organisation, votre programme ainsi que les services ou les produits proposés (1 ou 2 phrases brèves). [136 caractères/25 mots]
A complete home in an incomplete town: where children may be made whole. Poverty and all its consequences can't beat our heartbeat.
expliquez le caractère innovant de votre initiative (1 ou 2 phrases brèves). [136 caractères/25 mots]
The comprehensive nature of our program and its organic nature, best described as an ecology of human biodiversity.
Impact social
This Entry is about (Issues)
Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?
Many children progressing toward adulthood and showing their loyalty toward the foundation, while adults are also involved.
Quelles sont vos prévisions en termes d'impact au cours des trois prochaines années?
More and more children entering young life and adulthood as project participants and leaders.
Les meilleures propositions possèdent un programme solide détaillant leurs prévisions pour atteindre et suivre leurs objectifs de croissance. Identifiez vos objectifs à 6 mois pour accroître vos résultats
Définissez les trois tâches principales à accomplir pour atteindre ces objectifs à six mois
Tâche 1
Establish a computer centre, which we have started to build
Tâche 2
Strengthening our afternoon program to include teacher's training
Tâche 3
Establish our own soccer team
Et maintenant, voyez les choses en plus grand ! Identifiez vos objectifs à 12 mois
Définissez les trois tâches principales à accomplir pour atteindre vos objectifs à 12 mois
Tâche 1
Building a carpentry workshop and include young adults in the training
Tâche 2
Involve the local chamber of business and agricultural sector
Tâche 3
Expand to another town
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
Our organization started in one of the seemingly most hopeless places in the world, a setlement of people uprooted from their cultures, workplaces and birthplaces, a diverse community where tribes couldn't speak each other's languages, an unemployment rate of 90% and HIV/Aids rate of 30%. INside this community, some friends did small things, which taught us the value of small, bit strong, in initiatives. Caring came naturally for our original members, but they fought a lonely battle - till we realized, we can do it together, with all resources put together, all in one program - it was "Light for the Chilren!". From that moment, all we did was to retain our original idea and expand on it.
Viabilité
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Through the Church Alliance for Orphans, we link with Unicef, USAID and various national bodies. The Church forms partnerships on that level and we partner with organizations in the Netherlands, through a twinning agreement. Furthremore we partner with an enterprise in Germany.
Avec quelle équipe (employés, bénévoles, etc.) pensez-vous atteindre vos objectifs de croissance définis dans la section sur l'impact social? [75 mots]
We lean heavily on community involvement, as we were founded by community members. Therefore we work with a team, rather than a staff, of 18 people locally; sometimes more, depending on what we do.
Expliquez plus en détails les besoins et les offres indiqués ci-dessus ou proposez un type d'aide non mentionné dans la liste
We are a living experiment and would like to share with others in the same kind of venture. For example, how to make a self-sustaining home from home, where agriculture, spiritual life, care, teaching formal and informal, manufacturing, all this in an energy efficient way and contributing to the natural environment, are intertwined to form a whole, benefiting children.
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