|
Boys Towns
Each Boys Town is a residential community of 85 boys between 11 and
18 years of age, all from a background of extreme poverty. With
regular attendance at school and a well-ordered daily routine, a
major objective of the Boys Towns is to develop each individual to
reach their full potential.
With the care and
guidance of a Boys Town Director and his assistant, each Boys Town
is run under a parliamentary system with the boys learning
responsibility from an early age. The children have helped to dig
their own wells, plant trees and look after the facilities.
In addition to
providing safe accommodation and a proper education, being in a Boys
Towns means these children will receive routine medical checks, be
well fed, and enjoy the many activities and hobbies available to
them, these can be as varied as stamp collecting and football, or
chess and cricket
At the end of their
schooling, the boys will receive vocational counselling
and many go on to tertiary education or qualified apprenticeships
before returning to their family and community.
Girls Town
Realising the need to help girls who have academic
ability, but suffer from lack of education due to poverty, we are
supporting two residential projects for
girls.
Similar in many ways
to the Boys Towns, there is a particular emphasis on higher
education to improve job prospects and use their influence to
steadily improve the situation for women in the long term. The girls
form a happy community growing up without fear or denial of an
education.
Children's Villages
There are three Children’s Villages each with a number of bungalows
run by foster mothers creating a family environment for 85
girls and boys under the age of 12, all of whom are in need of care.
Children maintain
strong links with the rest of their family, returning home during
holidays and for family and village festivals. |
