The CRF plans to construct a third centre to house approximately 20 neglected and/or abandoned teens who are living on the streets. The Centre will provide services to children in the centre and in the community. The empowerment and education of the street teens are high priorities in this project. The centre will provide counselling for those children in need. Special attention will be focused on vocational training courses such as carpentry, electrical, plumbing, automotive, computers and sewing and textiles.
Development Plan
The CRF supports activities which contribute to strengthening the economic condition of those concerned, which in turn improves the professional development and education, as well as the overall health, of the children and the local community. This plan attempts to implement long-term development projects.
Health-care Plans
The Children’s Relief Fund follows the physical and psychological development of the children, funding preventive medical care and putting into place health related services.
These projects are directed to street children and all children in need who are denied any health care assistance. These children are often at risk of contracting diseases such as: AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis and scabies; developing physical and psychological problems as a result of abuse; and becoming victims of drug and >solvent abuse. Our projects are also directed to the mothers and the rest of the family. We know it to be true that the family and its welfare is a starting point for the prompt recovery of the children.
The CRF presently supports educational programmes for the children, encouraging them to attend school, and will be implementing additional educational programmes, as well as courses for local teachers. Education is the basis of every development process both on an individual and on a community level in addition to being the most appropriate and efficient answer to the exploitation of children. These interventions are carried out with the help of local people who hold a deep knowledge of the local reality, culture and language.
Responding to the basic needs of the children and the local community through the distribution of food, clothing, basic medicines, blankets and other materials is more than just addressing primary needs. These activities intend to help the children and the communities to find a stable life, to give them the necessary tools so as to give them ownership of their own development.
The primary focus of our work remains the children and the community in which they live. Our local PJC staff working in the streets and in the centre interact with the children, explaining to them their rights, and conducting surveys based on their needs as children, on the services they require, listening to them and giving them opportunities to express their wishes and opinions.