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The above photo is actually from the Chicago Teacher's Union Strike this past fall. One of our key issues was that we wanted a nurse and a social worker in every school every day. Now, during a pandemic, it is even more so the case.
In America, Trump has already been threatening public school districts saying if they don't go back full time they won't be funded, even in areas where there are extreme surges in cases and 20-30% of the population is testing positive. In Chicago, our positivity rate for Coronavirus is down to 4.2% which is remarkable but there are still around 1,000 new cases every day. A preliminary study from South Korea suggests kids 10 years old (5th grade) and up can spread the virus to adults similar to adults can spread it to other adults though they need to do more research with larger sample sizes:
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-1315_article
Still, at the very least, what we can learn from day cares that have managed to be safe during this pandemic is that we need to have social distancing or smaller number of students in each room, temperature checks, regular cleaning, and masks. Chicago Public Schools released their tentative plan recently and it is proposing 2 days on 2 days off sort of schedule but is "budget neutral" which means that they aren't planning on hiring staff to handle remote learning while teachers are teaching. They also are most likely expecting us to buy our own masks and cleaning supplies to clean up (which we are used to doing before the pandemic but some deeper cleaning would be nice) and kids to bring their own and the schools to figure out how they will afford regular temperature checks.
We also still don't have a nurse and a social worker in every school every day. But you know what we still have money for? You guessed it! Cops! We have money for cops to arrest kids in schools and not money for nurses or social workers or basic safety measures. This really shows where our priorities are.
I remotely attended a meeting of several parents, community members, and teachers of this school district last night who are meeting to try to vote their police out of schools. There has not been any movement by the mayor to cancel a $30 Million+ contract with the police just for placing them in schools, however. Meanwhile, there have been several complaints of the police being aggressive with kids and racially targeting kids who are not white. Again, when you would rather arrest kids than teach them, you are not changing the world in a better way but causing irreparable damage.
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"Did they say 'nurse' . . . or 'noose' . . . or 'nusience' perhaps? Keep smiling . . . I've got years to think up a way to do something like this to you!"
The real cost of not having social workers, counselors, and nurses in schools is that not only will kids not learn effectively but they may actually die. Chicago Public Schools is the only school district in America where there isn't a separate case manager and counselor position. We have social workers split between several schools and the counselor could be present and offering supports in times of crisis. However, usually the counselor is tied up doing things like scheduling legal meetings with parents because this also has to be done. CPS's current thoughts on this is that schools can have a separate case manager but only in the case of very large schools (I believe they are talking about 1,000 students or more).
In neighboring school districts, the ratios for support staff including Occupational and Physical Therapists, Speech Therapists, Social Workers, Nurses, Counselors, Psychologists, and Case Managers greatly favors the students in comparison. They also don't have to fight for libraries and their special ed. classrooms typically have less students. All of these factors are important in a school district and put kids at risk when they are not being met.
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Dr.Dayaram Aalok is a blogger,poet,herbalist and caste history writer.He has been organizing group marriages for poor people . Director of All India Damodar Darji Mahasangh.As a samaj sevi he has organized pran pratishtha utsav for darji samaj Satya Narayan Mandir Dag in 1966.He compiled information of darji people and published on geni.com website.Google company pays him Dollars for advertisements on his articles written on 9 blogs.Hundreds of his poems have been pupblished in various magazines of India.
Let's see. We are looking at May of 2015 here ( yes, I am still going through hard drives - this is my new "job" now and the boss is a slave driver LOL ) with this small group of just some the fun folks at 33 CF Health Services that I had the pleasure to work along side for many years.
I'll raise you two Doctors, a PA, a Social Worker, an EA, SSM and of course a great CO! All of whom were helping to promote a healthy lifestyle of exercise as a Team.
I was there in my "unofficial self proclaimed 33 CF Health Services Unit photographer". I miss my friends and colleagues that I came to know over my many years as a CAF member and then later as a Federal Public Servant working once again with members of the CAF.
As Mary Hopkin once sang "those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end".
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Remember back in the day when teachers would just simply teach? They would come in early every morning, prepare their lessons, teach each student reading, math, science, and social studies, go home, grade papers, and do it all over again. Remember when teachers were only concerned about learning these facts every day and nothing else?
Those days are gone.
These are the golden days when teachers are not just teaching facts and skills but are everything to everyone. Teachers are the classroom social worker when the social worker isn't at the school. They are the nurse to do basic first aid when the nurse isn't present. They are the ones who give students the confidence and feelings of success to overcome anything, even if they are homeless and even if they are living in dangerous conditions and bring that weight to school with them each day instead of a backpack.
And teachers are also social justice warriors. It seems unfair sometimes that all of this and more can be placed on a mere classroom teacher (again, why schools also need support staff), especially when class size in the school district is ballooning in some schools past 40 and closer to 50. And yet, this is exactly the case.
Why put this on teachers when they have so much else they are responsible for? Well, first and foremost, no one else seems to be actively pursuing this. Even the political candidates like Lori Lightfoot who spoke about librarians, nurses, and social workers while campaigning seem more likely to deliver on tax dollars for billionaires and more police stations than in terms of caring for our students.
And everyone else just seems too busy working multiple jobs and binge watching Netflix in the meantime. We have a growing classist income disparity. We have a president who has committed treason multiple times. The atrocities against people of color and the trans population doesn't ever seem to end. Who will say no? Who will lead? Who will show a positive example?
Yes. It's teachers.
Teachers know how important it is to read and so they will fight for libraries. Teachers know their students shouldn't live in poverty and so they will fight for a higher minimum wage and affordable housing as well as an end to the school to prison pipeline and private prison industrial complex. Teachers realize that their children are suffering from toxic stress syndrome and will need someone to talk to privately when it gets to be too much and teachers know that everybody hurts in both emotional and physical ways and there should be a nurse on hand to help them heal.
We've reached a new age and it's a huge responsibility. When teachers went to school, they weren't taught they would inherit these weights. And yet, no one else will.....because no one else is both uniquely qualified and cares enough. So many teachers are parents too and their empathy knows no bounds. So, fight for teachers...fight for students...fight for a better world. This strike is not about the money. It is about community and social justice. It is about our very future.
Larger than life, at a brand new assisted living center where I visited my aunt and uncle. One photo a day.(9/366) -- January 9, 2020
any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings.
There were more graduation ceremonies taking place on campus today (different programs have convocation on different days) so the area was filled with students dressed for the occasion, accompanied by proud parents and other family members. Some of the graduates were dressed in outfits from their homeland so it made a fascinating sight.
I saw this couple walking across the quadrangle toward me, arm in arm. Their unique and beautiful outfits spoke of a different culture but at first I couldn’t place the origin. I approached them instantly, without any internal dialog “should I or shouldn’t I?”
I introduced myself and told them they looked fabulous and that I wanted to photograph them if they didn’t mind. They were pleased to entertain my request and were interested in what my motivation was. I told them I do amateur street photography and am part of a project called The Human Family which is international in scope and celebrates diversity. They both loved the concept which I illustrated with my contact card. Meet Grandma Shore and her partner Richard.
I accompanied the two of them in the direction they were walking and explained I was looking for sheltered light for the photos. I found it in the covered entranceway to the quadrangle. En route I learned that Grandma Shore had just graduated from a special program at Ryerson University which teaches social work and counseling skills adapted to the First Nations setting and traditions. It was a three year program designed to credential Native people who are already providing traditional counseling. I understood “Grandma” to be a title of respect in their community, designating an elder whose local wisdom is recognized and respected and who provides guidance, support, and counseling to the youth of the community that Incorporates native traditions.
There is an irony in Ryerson University designing and running this special program because the founder of the school, Egerton Ryerson, while a prominent educator, also played a role in developing a residential school system for Aboriginal Canadians. The residential school system is now seen as having destroyed many families and robbed many children of their indigenous culture. The program Grandma Shore attended at Ryerson may be seen as reaching out to Canada’s aboriginal communities that were so terribly wronged by the residential school movement.
It was clear that Richard was prouder than proud of Grandma Shore’s accomplishment. I could see it in his eyes and in his loving and reverential interaction with her. The photos were taken against a polished granite wall and while taking them, Grandma Shore suddenly noted that her eagle feather was hidden behind her. I asked permission to help position it to show since I knew that it was an important cultural symbol of strength, honor, wisdom, power, and freedom (among other things).
The moment I took the photos I knew they would be very special and I hoped they would adequately reflect this couple who radiated a peaceful sense of good will. They have known each other for 30 years and have been a couple for 8 years. Mother Shore explained they were in and out of each other’s lives for years but much of the time attending different sweat lodges. Richard said “I guess it took a long time for the stars to align and finally bring us together.”
Grandma Shore explained that her background is a mix of Shawnee and German. “I don’t know about my mother’s side, I was raised in foster care and didn’t ever know her.” She has herself fostered at least twenty children, many of them with fetal alcohol syndrome. You can watch a video of a talk she gave on the topic of helping these special needs children through connecting them with Mother Earth (Nature) by clicking this link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0VsRqVUP4Y. I think you will agree that it is quite impressive. She is also the founder of a nonprofit called The Circle For Change and she also has a qualification as an Early Childhood Educator.
Grandma Shore’s message is “We must come into the right relationship with all our relations.”
I felt privileged to have met Mother Shore and Richard before they returned home to continue their valuable work on behalf of the youth of their community.
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Anganwadi Worker (AWW) Parul Tanti visits Birashmani Nag and her one-day old baby, in No. 7 Line Village in Lengrai Tea Estate, Dibrugarh District, Assam, India. Almost half of all childhood deaths occur during the first month of life. Improving newborn survival is crucial for better child survival in India. UNICEF partners with the Government of India to improve the care of mothers and their newborns in communities and at health facilities.
12-year old S. P. attends support classes aimed at children who missed schooling and to facilitate their integration in the education systems.
Due to the closure of schools for some time during the coronavirus pandemic, the catch-up classes have been extended to cover not only displaced children but also children from the host communities.
© European Union, 2021 (photographer: Olympia de Maismont)
Andrew Goodman was born in New York City on 23rd November, 1943. While studying at Queens College in New York, Goodman joined the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) and volunteered to take part in its "Freedom Summer (voter registration) Campaign".
Goodman was sent to Meridian, Mississippi, and on June 21 1964, Goodman and two of his co-workers, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, went to Longdale to visit Mt. Zion Methodist Church, a building that had been fire-bombed by the Ku Klux Klan because it was going to be used as a Freedom School.
On the way back to the CORE office in Meridian, the three men were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price. Later that evening they were released from the Neshoba jail only to be stopped again on a rural road where a white (KKK-influenced) mob shot them dead and buried them in a earthen dam.
When Attorney General Robert Kennedy heard that the men were missing, he arranged for Joseph Sullivan of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to go to Mississippi to discover what has happened. On 4th August, 1964, FBI agents found the bodies in an earthen dam at Old Jolly Farm.
On 13th October, Ku Klux Klan member, James Jordon, confessed to FBI agents that he witnessed the murders and agreed to co-operate with the investigation. Eventually nineteen men are arrested and charged with violating the civil rights of Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney. This included Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price.
On 24th February, 1967, Judge William Cox dismissed seventeen of the nineteen indictments. However, the Supreme Court overruled him and the Mississippi Burning Trial started on 11th October, 1967. The main evidence against the defendants came from James Jordon, who had taken part in the killings. Another man, Horace Barnette had also confessed to the crime but refused to give evidence at the trial.
Jordan claimed that Price had released Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney at 10.25. but re-arrested them before they were able to cross the border into Lauderdale County. Price then took them to to the deserted Rock Cut Road where he handed them over to the Ku Klux Klan.
On 21st October, 1967, seven of the men were found guilty of conspiring to deprive Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney of their civil rights and sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to ten years. This included James Jordon (4 years) and Cecil Price (6 years) but Sheriff Lawrence Rainey was acquitted.
Civil Rights activists led by Ruth Schwerner-Berner, the former wife of Michael Schwerner and Ben Chaney, the brother of James Chaney, continued to campaign for the men to be charged with murder. Eventually, it was decided to charge Edgar Ray Killen, a Ku Klux Klan member and part-time preacher, with more serious offences related to this case. On June 21, 2005, the forty-first anniversary of the crime, Killen was found guilty of the manslaughter of the three men.
The awful ipiece of history inspired the made-for-TV movie Murder in Mississippi and the movie "Mississippi Burning", as well as with several songs.
He is buried at Mt. Judah Cemetery, Queens, New York
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With the support of EU funding, the Educo project aims at reaching :
-girls and boys who are at risk of having their education interrupted due to multiple displacements or are out of school
-forcibly displaced children
-vulnerable children and children from disadvantaged backgrounds, such a separated or non-accompanied children, disabled children, and children with special needs coming from poor families.
The target is not only to get children back to school, but also that they stay in the education system.
© European Union, 2021 (photographer: Olympia de Maismont)
Girls constitute over half of the total number of children attending the classes supported by the EU-funded project in Burkina Faso run by Educo.
Girls are almost 2.5 times more likely to be out of primary school if they live in conflict-affected countries.
When not at school, girls are also more likely to be exposed to risks of sexual and gender-based violence, according to UNICEF.
© European Union, 2021 (photographer: Olympia de Maismont)
Amelia Akauola with her caregiver, Linda Vi.
Ma'a Fafine Moe Famili (MFF) is a non-government organization established on April 2008 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. MFF focuses their efforts on safeguarding human rights and enriching human development.
The Social Protection of the Vulnerable in Tonga aims to provide socioeconomic support to the vulnerable population to alleviate the impact of recent economic crises and weakening informal safety nets.
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Today's portraiture shoot was with a man whose constant occupation and preoccupation is to help the community. Author, journalist and social activist Ramon Bodden, I wish there were more people like you ! It has been a real pleasure working together. - Arri tungsten lights, 100 asa BW film developed in coffee.
Puatiasia Faitai, caregiver, talking to the elderly, Matelita Fataua.
Ma'a Fafine Moe Famili (MFF) is a non-government organization established on April 2008 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. MFF focuses their efforts on safeguarding human rights and enriching human development.
The Social Protection of the Vulnerable in Tonga aims to provide socioeconomic support to the vulnerable population to alleviate the impact of recent economic crises and weakening informal safety nets.
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Lenny of Ma'a Fafine Moe Famili reading to a child she visits.
Ma'a Fafine Moe Famili (MFF) is a non-government organization established on April 2008 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. MFF focuses their efforts on safeguarding human rights and enriching human development.
The Social Protection of the Vulnerable in Tonga aims to provide socioeconomic support to the vulnerable population to alleviate the impact of recent economic crises and weakening informal safety nets.
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Sudan, June 2023: Displaced children sit together in a gathering centre in Madani, which is now their new home after fleeing from war.
The fighting that erupted in Sudan on 15 April has displaced thousands of children and their families. UNICEF and partners are providing children with psychosocial support to support them heal from trauma.
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UNICEF press release as conflict in Sudan hits 100 days: Severe violations of children’s rights an ‘hourly occurrence’ in Sudan, warns UNICEF
An area of town with many homeless encampments. Periodic cleanups are performed to provide for the sanitary health of the people who are in this unfortunate situation. The trash was scattered into the street when workers were removing debris from encampments on the City sidewalks. Workers swept up and removed the bigger trash followed by cleaning with street sweepers from the City. The nice gentleman approaching on the left works as a cook in a nearby soup kitchen and a haven for those in need of clothes and other goods. Cleanup days are a sad affair for everyone including the homeless and the workers that are there to remove the trash and debris that accumulates over time. Not a pretty picture or beautiful landscape like most images posted here but, unfortunately, there is a flip side to all those wonderful images.
Amelia Akauola with her caregiver, Linda Vi.
Ma'a Fafine Moe Famili (MFF) is a non-government organization established on April 2008 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. MFF focuses their efforts on safeguarding human rights and enriching human development.
The Social Protection of the Vulnerable in Tonga aims to provide socioeconomic support to the vulnerable population to alleviate the impact of recent economic crises and weakening informal safety nets.
Vika Tuifua and her sister Alice Tuifua showing their pictures to Siutiti Osamu, caregiver.
Ma'a Fafine Moe Famili (MFF) is a non-government organization established on April 2008 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. MFF focuses their efforts on safeguarding human rights and enriching human development.
The Social Protection of the Vulnerable in Tonga aims to provide socioeconomic support to the vulnerable population to alleviate the impact of recent economic crises and weakening informal safety nets.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 24, 2022) - Elaine Wells, a licensed clinical social worker and case manager at Naval Hospital Jacksonville and Naval Branch Health Clinic Mayport, assesses an active duty member. Wells, a native of Trenton, New Jersey, holds a Master of Social Work from Florida State University. She says, “I provide information, resources, referrals, support, and advocacy to support patients with medical and behavioral health care, to maintain the mission as well as home life.” March is Social Work Month, celebrating the essential role that social workers play in community well-being. (U.S. Navy photo by Deidre Smith, Naval Hospital Jacksonville/Released). #FacesofNHJax
Teachers hold classes, which gather both displaced and local pupils, to promote integration.
It often means that there are many pupils in a classroom, as well as different learning needs among pupils.
For this reason, part of the EU-funded action provides ongoing training and support to more than 150 teachers on classroom management skills, multi grade teaching, and differentiated teaching so that all pupils are provided with a meaningful learning experience.
Furthermore, teachers receive specific training on stress management, child protection and on how to detect psychosocial distress in children. In the latter case, children can be referred for specialised support by social services.
© European Union, 2021 (photographer: Olympia de Maismont)
To provide a holistic education, they organise activities during school hours to strengthen children’s resilience and social cohesion.
Integrating children in protective and inclusive settings helps in protecting them against the risks of dropping out of school, child labour, early marriage, exploitation and violence.
© European Union, 2021 (photographer: Olympia de Maismont)
La joie et la rage après que les manifestant aient réussi à rentrer dans les assises de protection de l'enfance pour dénoncer leurs conditions d'études et de travail
“When quarantine restrictions were introduced in the country to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, we saw a sharp increase of calls to our hotline”, recalls Yevhen Kaplin, head of the humanitarian mission of the Ukrainian NGO Proliska.
“For example, a social worker from Travneve would call and say: ‘I need to visit 10 older persons who live near me, but there is another elderly person whose house is in Gladosovo, 6 kilometres away, and it takes half a day to only go back and forth. What should I do?’ – This is not an isolated case. In eastern Ukraine many frontline villages are far apart,” he says.
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Anganwadi local resource workers display food items as part of a nutrition education process at the Anganwadi centre in Phudi village, Khunti district. Located outside Ranchi in Jharkhand, India, the centre has been rolling out the breast feeding program as part of the IKEA Social Initiative, in conjunction with UNICEF and the Government, to combat poor child health from superstitions such as eating down during pregnancy and 'hell fasting' following delivery where the mother doesn't eat for days as an act of purification. Illnesses such as diarrhea can result when babies are not fed breast milk but substitutes such as goats milk and honey. The program is proving to be very successful with education and support provided by local health activists, volunteers and program officers.
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An orphan, wearing the typical Lesotho blanket.
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Equipping Vulnerable Children with Survival Tools
There are an estimated 180,000 orphans in the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho, of a population of just over two million. Most of those orphans’ parents died of AIDS – one out of four adults is HIV positive. Poverty, the HIV/AIDS pandemic and food insecurity are interlinked and combine to form the biggest threats to child safety in Lesotho. The country is concentrating its resources on providing protection and care to orphans and vulnerable children and the Global Fund is one of the key supporters.
HIV/AIDS has resulted in increasing numbers of orphans
Lesotho has the third highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the world following Swaziland and Botswana. The disease strikes hardest at men and women during their most productive years.
Free HIV/AIDS drugs have been available in hospitals since 2004 – thanks to government and the Global Fund. However, too many adult lives are still being lost which is devastating children’s overall development and tearing apart the social fabric of entire communities.
Many orphans and vulnerable children are dependent on elderly unemployed grandmothers. Others live in child-headed households, caring for younger siblings and forced to be self reliant. These children are an easy target of violence, abuse and exploitation.
Survival mechanisms
Orphaned children are prone to risky behavior because they lack parental supervision. Limakatso Chisepo, Director of the Department of Social Welfare – the government department tasked with the care, support and protection of orphans explains why girls are particularly susceptible:
“With girl children, some are burdened with domestic work. The girl child may be forced to marry early, or might decide to marry early to support herself. They are desperate for finances so intergenerational relationships are rife. Girls think ‘If I go out with a married man he’s going to support me.’”
These relationships perpetuate the cycle of infection from HIV/AIDS.
Chisepo says very young girls earn money from sex: “If both parents were there providing for their child you would not see them selling themselves.”
Boys have different challenges. It’s easier for them to earn money herding livestock – a traditional occupation in Lesotho – than it is to continue school. Many of them drop out of school and are exposed to social problems, plus they lack education and skills to help them to survive in adulthood.
Education
Since 2000 primary education to the age of 12 has been provided for free in Lesotho but there are fees for further education. One of the country’s most serious challenges is getting children from poor families into high school.
For AIDS orphans even the free primary school may seem out of reach because they can’t afford a school uniform. Not wearing a uniform would not lead to dismissal, but children without can’t help but feel “different” from their classmates. The Global Fund is helping to finance organizations that buy uniforms and offer support to orphans.
Education is key for a brighter future and the Global Fund, together with the government, offers high school bursaries for orphans and vulnerable children. However the procedure to qualify for help with school fees is too complicated for some, especially vulnerable children in rural areas. Help in applying for bursaries for school fees is just a phone call away.
Childline – saving lives, protecting rights
Childline ensures social workers are standing by, day and night, for children who have no one else to see them through. It’s sponsored by the Global Fund and UNICEF. Calls are free and telephone operators – trained in social welfare skills – give advice on issues like school bursaries and also respond to critical or even life-threatening incidents. Childline staff ensure abandoned children or children in abusive situations are provided with a safe place to stay. See who’s been dialing Childline…
Childline staff work closely with a national network of regional and community social workers coordinated by the Social Welfare Ministry to ensure that orphans and vulnerable children receive the help they are entitled to wherever they live.
Property grabbing
When the head of a family dies, adult relatives may feel entitled to take over the house even when it’s needed by children still living at home. Property grabbing – as the practice is termed in Lesotho – means that AIDS orphans often lose not only their parents but also the family home, land and cattle.
One solution is to encourage people to leave a will. The Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) is promoting the idea of leaving a will to help protect the inheritance rights of orphans and vulnerable children.
Cofinanced by the Global Fund, FIDA works to stop children from being dispossessed of their parents’ belongings. The organization trains paralegals to handle cases of property grabbing.
As well as sensitizing communities on inheritance rights and laws affecting orphans through radio programs and leaflets, FIDA also provides a basic training for police staff on the legal rights of children and women.
Poverty leads to vulnerability
Lesotho’s location in the middle of South Africa has meant that many of its men have gone to work there, laboring in the mines and sending money home to their families. However a declining job market in South Africa led to retrenchments which, combined with the impact of HIV/AIDS in Lesotho, has led to a dramatic loss of income. Increased poverty has led to a general drop in living standards.
House renovations
Simple tasks like home repairs are beyond the means of many poor families – particularly child-headed households or AIDS orphans living with grandparents. The Global Fund finances home repairs carried out by the highly enterprising Peka Development Fund and also by the government.
Food insecurity
Subsistence cropping and animal production are the main means of survival for the vast majority of the population. However, a series of droughts combined with over-farming and the unrelenting impact of HIV/AIDS have produced a food crisis. The Global Fund is helping to finance Red Cross food distribution, providing relief at a time when families are most in need.
A better long-term solution to the challenge of providing healthy food is for communities to cooperate on farming activities. This has clear benefits for people living with HIV, who may be too ill to tend their own crops, as well as for AIDS orphans who lack gardening equipment, seeds and fertilizer.
Global Fund-financed vegetable gardens include the Peka Development Project, a farm that contributes twice over by employing people to grow fruit and vegetables which are then given to orphans and vulnerable children to eat. The first hurdle was lack of water: now the project has irrigation, the garden has grown into a great success. See the bountiful garden…
Another organization benefiting from Global Fund assistance to establish and strengthen food production is Skillshare, which has established nearly 550 food gardens. The vegetable gardens provide nutritious meals to growing young orphans and vulnerable children. The produce also helps with HIV/AIDS patients’ recovery.
Coordination and accountability
The cascade effect of problems affecting orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho – with legal and domestic issues exacerbating poverty and poor health – requires a cohesive response from development partners. The Global Fund is supporting key staff to boost cooperation in implementation, communication of program issues and accountability.
The Global Fund is also funding a system to identify and cater for those most at risk. ID cards are being piloted to ensure that the intended beneficiaries of programs are reached. Be they child-headed households (double orphans), single orphans with an ill parent or children from poor households – access to services is being made as easy as possible for all so that no child gets left behind.
EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY, A CHILD IS BORN WITH HIV. WE MUST STOP THIS. AND NOW WE CAN.
For displaced children, acquiring the necessary basic learning materials and supplies can be prohibitive.
To give children an equal opportunity at learning and overcome this disadvantage, EU funds are supporting Educo in providing vulnerable children - such as orphans, non-accompanied children or children from poor families - with the material they need to learn, study and do their homework.
© European Union, 2021 (photographer: Olympia de Maismont)
This guy on the left is weird and a fantasist. He has some unhealthy habits and a interesting criminal background.
one of jan duffy-kings false front companies where he hides his weird activities....maybe, im just guessing
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