Using animal care to support child development Parenting training - play dough is for all ages VUSUMNOTFO - Parenting for a Sustainable Future Recovery

Vusumnotfo

Org #7170
Vetted since 2011 Site Visit Verified
1995
year founded
$97,919
raised on GlobalGiving
12
years fundraising
2
projects funded
* Amounts in US Dollars

Mission

Vusumnotfo is a Swazi Not-for-Profit organization whose formation was authorized by community leaders in northern Eswatini following the 1991/92 drought. These leaders identified "dependency" as the underlying factor limiting sustainable development at community level. They attributed the deep roots of "dependency" to be interwoven issues specific to Eswatini and the region. To reverse this negative cycle of "dependency" in ways relevant to their communities, they formed Vusumnotfo . Accordingly our strategy reflects Eswatini's many proverbs that the betterment of the future is through the child - "Umntfwana ngumliba loya embili". Our ration... read more

Project Leaders
kathy gau
kathy gau
Team
Katherine J Gau, James Tsabedze
Organization Information
P.O. Box 229
Piggs Peak, Hhohho Region H108
Eswatini
+268 2431-4236
Organization Information
P.O. Box 229
Piggs Peak, Hhohho Region H108
Eswatini
+268 2431-4236

Project Reports

Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:

Promoting a love of reading at family and community level

By Katherine Gau | Vusumnotfo, Director

Although the official adult literacy rate in Eswatini is 91.3%, a common siSwati expression says that “if you want to hide something from a Swazi, put it in a book.” Official literacy... Read the full report ›

Meet Zama

By Janine Brown | Programme Assistant

Meet Zama - newest addition to the Vusumnotfo team. We got Zama from Swaziland Animal Welfare Society (SAWS).  He was brought to SAWS after his mother was killed when he was two weeks old. So... Read the full report ›

Do what you can, with what you have, now

By Katherine Gau | Director

Every month when community preschool teachers come to Vusumnotfo for in-service training, they find a wide range of items to sort through.  Every staff member knows to clean, sort and save... Read the full report ›
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