Support for 250 Widows and their Families in Kenya

by Dentists for Africa
Support for 250 Widows and their Families in Kenya
Support for 250 Widows and their Families in Kenya
Support for 250 Widows and their Families in Kenya
Support for 250 Widows and their Families in Kenya
Support for 250 Widows and their Families in Kenya
Support for 250 Widows and their Families in Kenya
Support for 250 Widows and their Families in Kenya
Support for 250 Widows and their Families in Kenya
Support for 250 Widows and their Families in Kenya
Support for 250 Widows and their Families in Kenya

Project Report | Nov 19, 2018
Support for School Children

By Johanna Wiest | Project Manager

Auf Initiative der Witwen beginnt im Januar 2019 ein neues Projekt mit dem Ziel etwa 150 Kindern im Grundschulalter den Schulbesuch zu ermöglichen. Zielgruppe sind Kinder aus der Region, die in Kinderfamilien ohne Mutter und Vater oder eine erwachsene Bezugsperson aufwachsen. Durch die Folgen von HIV/AIDS wurden die Kinder schon früh zu Vollwaisen. Ein Schulbesuch bleibt vielen dieser Kinder verwehrt, weil es an dem Notwendigsten mangelt. Fintant Onyango, eine kenianische Sozialarbeiterin, und die Witwen selbst, haben umfangreiche Recherchen zu den Kindern eingeholt um zu erfahren womit sie am meisten zu kämpfen haben. Es fehlt an Essen und in Folge der Mangelernährung sind diese Kinder oft krank und können weder die Schule besuchen noch die Behandlungskosten bezahlen. Die Witwen planen diese Kinder regelmäßig zu besuchen und Ihnen Essenspakete und finanzielle Unterstützung für Behandlungskosten zukommen zu lassen. Die Besuche sollen den Kindern Halt geben und den Kindern ein offenes Ohr für ihre Probleme bieten. Mit etwas Glück schaffen es die Kinder so die Schule regelmäßiger zu besuchen. Bis Ende des Jahres werden wir dafür Spenden sammeln um die Witwen in ihrem Vorhaben zu unterstützen. Dazu werden wir Sie in Kürze mit detaillierten Informationen kontaktieren. Vielen Dank für Ihre Unterstützung! Upon the initiative of the widows a new project has been designed that will begin in January 2019 and has the objective of helping approx. 150 children in primary school age to go to school. The target group are children from the region who grow up in so called children families, meaning they grow up without mother and father or another grown-up as a guardian. As a consequence of high HIV rates these children often lose both parents at an early age. They can not attend school due to lack of provision for their basic needs. Our Kenyan colleague, social worker Fintant Onyango and the widows have conducted extensive research with regard to the children in order to determine the factors that hold them back the most. Often they suffer from a lack of food and as a consequence of malnourishment they often get sick. They can neither afford treatment nor go to school in that case. The widows plan to visit these children regularly and bring them food and financial support in case of need of treatment. Those visits will also provide an opportunity for counseling and guidance. We hope to be able to help those children go to school more often and more regularly. Until the end of this year we will collect donations in order to fund this project. We will contact you shortly with more detailed information. Thank you for your continued support!

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Dentists for Africa

Location: Weimar - Germany
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Dentists for Africa
Johanna Wiest
Project Leader:
Johanna Wiest
Weimar , Thuringen Germany

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