Great Child Foundation

There many dreams out there that never get a chance to breed simply because no one cared about the little homeless street kid, orphaned poor children, dirty local helpless children and much more vulnerable children. Here at Great Child Foundation, we go deep with their hearts and minds, we talk, share burdens and secrets with them, in this they learn to trust us with their lives and look up us whe

n they have a problem or a concern bothering their life at any time. We are one family made of different cultures and it’s our responsibility to have each other’s backs. We give them time and listen to their hearts, we talk positive and facts of life encouraging and showing them the right path. Counseling gives these children confidence and power that was once swept away from them by the harsh conditions and situations of their past. Great child makes it very clear that children’s reality today is important in its own right of well-being by looking both into the conditions under which children are doing well and child outcomes in a range of components. Understanding children’s views and concerns, their relationships and activities we not only give insight into their well-being today but also helps to identify those factors that support or hinder their development, creating a more comprehensive picture of their safe environment. We are a simple organization with a tough Vision;

Creating a safe environment for every child. Mission

To empower vulnerable children with skills, love, homes and hope for a brighter future through strengthening their status in society hence providing them with physical, psychological, cultural, education, and spiritual care so as to mentor them into responsible adults. Our target group

We mainly target children from groups we have identify in our strategy as the most marginalized. Including:

Children from the streets
Children from pastoral communities
Children in hard to reach areas
internally displaced children
Children with disabilities
Children in child headed households
Children in urban and peri-urban settings
Adolescent girls
Child headed house holds
Child mothers

Street Kids

Street children often become victims of sexual abuse, drug peddlers; take on the dangerous habit of sniffing glue or participating in petty crime. they are among the most vulnerable, neglected and deprived segment of the population. It is estimated that in Uganda there are more than 10,000 children on the streets and some are disabled, sickly, illiterate and all vulnerable to r**e, family/parental torture, child trafficking and sacrifice, infection of chronicle diseases, accidents. Limited opportunities are available, accessible and affordable to the people with disabilities for prevention and cure of disablement, education, training and employment in Uganda. This is where we come in from, Great Child Foundation is here to re-create hope in these children, reopen their minds to dream and focus on positive development. To do this we have to get these children off the street, give them a home then listen and fully understand their life story this creates a bond that makes us one happy family. As any other family we wish the best of our children, so we expose them to all available chances and opportunities to help them shape a future the world deserves since they dream of a better life, with a roof over their heads and sufficient food to eat. Orphans

Currently, Uganda has about 4 million orphans. Conservative estimates predict this number is growing too fast exponentially as the AIDS epidemic and wars sweeps a whole generation of parents away. The average Ugandan family has 7 children. When parents die, their children become a burden for extended family to carry. Relatives already struggle to provide for their own. As a result, the children are farmed out to different family members in diverse locations. Therefore, an orphaned child loses not only his parents, but often his siblings as well. Some are treated poorly by resentful relatives. Others try to survive on the streets. In all aspects, they are outcasts. Great Child Foundation we dedicated to take care and shelter Ugandan orphans. Our aim is to rescue, stabilize, nurture and educate as many orphans as possible. Our motivation is love. We see these kids as Uganda’s future leaders


Core values

Faith
Time
Creativity
Fun
Individualization
Confidentiality. Our short term goals are as follows:

To provide educational services to 500 street children aged 3-18 years, to acquire knowledge and skills for self-reliance by 2019. To rescue, rehabilitate, reconcile and resettle 100 ex-street children by December 2019; 60% girls and 40% boys. To facilitate families of the vulnerable children with sustainable income generating activities and provide them with relevant trainings to enable them meet the needs of their children. To sensitize the public for a positive change in attitude towards vulnerable children/families and to advocate for collective responsibility towards their needs. To provide education and accurate information for community leaders and local government authorities on the challenges facing vulnerable children by 2019. To work closely through partnership to ensure that policies related to children at risk are implemented at the local communities and District level. To advocate for human rights and other remedies with specific references so as to develop the young talented street children, other Orphans and under privileged groups. Support children’s participation through rights-awareness training and support for children’s activities through developing the capabilities and empowerment of children themselves as well as structures around them – including school clubs. Raise awareness about the value of child participation interventions. ‘value-added’ of child participation engagements – either in community, local, or national governance dialogues
Ensure that child-sensitive social protection reduces household economic vulnerability through measures such as community-based social safety mechanisms (community saving groups, and micro-credit initiatives) targeting the poorest families So as to improve school attendance and retention. Promote opportunities for child mothers to continue their education giving them flexible options to continue schooling, if necessary outside the formal school system. Ensure that Children with disabilities receive better support to enroll and continue going to school by easing access and sensitization towards children with disabilities in order to create a safe environment in both mainstream and special schools. Addressing major inequalities and also deliver longer-term gains in terms of girls’ participation, broader development and wellbeing. Strengthening on collaboration regarding water and sanitation and ensure scaling up community-led total sanitation and WASH at all levels like individual, schools and health facilities; fostering public/private partnerships for innovative sanitation technologies and maintenance of WASH facilities. Address the evolving and special needs of adolescents, especially adolescent girls, through mainstreaming adolescent health programming and strengthening the capacity for implementation of a comprehensive HIV/AIDs response. Reduce the prevalence rate of street children through resettling them back to their Origin homes after rehabilitation and build village homes for those whose back ground can’t be traced or placing them in continuum of care. Establish learning institutions for the extremely vulnerable children and build youth resource centers for them within Ugandan communities. Develop and implement a child participation strategy that will help to articulate key interventions and mechanisms for enhancing child participation at different levels and in different spheres. To ensure proper tracing and re unification of the street children back to their families