Family For Every Child

Family for Every Child is an international network of organisations which work together (under the Charity's guidance) to mobilise knowledge, skills and resources dedicated to ensuring that more children can grow up in safe and caring families or in appropriate alternative permanent care. Family for Every Child has 34 Members in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, America and New Zealand.

Family for Every Child aims to achieve the following five goals:

• Enabling children to grow up in permanent, safe and caring families

• Ensuring a range of high-quality, appropriate alternative care choices for children

• Taking steps to prevent children from having to live outside of any adult care, without the care of families or other carers, and in the interim, protecting these boys and girls

• Promoting better and more participatory decision making about children’s care

• Building strong child protection systems which strengthen families and promote quality care for children

Child Rights Network for Southern Africa (CRNSA)

CRNSA is the regional representative of national children’s rights networks in Southern Africa. It has been tasked with promoting practices and policies that fulfil children’s rights and welfare through national child rights networks across the sub-continent. Engaging with national child rights networks operating in member states of the Southern  African Development Community (SADC) as well as with regional and international institutions such as the African Union (AU), the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC), the Pan African Parliament (PAP), and NEPAD (New Path for Africa’s Development) for improved quality of life for children.

The network was established in 2012 to improve child rights governance in Southern Africa. With a mandate to strengthened country child rights networks that protect and promote the rights of children to ensure appropriate child development and child participation in decisions that affect them.

Amref Health Africa

Amref Health Africa is Africa's leading health charity and one of the leading healthcare development agencies on the continent.

Working primarily with women and girls, Amref’s vision is of lasting health change within Africa's most vulnerable and remote communities. Amref promises to:

• Improve the lives of disadvantaged people in Africa through better health

• Bridge gaps between communities, health systems and governments

• Be a leading force for advocacy for health system reforms in Africa

• Be a leader in the NGO community, developing and documenting best practices and training programmes

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The African Young Positives Network (AY+)

Launched in 2011 during the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa. (ICASA2011) in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, the African Young Positives Network (AY+) is the regional network of young people living with HIV and AIDS across the African. AY+ was born out of a pertinent need for a platform to engage young people living with HIV in Africa to take charge, lead the process and protect their human rights and for greater and meaningful involvement. AY+ has a vision of an African continent where the rights, welfare and interests of young men and women living with HIV are assured and protected. AY+ undertakes its daily work aided by a regional secretariat based in Kampala, Uganda and guidance and over sight from the AY+ steering committee and advisory group. The AY+ is currently working in 23 countries.

AY+ mobilizes YPLHIV and partners across the region and beyond to support sustainable community development interventions for and by young men and women living with HIV. Through the different activities, young people are equipped with appropriate tools and support to drive their own agendas and actively contribute to the AIDS response. psychosocial, sexuality, economic and educational challenges that pose as barriers to humanity.

AY+ advocates for unique needs and social issues affecting YPLHIV through a structured four-approach mechanism outlined below:

1.     Establish sustainable Networks of YPLHIV with opportunities for open communication and consultation on an ongoing basis with linkages to PLHIV Networks and Youth Organizations in Attica.

2.     Push the needs and the general agenda of YPLHIV to all platforms of the HIV response in countries, the region and beyond.

3.     Design interventions and projects to equip YPLHIV with tools to plan and drive their own agendas at country and community level.

4.     Advocate for human rights of all Key populations of young people especially young men and women living with HIV in Africa.

For more information go to: www.ayplus.org

Sentebale

Sentebale is a charity founded by The Duke of Sussex and Prince Seeiso in 2006 following Prince Harry’s gap year to Lesotho in 2004. Sentebale helps the most vulnerable children get the support they need to lead healthy and productive lives; with a mission of becoming the leading organisation in the provision of psychosocial support for children living with HIV in Southern Africa.

Sentebale works to deliver programmes in Lesotho, Botswana and Malawi in the areas of education, health, protection, advocacy, disability and other country specific areas that cause vulnerability for children and youth.

Africa Capacity Alliance (ACA)

Africa Capacity Alliance (ACA) specializes in capacity building, training, information sharing and advocacy.

The ACA, formerly the Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN), builds the capacity of individuals and institutions across Africa to effectively strengthen health and community systems in relation to Significant Infectious Diseases (SIDs), Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and health equity and rights. ACA does this through training, capacity development, information sharing and advocacy.

ACA currently implements Danida Lot CIV Project which is about strengthening the advocacy and organizational capacities of regional civil society organizations and youth networks to contribute to realizing children (girls and boys) and youth’s rights to protection and participation. The project is implemented in the Horn of Africa countries (Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Somalia).

ACA works through member institutions and regional and local partners. There are 37 member institutions spread in Eastern and Sothern Africa; Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda in East Africa; Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini and Namibia. Currently, ACA implements a program on Child Rights Governance in the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, South Sudan and Somalia/Somaliland, in addition to Kenya and Uganda)

Africa Platform for Social Protection

The African Platform for Social Protection (APSP) is a network of individuals and organizations operating at sub-national, national and regional levels, with a commitment to promoting and strengthening the social contract between states and citizens. This is done through promotion of active engagement of African civil society in the shaping of social protection policies, programmes, and practices in 25 countries in Africa.

To achieve this, APSP has adopted a range of strategies, including:

• Fostering national discussions on social protection aimed at developing national consensus on what constitutes workable, home-grown approaches.

• Creating awareness on the urgency of adopting social protection approaches in order to respond to the more intractable challenge of poverty and vulnerability

• Carrying out training for several CSO representatives on identification of, and responding to, social protection needs.

• Establishing collaborative partnerships with a cross-section of institutions, donors, and professionals with a stated interest in addressing the challenge of poverty and vulnerability in Africa.

Mission

APSP exists to strengthen civil society engagement with the articulation, formulation and implementation of social protection policies and programmes in Africa.

PATA- Paediatric Aids Treatment for Africa (Copy)

PATA's mission is to mobilize and strengthen a network of frontline healthcare providers to improve paediatric and adolescent HIV prevention, treatment, care and support in sub-Saharan Africa. 

The PATA network includes healthcare providers at more than 300 associated health facilities across 24 countries that collectively care for over 200,000 children and adolescents on ART. PATA's vision is that all children and adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa receive optimal treatment, care and support and live long, healthy lives.

PATA’s objectives are:

1. To improve the quality of paediatric and adolescent treatment, care and support at health facility level

2. To grow and deepen engagement of the the network and increase peer-to-peer exchange between health providers across countries and regions

3. To incubate, document and share promising practices in paediatric and adolescent treatment, care and support in order to effect positive change in policies, programmes and practices at national and global levels

PATA works through four activity streams: PATA Forums, PATA Incubation Projects &
Programmes, PATA Practice-Based Evidence & Advocacy and PATA Connect. Working across the region in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya and Eswatini.

Save the Children

Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. Recognized for our commitment to accountability, innovation and collaboration, our work takes us into the heart of communities, where we help children and families help themselves. We work with other organizations, governments, non-profits and a variety of local partners while maintaining our own independence without political agenda or religious orientation.

When disaster strikes around the world, Save the Children is there to save lives with food, medical care and education and remains to help communities rebuild through long-term recovery programs. As quickly and as effectively as Save the Children responds to tsunamis and civil conflict, it works to resolve the ongoing struggles children face every day — poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease — and replaces them with hope for the future.

World Vision International

World Vision International

World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Inspired by Christian values, and dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable people. Serving all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender.

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Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS)

The Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) is a regional non-profit organisation based in Harare, Zimbabwe. SAfAIDS' core activities include capacity development of other HIV and AIDS Intermediary Organisations (IOs); information production, collection and dissemination; networking and partnership building; and leadership in promoting dialogue on cutting- edge issues related to HIV and AIDS.

 Mission

The organisation's mission is to promote effective and ethical development responses to the epidemic and its impact through HIV and AIDS knowledge management, capacity development, advocacy, policy analysis and documentation.

Vision

SAfAIDS strives to be a leading southern Africa regional centre of excellence, organising, analysing, repackaging and disseminating HIV and AIDS information in response to the needs of communities.

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing pediatric HIV infection and eliminating pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention, care, and treatment programs. Founded in 1988, EGPAF supports activities in 19 countries around the world.

Mission Statement

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation seeks to end pediatric HIV/AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs.

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African Child Policy Forum

The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) is an independent, not-for-profit, pan-African institution of policy, research and dialogue on the African child. ACPF was established with the conviction that putting children first on the public agenda is fundamental for the realisation of their rights and wellbeing and for bringing about lasting social and economic progress in Africa. ACPF’s work is rights based, inspired by universal values and informed by global experiences and knowledge.

Its work is guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, and other relevant regional and international human rights instruments. ACPF aims to specifically contribute to improved knowledge on children in Africa; monitor and report progress;identify policy options; provide a platform for dialogue; collaborate with governments, inter-governmental organisations and civil society in the development and implementation of effective pro-child policies and programmes and also promote a common voice for children in and out of Africa.

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Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (REPSSI)

REPSSI (the Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative) helps children get the care and support they are entitled to. REPSSI is a non-profit regional organization working to lessen the devastating social and emotional impact of HIV and AIDS, poverty and conflict among children and youth in 13 countries in east and southern Africa.

REPSSI maintains partnerships with governments, development partners, international organisations and NGOs in the region. With our technical advice and assistance, these partners implement programmes which strengthen communities’ and families’ ability to care for and protect their children and youth.

REPSSI work in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Parenting in Africa Network (PAN)

Parenting in Africa Network (PAN) is a Network of organizations, individuals and institutions keen to promote ‘skillful’ parenting practices in Africa, for the overall well-being of children and families.

Recognizing that there is a limited source of credible materials and information on parenting education and support in Africa, the network provides forums and platforms for learning and sharing information regarding parenting with skills, and knowledge, in order to safeguard children. 

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Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO–RAISA)

VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. VSO's high-impact approach involves bringing people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action, and change lives to make the world a fairer place for all. Our vision is a world without poverty. VSO brings people together to fight poverty.

• By thinking globally, we can change the world.

• Progress is only possible by working together.

• Knowledge is our most powerful tool.

• People are the best agents of change.

VSO works in Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund

Driven by his love for children and a desire to end their suffering, former President Mandela established the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF) in 1995. The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund strives to change the way society treats its children and youth. In the pursuit of its vision, and in order to ensure that the legacy of its founder, Nelson Mandela, is secured in perpetuity, the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund aims to to build a rights-based movement that gives voice and dignity to the African child.

From 1996 to 1998, NMCF successfully mobilized over R36 million to fund over 780 projects, at an average of R40, 000 per project. Grounded in the legacy of its founder, NMCF initially operated as a grant-making organization promoting a humanitarian response to the plight of South Africa 's children and youth. The 1995-1999 period was characterised by ad hoc funding strategies that enabled children and families to meet immediate needs, and one-time support for overhead and salary costs for organisations targeting children's issues, with no particular programmatic basis for NMCF's engagement with these organisations.

During 1999, NMCF realised that this welfare or handout approach was not sustainable as it did not encourage community involvement nor did it address the array of growing organizational capacity issues. To inform a new approach, NMCF conducted an extensive review of national and regional policies on children and youth; identified several significant policy gaps; evaluated its portfolio of projects and internal procedures; and carefully defined programme intervention areas it would pursue. This review culminated in the launching, in the year 2000, of the Sakha Ikusasa strategy, reflecting a new programme and organizational approach for the period 2000-2005, and establishing NMCF as a funding cum development agency that seeks to change the ways in which society treats its children and youth in order to improve their conditions and lives.

International Children's Palliative Care Network

The ICPCN aims to achieve the best quality of life and care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions, their families and carers worldwide, by raising awareness of children's palliative care, lobbying for the global development of children's palliative care services, and sharing expertise, skills and knowledge.

Hope Worldwide

HOPE worldwide's vision is to bring hope and change the lives of the world's most poor, sick and suffering. HOPE worldwide is an international charity that changes lives by harnessing the compassion and commitment of dedicated staff and volunteers to deliver sustainable, high-impact, community-based services to the poor and needy.

HOPE worldwide was founded in response to the Scriptures, which call us to have the heart of Jesus by serving the poor and needy throughout the world. HOPE worldwide began in 1991 with three small local programs. Today HOPE worldwide operates on every inhabited continent, serving more than one million people annually.

HelpAge International

We believe that the contribution older people make to society is invaluable. Yet older people remain some of the poorest and most neglected in the world. We are committed to helping them claim their rights, challenge discrimination and overcome poverty. Our vision is of a world in which all older people can lead dignified, active, healthy and secure lives. We work with our partners to ensure that people everywhere understand how much older people contribute to society and that they must enjoy their right to healthcare, social services and economic and physical security.

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