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CHEP cares passionately about helping vulnerable
children to make healthy life choices. Unfortunately, however, there
is a limit on what we can can achieve with the resources at our
disposal.
CHEP,
together with local communities (e.g. Ipusukilo and Kamkonde) came
up with the idea of establishing community schools, which provide
education to many children who would ordinarily not be able to go
to school due to poverty (in Zambia,
the Government schools had no free education than). CHEP assist
in the financing and building of schools, provision of materials
and the training of teachers. The schools are only able to pay very
small incentives to those who teach the children. We make regular
visits to provide support to the teachers and to disseminate health
education to the pupils. Most of the children who were considered
in these schools have never been to any formal school before while
others have dropped out or are "pushed out of school"
due to various socio-economic reasons. Many are either orphans or
are looking after sick relatives at home. As part of our work, CHEP
identify numerous vulnerable children who are in particular need
of support, both financial and psycho-social, if they are to continue
benefiting from education
This
appeal is designed to help improve the lives of these vulnerable
children, to enable them to gain a basic education, and with it,
some social and life skills, self-esteem and crucially, sound information
on the vital health issues such as HIV/AIDS that affect so many
people in our society.
What
are the basic needs of children?
Children
have many needs if they are to grow up into rounded, capable individuals.
Education, Medical Food, Psychological Support and a Home free of
fear are just some of their basic rights. Remember, children's rights
are human rights.
How
can we support these basic needs?
$50
can buy a set of clean (second-hand) clothes, including trousers/skirt
or dress, shirt and shoes for a child
$60 can buy a years worth of books, writing materials, examination
fees and other vital school equipment for a child.
$65 can pay one teacher’s salary for a month.
$125 can buy enough maize-meal (the staple Zambian
food) to feed a child and their siblings for a 6 months.
$400 can buy enough mosquito nets to prevent 50 children from catching
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