Background

 

Zanzibar has been facing the challenge of vulnerable children and has become an alarmingly common sight in cities around the world. Zanzibar began to see the problem of vulnerable children in difficult circumstances in the late 80’s. At the same time Convection Rights of Children (1990) came into force.  IAVC believe that all children fundamentally have the right to a happy, healthy and safe childhood.

Global and National Development Policies disenfranchised the poor spawning instead years of poverty alleviation strategies that have not touched the rural farmer that represents 80% of Zanzibari’s population. Their children began migrating in the thousands to all the towns in the Country.

Some families are unemployed or are involved in unreliable income earning activities. These parents cannot afford to send their children to school or they do not send them because they need their services at home. Also, many children run away from their homes, because they have been victims of violence and abuse by-products of crushing poverty

Street life violates the dignity of the children and negatively affects their physical, mental, emotional, moral and overall well-being. Full time street children experience great difficulties in their daily life including hunger, lack of shelter, sickness and police harassment. In these harsh conditions the children use drugs, get involved in criminal activities and engage themselves in prostitution. "Survival sex" with adults provides the children with food and shelter. Unprotected sex leads down the road to HIV/AIDS and certain death.

 

INTRODUTION

 

I.A.V.C. was established in Zanzibar on 28th March 2005. This Civil Society, is a non-governmental, voluntary, independent and non-profit making organization whose major aim is to contribute, provide and improve life conditions to Zanzibar society especially to the vulnerable children, orphans of HIV/AIDS, widows, street children and other disadvantaged groups of society and direct them to the better life principals by preparing an equal ground and opportunity to them so to learn in various aspects of life skills and vocational training to be independent in getting jobs or start their own projects,

Integral Assistance to vulnerable children is registered company limited by Guarantee and not having share capital headed (under companies Decree cap 153) of the laws of Zanzibar-Tanzania and we have been registered with a Registration No. L09322007.

 

 

VISION

I.A.V.C. vision seeks to see Zanzibar is built on a free and healthy society which has access to all social services disregard of any hindrances.

 

MISSION STATEMENT

I.A.V.C. is dedicated to impart society with better life norms through the provision of educational and health training centres, recreational centers, conducting counseling, seminars, workshop and tangible assistance.

 

Coverage

The center is not aimed to serve the children of Zanzibar alone, but also the neighboring regions of Tanzania. The initiative will be one of its kinds in the area and will set an example to the Building Capacity projects in focusing on rural areas too. All the vulnerable children residing in

Tanzania are expected to benefit from this initiative.

Target Group

Orphans and vulnerable children are living in Tanzania.

Main Objective

The main purpose of the Organization is to take care of orphans and vulnerable children, empower them by providing education and vocational training to make them useful members of society.

Specific Objectives

Within the framework of the foregoing, the Organization shall have the following principal objects:

• To raise, mobilize and disburse funds and other resources for the promotion of the objects of the Organization;
• To set up homes for the orphans and vulnerable children to provide a  family atmosphere for their growth;  
• To establish vocational training centers for the children;
• To particularly empower the caregivers of these children by providing support in form of information, training and means of earning a livelihood; 
• To establish or assist in the establishment of schools and other educational centers, and libraries, and to publish newsletters, brochures, books and other publication as the Board of the Organization may deem desirable for the promotion of the objects of the Organization;
• To employ teachers, advisors, experts and other staff for all or any of the objects of the Organization;
• To acquire any moveable or immovable property and any buildings or things whatsoever and sell, dispose of mortgage, lease or otherwise deal with all or any part of the property of rights of the Organization;
• To enter in to any arrangement with any governments or authorities that may seem conducive to the Organization’s objects or any of them, and to obtain form such government or authority any rights, privileges and concessions which the Organization may think desirable to obtain;
• To take such steps by personal or written appeals, public meetings or otherwise as may from time to time be deemed expedient for the purpose of procuring contributions to the funds of the Organization in the form of donations, annual subscription or otherwise;
• To apply to any governments or authority, public bodies, corporations, companies or persons for and to accept grants or gifts subscriptions and other assistance with a view t promoting the objects of the Organization and, in taking of any gift property to take the same subject tony special trust which may be prescribed by the donor thereof;
• To establish an endowment fund to receive grants, donations, gifts and other assistance in any form whatsoever from Tanzania or from any other source for any one or more of the objects of the Organization and to establish non-profit-making foundations in any country or countries for the purpose of receiving donations from private and corporate persons and for channeling the same to the Organization’s development operations;
• To draw, execute or otherwise deal with negotiable or transferable instruments;
• To do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the above objects;
• To invest the money in the organization not immediately required in any one or more of the modes of investment of trust moneys or in such other manner as the Board of the Organization may from time to time determine.

 

Rationale

The most vulnerable rights holders we will work with are the invisible and excluded boys and girls. These will include Children in armed conflict,

Children living with HIV/AIDS, Children without parental care, Children working and living on the street, Children who suffer violence, Children who suffer Sexual exploitation.

We intend to work with at least 100 children and youth comprising of 50 males and 50 females in the two Kind Heart Africa Center at Mbweni . When the building will be ready constructed since it is still under construction plan whereas all those children will be given a special emphasis due to the social and cultural barriers which make them invisible.

 

Outcomes and Activities

Phase I:

During this phase, the need for the children centre will be made evident through the participation of children in the workshops, seminars and  training that will be offered to them by the youth centre staff and other guest from the different organization. The first step in creating this centre will be to open an office in Mbweni where orphans and vulnerable children can stay and receive the following services. 

• Mentorship and Tutoring to help children  with their schoolwork
• Continuous Peer education sessions at the center
• Educative music and drama performances
• Library services for accessibility of information
• Life skills Workshops
• Empower children by providing education and vocational training to make them useful members of society.
• Use of educative audiovisual materials to stimulate discussion
• Encourage sporting activities
• Life skills Session
• Use of educative audiovisual materials to stimulate discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phase II:

Once the centre is established at Mbweni and more services are sought by the children, a larger venue will be needed to accommodate the children who utilize the centre.  At this point, the following services will also be made available to the children of Mbweni, and this will be the

Home for vulnerable children project.

• Counseling about sexual health and life topics.

Expected Outputs

• Increase the number of vulnerable children who possess the correct information about HIV/AIDS
• Decreased stigmatization among youth with HIV/AIDS in the community
• Making them self dependent on their nurtured talents thus earn their living. E.g. Art, music, sports, Agriculture etc.

Expected Results

• Increase the number of  vulnerable children who possess the correct information about Life Skills
• Increased trend of information seeking behavior among children.
• Making them self dependent on their nurtured talents thus earn their living. E.g. Art, music, sports, Agriculture etc.

 

Sustainability

The center is expecting to be a huge community based institution for vulnerable children in the community providing children friendly services such as, voluntary counseling and family life education. Other activities will be, offering of primary education, secondary education and vocational training and reproductive health education. All these activities will be coordinated by staffs that will be at the core of the center. The centre is also aiming at forming partnership with other relevant organization that will support its activities on daily basis.