The Carepoints are:
Mpholi. Mpaka. Ludlati. Thembeni. Balekane. Themba. Nsoko. Mountain.
Ludlati:
Started by a woman in the community a year ago.
Food Availability: Often times run out of food. No food when it is raining.
Thembeni:
Serves 220 children
Existing Buildings and Programs:
Community Building
Well
Kitchen
2 Storage Buildings
Long Drop
Play Ground
Soccer Field
Discipleship
Daily Feeding
Needs:
Clinic
Showers and Bathroom
School
Funds for Christmas Parties
Garden
Chicken Coop
Balekane
Serves 250 children
Existing Buildings and Programs:
Community Building
Kitchen
Well
School
Teacher House
Garage
Caretaker Home
Playground
Discipleship
Daily Feeding
Needs:
More Classrooms
New Fence
Pump
Upgrade Caretakers Home
Funds for Rose Geranium Project
Upgrade Playground
Soccer field
TV and DVD for Men’s Discipleship Program
HIV/AIDS support group
Funds for Christmas Parties
Preschool teacher monthly salary
Mpholi:
Serves 120 children
Started by a woman in the community a year and a half ago located on the outskirts of Manzini.
Food Availability: Currently, cooking at a homestead, but they have been given a piece of property for the future Carepoint. Food is very inconsistent.
Needs:
Kitchen
Playground
Toilet
Water
Classrooms
Fence
Well
Mpaka:
Serves 100 Children
Started by a Swazi pastor and his wife a year and a half ago. Currently, on a church property.
Existing Programs and Buildings:
Church Building (needs upgrading)
Toilet
Informal Kitchen
Needs:
Fence
Well
Kitchen
Classroom
Electricity
Playground
Clinic
Themba:
Serves 150 Children
Existing Buildings and Programs:
Church Roof Structure
Water tank (well is in process)
Kitchen
Playground
Discipleship
Daily Feeding
Needs:
Extension of Church
Electricity
Classrooms
Toilets and Showers
Community Building
Vehicle
HIV/AIDS support groups
Funds for Women’s Group
Funds for to provide ARV medication
Needs Discipleship team
Mountain Care Points:
Serves 150 at one and 200 at the other
Existing Buildings and Programs:
Basic structure for classroom and kitchen
Needs:
Upgrading of classrooms and kitchen
Electricity
Bathrooms
Well
Sponsorship Coordinator required before we can take any of the Mountain Care Points.
Nsoko:
Serves 700 Children
Nsoko has 8 regional care points anchored by one central care point.
This area is one of the hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country. AIM has come together with local business owners and local chiefs to create this Nsoko Center (known as Anchor Project in Swazi).
Existing Buildings and Programs:
Church Roof Structure
Dorm
Community Building
Clinic
Pastor/Caretaker House
Well
Playground
Storage Container
Daily Feeding (food supply is inconsistent)
HIV/AIDS support group- 60 people attend every other week
Needs:
Clinic needs shade
10 air conditions for clinic and community center
Chairs and tables for church
More bathrooms
Additional community building for sleeping and meeting areas
Upgraded housing for community members that have taken in orphans
Soil samples- Soil balancing and irrigation for Geranium Project
Funds for Aloe Vera Project—from transportation of the plants.
Additional wells and water systems at other care points in Nsoko
Funds for HIV/AIDS support group
Funds for Birthday and Christmas parties
Schools Fees
Food- very inconsistent
Prospective Costs
(In Order Of Priority)
Kitchen: $7,500
Well: $5,000
Water System: $3,000-$6,000
Fence: $6/Meter
Electricity: $3,000-$7,000
Latrine: $3,000-$6,500
Garden: $2,000-$3,000
Playground: $3,800-$8,000
Community Building/Church: 20K-25K
Classroom: $9,000
Medical Clinic: $10,000-$28,000
Piggery: $250/Pig
Chicken Coop: $8/Meter
Sponsorship Objectives:
What you can expect to see through sponsorship:
Our holistic approach addresses the environmental (physical), medical, educational, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Children’s HopeChest
An organization’s partnership with Children’s HopeChest releases spiritual and financial resources to the children while individual orphan sponsorship brings the unique blessing of relationship. HopeChest offers you the needed expertise and resources to benefit orphaned children, as well as access to the orphanage. Not only does our staff in the US provide accountability and support, our indigenous staff on the ground, including disciplers, are responsible for the spiritual, emotional and physical aspects of sponsorship.
A HopeChest discipler or mentor is a national believer who visits the orphanage or carepoint once every one to two weeks. Disciplers conduct classes on culture, character and Biblical principles. They spend time with the children and help them with moral and ethical issues, problems and concerns.
Orphanages and Carepoints
The various orphanages and carepoints provide a focus of ministry for both Children’s HopeChest and the sponsoring organization. Specific benefits to orphans include ministry in five areas:
Environmental –
A portion of the sponsor’s support, combined with that of other sponsors, improves and maintains a healthy environment. This includes the purchase of clothing, shoes, furniture, books, etc. if needed.
Medical –
Each sponsored child will receive regular health checkups, and medical intervention as needed. Improved nutrition is also provided.
Emotional –
Each sponsored child's network of emotional support is greatly expanded. Staff at the orphanage or carepoint will receive special training that equips them to better deal with the unique emotional needs of the orphaned children they serve. Also, the sponsor’s involvement in each child’s life through cards and letters is an avenue of emotional support the child would normally be denied. Regular visits from disciplers will also add to emotional well-being.
Educational –
Sponsorship helps provide resources for the education of sponsored children. In Africa, for a child to attend school, fees must be paid, and uniforms and books must be purchased.
Spiritual –
Orphaned children will see the love of God demonstrated tangibly through age-appropriate Bible teaching. A discipler will visit the orphanage or carepoint regularly to conduct classes. Your prayer and letters will also encourage a child’s spiritual growth.
Our goal in each community is 100% sponsorship. Once sponsorship of a community is initiated, Children’s Hopechest will send 80% of sponsorship funds received to begin support of the sponsored community.
Capital Projects
Sponsorship is only capable of covering a small percentage of needs in a community. Because of that we ask sponsoring partners, to commit to raising funds for at least one capital project each year. This is not a financial obligation on the part of the partner but a request from HopeChest. In the event that the sponsoring partner is unable to fund capital development projects, HopeChest will work with major donors and other entities to generate funds for capital projects.
In order to identify capital project needs in the community, we work with indigenous leadership to identify critical community needs.
When funding a capital project, HopeChest will provide an initial budget, scope of work, regular progress updates (with photos), as well as “final” photos of the completed project.
Capital projects are subject to change if the implementation would harm the community or cannot be fulfilled with integrity.
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