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Vocational
Training for AIDS orphans in Tanzania
PROJECT PARTNER: Amani Children's Home
At the base of Mt.Kilimanjaro is the town
of Moshi. Within Moshi there is an orphanage, Amani Children’s
Home, that houses about 60 children. Amani Children’s Home
takes in street children, and HIV/AIDS orphans and provides them
with education, health information and a hope of reunification
with their families. Change for Children supports the vocational
training program here, which is designed for children who have
graduated from primary school and have been unable to enter secondary
school due to lack of space or low grades. Programs offered include:
carpentry, electrician training, mechanics, traditional drumming
and art performance.
Change for Children-in conjunction with Hands Across Africa, a
local community group in Edmonton, supports Amani’s Vocational
Training Program which provides orphan children living at Amani
Children's home with local employment opportunities. Children
who complete their Standard 7 education and are unable to continue
in secondary school, are provided with training opportunities
that will enable them to develop the skills and knowledge necessary
to obtain jobs and become self-sustaining adults in Tanzania’s
increasingly global economy.
The expected
results of this program are for students to become viable applicants
for jobs in the Kilimanjaro region, for students to develop the
appropriate skills and training that will allow them to act as
self-sustaining adults, and to break the cycle of poverty that
traps undereducated homeless children. Students involved in the
program will gain skills and training that will better enable
them to find employment, provide for themselves and their families
and live a productive and happy life.
If you are
interested in contributing to this project or learning more about
it, please contact us.
www.amanikids.org
Vocational
Training and Educational Programs for Orphans of the AIDS Pandemic
in Tanzania
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