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Orphan Sponsorship
Ethiopia is one of the most populous countries in the world with the total population of more than 120 million (as of 2021). Different existing literatures indicate that there are an estimated 5 million orphans in Ethiopia who have lost one or both of their parents and with an estimated 600,000 orphans living on the streets. As a result of poverty and famine, 44% of them have stunted development due to poor nutrition and just 40% complete primary school indicating large number of orphan children does not to attend secondary school.
Childhood is the most crucial developmental period in an individual’s lifetime, any damage at this stage can lead to a perpetuation of the cycles of poverty, resulting in intergenerational and/or chronic poverty. Orphans are more likely to live in households with higher dependency ratios, may experience property dispossession, often miss out an opportunities for education, may live in households experiencing food insecurity, and often experience decreased emotional and psychological well-being due to such challenges, and losses (UNICEF, 2006).
The problem of orphans are numerous begins with the absence of love and left without care and support and are vulnerable to shocks and adversity and, consequently, are hardest hit by poverty. Orphan children often face an immediate crisis in the home and meeting their immediate needs is vital to their current well-being but is also critical to their future. The loss of a parent or parents is extremely disruptive for children, and often seriously disadvantages their chances for obtaining basic living needs; food/nutrition, shelter and care, protection, health care, psychosocial support, and education . Financial and material resources are often required to meet most of these needs.
Yetim Children Care Center, therefore, strives to support orphans in education, health care, food/nutrition and psychosocial support that give them relevance in life.
Education
Education breaks generational cycles of poverty by enabling children to gain skills and knowledge for better jobs and access to education is also a strategic development investment. Supporting education of orphan children through strategically designed program intervention is an important component in the social well-being of the children and in reducing poverty by moving the poor out of poverty.
$25,270 Raised
$30,000 Goal
Health Care / Treatment
Inadequate health services coupled with malnutrition, lack of sanitation and hygiene create poor health conditions and are the major causes of high morbidity and mortality among the most vulnerable groups in which the servility of the problem is more reflected on orphan children. Improved health-seeking behavior leads to decreased morbidity and mortality among orphan children.
$25,270 Raised
$30,000 Goal
Psychological Support
There is a global consensus that the best psychosocial care and support for orphan children is through everyday interpersonal interactions that occur in caring relationships in homes, schools, and communities. Such care and support include the love and protection that children receive in family environments, as well as interventions that help children and families cope. Such interventions enable children to form a sense of self-worth and belonging and are essential to learning, developing life skills, participating in society, and having faith in the future.
$25,270 Raised
$30,000 Goal
Technical and Vocational Training
The world has experienced an unprecedented and ever increasing rate of technological development. Technology, and information technology in particular, have changed the perception of distance and time; the world has become a closely connected village. Technical and vocational training leads to the acquisition of knowledge, understanding and skills which are relevant for employment or self-employment. The Ethiopian technical and vocational training strategy is envisaged to create a competent, motivated, adaptable and innovative workforce contributing to poverty reduction and social & economic development.
This program focuses on demand-driven market oriented training with the aim of creating job opportunity for the youths and disadvantaged/poor women. These include tailoring/sewing skill training, mobile phone technology training and basic computer skill training.
Tailoring / Sewing Technical Skill Training
For sustainable household income the program provides tailoring/sewing technical skill training for orphan families through supply of training materials. Provision of sewing machine for target beneficiaries after receiving skill training in order to capacitate them generate sustainable income and pull out themselves from vicious circles of poverty.
$25,270 Raised
$30,000 Goal
Mobile Phone Technology Skill Training
This is one of the highly growing technologies and has high demand in the local market. As the current market survey reveals maintenance of mobile phone and related services have high market demand in the local market. Under this program unemployed youths and destitute women with priority to orphan families receive mobile phone technology training. After completing training thetarget beneficiaries receive financial support/ seed money as startup capital to establish and run their own business for sustainable income generation.
$25,270 Raised
$30,000 Goal
Basic Computer Skill Training
Under this project component basic computer skill training will be provided based on their educational level, mostly after completing general education according to Ethiopian education system. Based on their interest, education level and availability of the resources, orphanchildren will be selected and provided training onbasic computer skills enabling them competent in the domestic as well as world labor markets.
$25,270 Raised
$30,000 Goal
Orphan Family Economic Strengthening
Orphan family/household economic strengthening comprises a portfolio of interventions to reduce the economic vulnerability of orphan families/caregivers and empower them to provide the essential needs of the orphan children under their care.
The program is to support orphan families engage in income generation activities –IGA in order to generate their own income sustainably rather than depending on short time support.
- Creates awareness among the target beneficiaries in their own capital or asset formation through income generating activities.
- Provides market oriented technical skill training and entrepreneurship skill training for the identified orphan families/mothers
- Provides grants or initial working capital for the target orphan families /caregivers to start their own business for sustainable income. This may include livestock farm such as sheep and goats fattening, cattle raring.
SEASONAL PROGRAMES
This program implementation includes seasonal support like Food package distribution, Iftar program during the month of Ramadan and Udhiya program aiming to feed the needy people focusing on orphan families.
YCCC-Income Generation Activity
Based on the FDRE Civil Society organizations -CSO Proclamation No 1113/2019 Article 63, YCCC has established a sole proprietorship form of business enterprise entitled Solpad Sanitary Manufacturing that shall be managed separately from the mother organization- YCCC for its operation in accordance with this proclamation.
The enterprise was established to achieve the following main objectives.
- To make solution for a community problems particularly disadvantaged females . In Ethiopia , as is the case with many African countries more than 70 per cent females have no access to menstrual supplies necessary to manage their periods . For school going girls, this has meant missing schools with one out of every ten girls skipping classes. In rural areas the numbers go as high as five which has seen a growing number of school dropouts eventually leading to early pregnancies and marriage as coping mechanism.
- To create a job opportunities for young female workers or female empowerment. Currently, enterprise started its production by more than 15 female young workers.
- To generate Income locally for the implementation of its program i.e orphan care and support program
The objective of SOLPAD or solution pads is producing affordable, hygienic, low cost washable sanitary pad used by girls and women during menstrual period.
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