Since July 2009, the Rebero Orphan Center has experienced several administrative and managerial challenges that have begun to compromise the quality of services provided to the orphans and vulnerable children in its care. As a result of these problematic circumstances, and following a series of discussions with local government representatives, the decision was made to close the Rebero Orphan Center and to re-establish the center under a new name and in a new neighborhood with the intention of providing the same care and support services to the former beneficiaries of ROC. EFA has supported the program staff throughout this transition period as they assemble a new Board of Directors, file all necessary registration paperwork, and transfer to a new building. The Child Support Center (CSC) will open officially in December 2009, at which point all programs will recommence for the center’s beneficiaries.

The CSC’s primary programs will continue to provide education, health, and nutrition services to children at the center.

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