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News from the Field: Rwanda and the Child Support Center
October 1, 2010 | Add Comment
News from the Field: Rwanda and the Child Support Center

Dear Friends,
We are very happy to share with you some pictures of Child Support Center’s (CSC) activities.
After forming a group of the mothers of CSC kids, we asked the Women for Women [project] to train …

Education and nutrition program launched at Child Support Center
April 25, 2010 | Add Comment
Education and nutrition program launched at Child Support Center

Since February 2010, the Child Support Center (CSC) in Kigali, Rwanda has been providing educational and nutritional services to over thirty orphans and other vulnerable children in the community. Through the education program, CSC beneficiaries …

Celebrating Cameroonian Youth: A review of the challenges for the future
February 11, 2010 | Add Comment
Celebrating Cameroonian Youth: A review of the challenges for the future

February 11th is Cameroon’s National Youth Day, a celebration of the country’s greatest asset for the future: its youth. Each year and in each village and town, primary and secondary schools participate in cultural festivals and …

Rebero Orphan Center Reopens as the Child Support Center (CSC)
December 7, 2009 | Add Comment
Rebero Orphan Center Reopens as the Child Support Center (CSC)

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 …

Rebero Orphan Center Moves to New Center
August 28, 2009 | Add Comment
Rebero Orphan Center Moves to New Center

When originally established, ROC was housed on the grounds of a bakery in the Rebero neighborhood of Kigali. The bakery was intended to fund the operations of the center, so the operations of the two …

Youth Members in Godola Employed as Community Coordinators
August 28, 2009 | Add Comment

The head of the health center in Godola recently chose three members of ASSYSGOD to serve as community coordinators for the identification of OVC (orphans and vulnerable children) in the area through a publicly-funded project. …