The Kizazi Kipya project, or New Generation, five years funded project working to transform the lives of vulnerable Tanzanian children and young people particularly those affected by HIV.
Targeting children from 7-14 years and youth from 15-17 years and their families.
The project aims to reach a total of 600 street connected children and youth, targeting children from 7-14 years and youth from 15-17 years and their families.
Project objective and activities are:
- Engage CYLWS on the streets, and at the drop-in centre using sports, recreation games, hygiene sessions, non-formal literacy skills, and counselling and art therapy.
- Family reunification through conducting family tracing, doing assessment for family reunification, ongoing monitoring, support and therapeutic interventions to help families heal from trauma and abuse also refer and link caregivers to economic strengthening opportunities.
- Identify youth on street and support them to form youth association groups, through engaging in leadership training (to youth leaders), life skills sessions, business, vocational and entrepreneurship training, linkage to apprenticeship and business grants.
Donor
USAID under PACT Tanzania
Location
Nyamagana district Mwanza region Tanzania
Duration
5 years from June 2017
Staff
29
Main Results
- 600 Street connected children and youth in Nyamagana district at risk of abuse and violence have increased their physical well-being, interpersonal skills and ability to prosper within their local peer group.
- Street connected children have increased their reintegration readiness and made a successful reintegration into a home setting.
- Families have strengthened their families in terms of love, transmitting hope, support and guidance, and the positive attachments within the family, and the schools that the children are enrolled into are more accepting and inclusive of them
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