Child Sponsorship Project
In 1995,
Integrated Family Service Organization (IFSO) started its operation as a non governmental charity with the sponsorship project. This
project has been revised and its duration of implementation has been extended
for six times in the life time of the organization.
That is, from year 1996 - 1997, 1998 - 2000, 2001 – 2003, 2004 –
2006, 2008 -2010 and 2011-2013 for 3 years.
The
project is being implemented with the financial assistance, mainly from CIAI(www.ciai.it/),
IL-Sole(www.ilsole.org/),
GMA and CIFA(www.cifaong.it) all of which are Italian NGOs.
This
project provides financial, counseling, educational materials and medical
support for orphan and destitute children to help them become self assertive citizens. This project provides financial,
counseling, educational materials and medical support for orphan and destitute
children to help them become self assertive citizens.
At present
the project is being executed as the extension of the last project that ended
in 2010. It started with addressing the needs and development of 726 orphan and
vulnerable children and planned to increase this number of sponsored children
to 776 at the end of 2013.
Objective: to create favorable environment for orphan and other vulnerable
children (OVCs) in Addis Ababa for improving their present life situation and
enabling them think, plan and prepare for their futurities to become self reliant community members.
Target Groups: Orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) below age 15
Target Areas: Addis Ababa City
Administration
Direct beneficiary at present: 1450 children
Type of services: Financial support of 170 each month, counseling, house
renovation, medical and school material support and finical support for skill
training.
Indirect Beneficiaries: Family members of the target children
Impact: OVCs are prevented from joining street life and enrolled in and
retained at school protected and developed to become self
reliant citizens.
Major Activities:
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Identification and Selection of New Beneficiaries
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Sponsorship Allowance
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Medical Assistance
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Provide additional assistance for children parents/guardians
living with HIV
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Provide additional emergency assistance
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Counseling Service
Status: Ongoing
For more information on the specific objectives of the project and the
current status of the project in terms of different
indicators such as beneficiary children by donors, kind of financial support by
number of children, school status of beneficiary children, achievements in
national exams, including lessons learned and problems encountered during the
execution of the project is available in the 2011 Annual Report of IFSO.