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Years of mechanism: 2007 2008
SUMMARY:
Kingdom Trust is a faith-based organization that facilitates increased access to economic and educational support for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) such as the South African Government social security grants, exemption from school fees, and provision of school uniforms. Kingdom Trust is a South African grassroots organization, based in Limpopo, which strengthens the capacity of families and communities to protect and care for orphans and vulnerable children in their communities. Kingdom Trust also provides psychosocial support training and HIV prevention education for OVC and facilitates training child care forums (CCFs). CCFs are community-based structures focusing on the needs of OVC.
The main emphasis areas are community mobilization and participation, development of networks, linkages and referral systems, and training. The primary target population is orphans and vulnerable children up to the age of 17 years old, HIV and AIDS affected families, caregivers, religious leaders, and volunteers.
BACKGROUND:
Established in 1992, Kingdom Trust is based in the Tubatse Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa, which is one of the poorest, with an HIV prevalence rate of 21.5 percent. Kingdom Trust was a sub-partner of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund program which ended in FY 2006.
Kingdom Trust has 72 trained OVC caregivers that identify OVC through home visits with the aim of providing the necessary support to improve their livelihoods. As part of its wrap around activities, Kingdom Trust mobilizes food parcels for OVC from the local business community, farmers, and supermarkets to provide emergency food support for OVC who have no access to food. Kingdom Trust OVC caregivers assist OVC with registration for education and exemption from paying school fees. Other services provided by this cadre of 72 Kingdom Trust caregivers include psychosocial support and training in HIV prevention and care and support.
ACTIVITIES AND EXPECTED RESULTS:
Kingdom Trust has linkages and partnerships with the South African Departments of Health, Social Development, Education and the local municipality. With FY 2007 funds, Kingdom Trust will increase the number of community members trained as part of CCFs and will focus on providing psychosocial support especially directed to the girl child as well as increased facilitation of economic assistance for OVC and their families. Using its strong relationships in the faith-based community of the Tubatse Municipality in Limpopo, Kingdom Trust will mobilize participation and collaboration in advocating on behalf of OVC at the community level.
The Kingdom Trust OVC caregivers will provide the following services to OVC:
ACTIVITY 1: Facilitating Access to Economic Support
Kingdom Trust assists OVC to access social grants from the Department of Social Development (DoSD). The childcare volunteers from Kingdom Trust complete the basic child assessments and identify children that are eligible for social security grants and other services. The volunteers then facilitate a process which includes assistance with information on how to access the social security grants, the actual grant application and the assessment of the OVC by DoSD social workers. The childcare volunteer remains involved throughout the process and once the grant has been received, the childcare volunteer will mentor households on how the grant should be used. The budgeting skills taught to households are important in ensuring that the social security grant is used for its intended purpose.
ACTIVITY 2: Facilitating Access to Education
Kingdom Trust advocates for school fee exemption for OVC by working closely with the Department of Education, and school authorities in the Tubatse Municipality of Limpopo province. Kingdom Trust OVC caregivers and their childcare volunteers will facilitate school attendance by identifying OVC who are unable to buy school uniforms and linking them with women's groups, FBO, churches etc. that conduct income generating activities. Kingdom Trust will work with FBOs, churches and community groups to provide assistance to the OVCs to ensure that they stay in school. This assistance will include purchasing school uniforms, shoes and school stationery. During OVC home visits, the Kingdom Trust OVC caregivers and childcare volunteers will assist OVC with homework to ensure that the child is able to progress at school. Specific attention is paid to the girl child during these home visits to ensure that she has the support to remain in school.
ACTIVITY 3: Psychosocial Support
Kingdom Trust OVC caregivers run OVC support groups in the villages of their municipality. Support groups are run separately for boys and girls between the ages of 13 to 18 years old on a weekly basis. The support group for girls focuses on topics such as the labor burden facing the girl child, gender-based violence and reproductive health with a focus on delaying their first sexual encounter. The support groups for boys focus on reducing gender-based violence, providing information on sexuality and promoting abstinence. Other topics that are also covered are grief counseling and coping mechanisms to increase children's resilience. The participation of the child during these OVC support groups is vital with OVC being encouraged to lead the groups and also to mentor new OVC who join the support groups.
ACTIVITY 4: Capacity Development for Child Care Forums (CCFs)
Kingdom Trust works with the village leadership in the Municipality to strengthen the CCFs through training and mentorship. The purpose of the CCF is to ensure the identification of OVC in the community, to be aware of initiatives involving child care and support, to create awareness of OVC issues, to assess the needs of OVC, to liaise with other community-driven initiatives focused on children and to become advocates for OVC in the community. By strengthening CCFs, Kingdom Trust will increase community mobilization
and participation in resolving OVC issues at the community level. Kingdom Trust will facilitate monthly CCF meetings in collaboration with the Department of Education, Social Development (DoSD), local municipalities and business leaders. Kingdom Trust serves as a secretariat for the CCF. Kingdom Trust partners with Department of Health and DoSD to conduct the training for the CCF and to encourage information sharing, collaboration and advocacy for the OVC issues. The DoSD provides the training and the materials and are directly aligned to the South Africa DoSD strategic priorities in OVC Framework and National Plan of Action. The topics covered during CCF training include; mapping or drawing up a community profile, costing and fundraising, monitoring and evaluation for the performance of CCFs, how to set up community safety nets and how to support and refer abused and traumatized children.
The Kingdom Trust OVC activities in Limpopo will contribute to the PEPFAR goal of providing care and support to 10 million HIV-affected individuals, including OVC.
