BY ANNAH MARY TUSIIME COVID-19 has been a huge challenge for many people in Uganda, creating fear and anxiety amongst the young and old alike. Children have been out of school since March and social distancing has left them feeling isolated and even bored. They are looking for something to do – just like Mark […]
Category: Family
Our response to the COVID-19 emergency
BY ANNA BARKER We’ve responded quickly and effectively to the needs of children and families throughout the COVID-19 crisis. This is because we have an established model of working with local, grassroots organisations and churches. The World Food Programme predicts there will be a doubling of acute hunger as a result of the pandemic. Our […]
Family the ‘go to place’
A child dozing on the shoulder of his father, a migrant labourer India has witnessed an unprecedented and huge reverse migration as millions of migrant labourers lost their jobs and were left stranded without income, food or shelter, as a fallout of the strict nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. Millions of labourers […]
Finding family
BY EMMA STONEHOUSE CRANE, our partner network in Uganda, has a vision for all children: that they would live in the care of safe and secure families. For the 50,000 children who live in 800 orphanages, and the 10-15,000 children on the streets in Uganda, this means finding families who will give them supportive, long-term […]
God can make the impossible, possible
BY EMMA STONEHOUSE Myanmar continues to be afflicted by long-standing conflict, with Unicef estimating that 460,000 children require humanitarian assistance due to war and natural disasters. However, in the midst of such a disheartening statistic, there is abounding hope. Children can often be a forgotten party in times of war, as many find themselves far […]
Off the streets and into families
BY EMMA STONEHOUSE Prevention of and rescuing children from a life on the street – through families. Over the last three years, Viva’s partner network in Kampala, CRANE, has rescued and resettled 795 street children into families. It is estimated that 15,000 children live on the streets of Uganda, almost all experiencing some form of abuse. […]
Why Families Matter
It’s estimated that there are 145 million registered orphans across the world, and of these only about 9 per cent have lost both parents. Many families are unstable and millions more children are separated from one or both parents due to violence, abuse, alcoholism, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and other conflicts. Too many children are suffering […]
New Beginnings and Fresh Starts
BY VICTORIA PRICE Health educators through Viva’s partner network, CRANE, in Uganda, are being equipped with life-saving knowledge on maternal and child health, which they are passing on to local communities through their peer-to-peer activities. Eighteen peer educators in two districts in Kampala have now reached over 1,000 parents and their children. With increased maternal […]
Floating Churches & Firm Foundations
BY JUSTINE DEMMER Justine Demmer, Viva’s Network Consultant for Asia, gives us a glimpse into a recent trip to Cambodia where she visited a floating church, and the children who call it home. I step outside of our accommodation in Siem Riep, North-Western Cambodia to find an open wagon drawn by a motorcycle. Our child […]
App Calls Out Abuse
BY JAIME TERCERO A brand new mobile app has been launched by our partner network Red Viva Nicaragua allowing users to report instances of abuse or bullying to local authorities anonymously, writes Jaime Tercero. Six out of ten children in Nicaragua have experienced domestic violence at home and 75 per cent reported witnessing violence at […]