Projects
Imagine......
... when school for you means safety, healthcare and social interaction.
... not being able to go to school because you are an orphan, or your parents can't afford the fees.
... how important school becomes when your only meal of the day at school (because your parents have died and the community that looks after you has no means to feed you).
... having an ambition but no longer being able to go to school.
And when you can go to school ... being 5 years old and having to walk 10km each way to school every day.
These were just some of the stories we heard first-hand on recent trips to Swaziland.
Our most recent projects include:
... when school for you means safety, healthcare and social interaction.
... not being able to go to school because you are an orphan, or your parents can't afford the fees.
... how important school becomes when your only meal of the day at school (because your parents have died and the community that looks after you has no means to feed you).
... having an ambition but no longer being able to go to school.
And when you can go to school ... being 5 years old and having to walk 10km each way to school every day.
These were just some of the stories we heard first-hand on recent trips to Swaziland.
Our most recent projects include:
Swaziland Primary Schools
Thanks to your support we have been able to fund a number of initiatives in rural and urban primary schools.
These include:
These include:
Thanks to your support we have been able to fund a number of initiatives in rural and urban primary schools.
These include:
- building a pre-school at Nkhaba Primary School
- purchasing school uniforms and shoes for orphans and vulnerable children
- repairing jungle play equipment at a school for disabled children
- purchasing computers and provision of IT training
- provision of school furniture
- supporting school agriculture projects
- supporting a number of children with special needs through school
- building two classrooms at Nkhaba Primary School
- repairing the library at Nkhaba Primary School
- training a pre-school teacher
These include:
- repairing classrooms at Forbes Reef Primary School
- building two new classrooms at Forbes Reef Primary School
- completion of a pre-school at Nijanini
- purchasing a frame for exercise equipment for Cheshire Homes
- building playground equipment for pre-schools
- funding the training of 10 pre-school teachers
- funding vocational training for four young people (1 electrician, 1 plumber, 1 carpenter and 1 builder)
- refurbishing teacher’s accommodation at Nkhaba Primary School
The Rocking Horse Project
The Rocking Horse Project was established in 2013 and is a registered not-for-profit organisation recognised by the Swaziland Ministry of Health. The purpose of the Rocking Horse Project is to provide palliative care and improve the quality of life for children and young people with life-limiting illnesses. Denise Mortlock (who we have collaborated with for many years) runs the Rocking Horse Project.
The Rocking Horse Project runs services that fall outside of the clinical scope and capabilities of medical institutions and organisations in Swaziland. Whilst the main aim of The Rocking Horse Project is to provide medical treatment and palliative care there is a need to provide facilities for play and education as many of the children will remain in hospital for many months. Creating an environment that does not feel like a hospital institution is extremely important for the well-being of these very ill children. This is why this is a project that Changing Futures aims to support more in the future.
Too often children and their families members are unable to access care due to lack of funds and/or knowledge that such services are available. As detailed above this is where The Rocking Horse Project steps in. Kenilworth Rotary Club have given a generous grant of £3,000 to The Rocking Horse Project for the following:
The Rocking Horse Project was established in 2013 and is a registered not-for-profit organisation recognised by the Swaziland Ministry of Health. The purpose of the Rocking Horse Project is to provide palliative care and improve the quality of life for children and young people with life-limiting illnesses. Denise Mortlock (who we have collaborated with for many years) runs the Rocking Horse Project.
The Rocking Horse Project runs services that fall outside of the clinical scope and capabilities of medical institutions and organisations in Swaziland. Whilst the main aim of The Rocking Horse Project is to provide medical treatment and palliative care there is a need to provide facilities for play and education as many of the children will remain in hospital for many months. Creating an environment that does not feel like a hospital institution is extremely important for the well-being of these very ill children. This is why this is a project that Changing Futures aims to support more in the future.
Too often children and their families members are unable to access care due to lack of funds and/or knowledge that such services are available. As detailed above this is where The Rocking Horse Project steps in. Kenilworth Rotary Club have given a generous grant of £3,000 to The Rocking Horse Project for the following:
- To provide transport reimbursement for children who require TB treatment and/or second or third line anti-retroviral therapy. There is an improvement in the adherence of children to treatment for whom transport is provided.
- Providing transport for children to attend assessments and physiotherapy sessions at Cheshire homes.
- Providing transport for children who are inpatients at Hope House Hospice to attend clinics.
- To provide funds for tests to be done at private laboratories when government laboratories are out of stock of reagents and cannot perform such tests.
- Providing funding for children requiring prosthetic eyes.
- Providing funding for children who need medicines prescribed by doctors but which are out of stock or not available at government facilities.
- Providing funds for CT scans when the machine at Mbabane Government Hospital is out of order.
Helping Individuals
Sometimes we hear of a desperate need - like the little boy who needed new hearing aids at one of the schools we have been supporting. We were able to provide the money for this and it was wonderful to hear from the Head Teacher how this had transformed his life.
Simanga is 13 years old and has irreversible visual impairment due to congenital glaucoma. Although the glaucoma was partially treated he is now totally blind in one eye and has minimal vision in the other eye. He is unable to attend school because of his disability. There is one school in Swaziland (St. Joseph’s near Manzini) that offers education for the blind. We have been able to fund the costs of his schooling including boarding fees (as it is too far for him to travel each day).
We are currently supporting a young girl, Kiara, who has cerebral palsy, to go to a special school that are able to cope with her physical needs. Her family could not afford the school fees and without our support she would have to stay at home without any education. Kiara is a very bright girl and is doing extremely well at school.
Sometimes we hear of a desperate need - like the little boy who needed new hearing aids at one of the schools we have been supporting. We were able to provide the money for this and it was wonderful to hear from the Head Teacher how this had transformed his life.
Simanga is 13 years old and has irreversible visual impairment due to congenital glaucoma. Although the glaucoma was partially treated he is now totally blind in one eye and has minimal vision in the other eye. He is unable to attend school because of his disability. There is one school in Swaziland (St. Joseph’s near Manzini) that offers education for the blind. We have been able to fund the costs of his schooling including boarding fees (as it is too far for him to travel each day).
We are currently supporting a young girl, Kiara, who has cerebral palsy, to go to a special school that are able to cope with her physical needs. Her family could not afford the school fees and without our support she would have to stay at home without any education. Kiara is a very bright girl and is doing extremely well at school.
