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 hear first-hand when we visit 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 hear first-hand when we visit 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:
We have a number of new projects planned. 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
- building two classrooms at Nkhaba Primary School
- refurbishing teacher’s accommodation at Nkhaba Primary School
- repairing the library at Nkhaba Primary School
- repairing classrooms and the kitchen at Hwane Primary School
- supporting training programmes for pre-school teachers
- training teenagers in workplace skills (e.g. carpentry and motor mechanics)
- repairing classrooms at Forbes Reef Primary School
- repairing the kitchen at Forbes Reef Primary School
We have a number of new projects planned. These include:
- building two new classrooms at Forbes Reef Primary School
- providing school furniture (chairs and desks) for the new classrooms at Forbes Reef Primary School
- building toilets at Forbes Reef Primary School
- providing teaching aids at a number of primary schools
- providing school uniforms and shoes
- training 20 teenagers in workplace skills
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. Some of the projects we have supported and continue to support are as follows:
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. Some of the projects we have supported and continue to support are as follows:
- supporting a mother and baby clinic for HIV positive mothers and babies. The aim is to educate mothers on how to care for their HIV positive babies and share experiences with other mothers and care workers.
- Providing a physiotherapist at Cheshire Homes that caters for children with severe disablities
- providing 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.
- providing 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 supported a young girl, Kiara, who has cerebral palsy, to go to a special school that were 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 now 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 supported a young girl, Kiara, who has cerebral palsy, to go to a special school that were 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 now doing extremely well at school.