SOS Children's Village
of Zambia Trust has two village establishments in the country.
We have the
Lusaka
Village and the
Kitwe
Village.
Each village has common
departments ,called facilities, which work in unison to
achieve our missions and values. The following are the different
facilities:
The
Villages
This facility provides
long term family based care to children desperately in need. The
Lusaka Village, which was the first in Zambia, is situated on
plot no. 20092,along the Great North Road, started operations in August 1999. The
Village has 15 family houses with 30 mothers taking care of 281 children on a 24-hour
basis. Out of these 281 children, there are 39 youths who
have been moved from family houses to youth facilities. These
are looked after by youth leaders who live with them.
The Kitwe village has
189 children being supported in 15 houses. Youth facilities are
yet to be established.
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SOS
Kindergartens
The SOS Kindergarten
admits young children below the age of 6 years from the Village
as well as from the surrounding community. The facility has 86
children in Lusaka and 95 in Kitwe. The Kindergarten prepares
children for grade one admittance. This department is also open
to the public, so grab the opportunity to give your child the
best early childhood education from our great teachers!
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Vocational Training Centre
SOS
offers skills training in carpentry, catering, tailoring and
electrical/electronics courses to vulnerable youths who were
unable to complete their secondary school education. These
youths are identified by the family strengthening programme from
the surrounding community.
The SOS Hermann Gmeinner Schools
SOS Zambia offers
quality education through its Hermann Gmeinner Basic and High Schools. The
Hermann Gmeinner basic school at the Lusaka Village was opened
in January 200.It currently has 828 pupils both from the SOS village
and surrounding communities. The school is open to
children from the surrounding community. During 2003, the SOS
Community support scholarship programme enabled 40 needy
children from the surrounding community to benefit from this
facility. Currently it has classes from Grade 1 to 9 for the
basic section.
We
also have a basic school at the Kitwe village which has 395
pupils currently enrolled.
The
Hermann Gmeinner high school has classes from grades 10 to 12
,with 210 pupils. High school education at the Kitwe
village is yet to be offered.
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Medical Centres
The Medical Centre was
opened on 28th June 2002. The Centre provides medical
facilities, under 5 immunizations, HIV/Aids awareness, and
laboratory services to SOS Children and needy families from the
surrounding shanty compounds. In addition the centre provides
primary health training and HIV/AIDS awareness to the
surrounding shanty compounds.
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Family Strengthening Programmes
(FSP)
The main objective of
the FSP (formerly
called Social Centers), which started operations during the second
half of 2002, is to mitigate circumstances which lead to
abandonment of children. The FSP through its community
outreach programme supports child and grand mother headed
households from surrounding shanty compounds. During 2003, the
outreach programme was supporting 285 households with food, clothing, medical care, income
generating activities and child education. The main target areas
for the Lusaka programme are Chazanga, Chipata, Mandevu and Kabanana Compounds.
The Kitwe FSP serves Mulenga
and Luangwa areas supporting a total of 223 households.
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