Trilogy This is My Village Presented by: Barry Childs & Rebecca Channer.

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Trilogy This is My Village Presented by: Barry Childs & Rebecca Channer

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TrilogyThis is My Village

Presented by: Barry Childs & Rebecca Channer

Tanzania

• Life expectancy: < 50 years (UNDP)

• GDP per capita: $1200; ranks 199 out of 225 countries (CIA)

• Population below international poverty line of US$1.25 per day: 88% (UNDP)

• Estimated HIV infection rate: 9% (UNICEF)

• Students continuing to secondary education: <20% (UNICEF)

National Situation

• Average Income $0.70

• No Infrastructure

• Minimal Support Services

• > 30% Orphaned Children• Village Culture Cares For

All Children

Rungwe Village Realities

Tanzanian Villagers Cannot Solve These Problems Alone

A Sustainable Solution Enable:

Families to Increase Their Income

Villages to Provide Support Services

MVCC

Co-Ops

Basic Health Access

Primary Education Access

• Core Mission• MVCC• Co-Ops

• Complimentary Program

• Health Access• Education Access

Africa Bridge Program

Children Create The Vision• Community Engagement• Village Master Plan• Most Vulnerable

Children’s Committee • Animal & Agriculture

Cooperatives• Microfinance• Ongoing Feedback &

Program Management

Results 2010 Research Study:• 16 villages actively engaged • 16 Most Vulnerable Children’s committees formed, provisioned

and operating• 27 host family income generating cooperatives in operation

• Surveyed co-op members report having sufficient food, clothing, shelter, education, and healthcare

• 75% of cooperative members are girls & women• 3,557 orphans and vulnerable children receive psychological,

social, paralegal & material interventions• >4,000 school scholarships• 13 classrooms completed• 1 health clinic built• 20,000 trees planted

Africa Bridge Works!

Idweli Village Case Study• In 2005, two co-ops

started for families caring for 13% of vulnerable children

• Co-ops have expanded; over 50% of MVC cared for by families with increasing living standard

• Alici has recently started 6th business

Co-Op Case Study• Caring for three

orphans• Member of cow co-

operative; recently received cow, training, and ongoing support

• Family incomes increase 3 to 10 times by end of 2nd year

Addresses Whole Problem, Whole Child, Whole Village

Income Generation -Economically Viable Host

Families

Improved Environment

& Infrastructure

Education for All Children

Improved Healthcare &

Access

Community Development - Care System for Children 5

Years

Sustainable programs foster self-reliance and

independence

• Invest in a village and create a living legacy

• Join virtually with children & their villages in Tanzania– The children will

be your tour guides

How Can You Participate?

Invest in Safi and her village.

Invest in Safi and her village.

This is My Village!

Invest in Ndege and his village.

Invest in Ndege and his village.

• $25 per month gives 12 orphans a basic education

• $50 per month builds a roof on a health clinic (~$600)

• $100 per month provides HIV/AIDS peer education training

• $500 per month funds an income generating co-op (~$6000)

• Build an entire community by strengthening the village economy, education, healthcare and social welfare institutions

• $2,000 per month in 1st & 2nd years

• $1,000 per month in 3rd year • $500 per month in 4th & 5th years

Become a stakeholder in the future of a village and its children

This Is My Village!

• Capacity building• Increased income• Enhanced healthcare• Better infrastructure• Greater education &

literacy• Empowerment of

women• Sustenance of orphans &

caretakers• Sustainable communities

Social Return on Investment

Your investment goes a long way with Africa Bridge to improve quality of life for

children and villagers

This Is My Village!

Thank You