Dula Sentle
Organisation
Dula Sentle Trust - Orphan Day Care
Project Focus
The aim of the project is to enlarge and strengthen a sustainable community based program for orphans and vulnerable children in Otse, a small village in Botswana, severely affected by the HIV epidemic. This community based program does provide social, emotional and educational support for orphans and children referred by social workers from the Ministry of Local Government.
Background
Target Groups/Participants
Children/Young People
Project Activities
Provision of orphan day care, recreation, education, social work services, finance generating activities, for example wood work.
Outcomes
Individual and Family: It has provided support for families and orphaned and vulnerable children.
Community: Established a model orphan care project for rural Botswana, which is duplicable. The project has so far been able to keep the fabric of our community project together. To provide children with the continuity of their lives, to keep them in their cultural setting, attached to families, schools, churches, friends e.t.c
Lessons Learned & Problems Encountered: The approach although so clear and feasible to us, often has been misinterpreted by others , mainly international organisations. Applications for funding for specific projects being perceived as impossible or not relevant, while for us they are very real and often crucial to our success.
Evaluation
Donors
ACHAP, Belgian Sponsers, Embassies, consulates and small donations
Project Cost
$340,000
Project Start Date
1 January 2001
Project End Date
1 January 2020
Creative Exchange Projects
HIV/AIDS: The Creative Challenge
Subjects
Education
HIV/AIDS
Creative Activities
International Region
Africa
UK Region
Date Entered
14 July 2004
