But one in five children are still undernourished, stunting development. Choose how much you would like to donate. Other Amount. First Last. Email Required. Credit Card. Cardholder Name. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Share on facebook Facebook. Share on twitter Twitter. Share on linkedin LinkedIn. Share on email Email. What is the pilot program? Our research at has shown an average of 15 children are hospitalised with severe acute malnutrition SAM each month.
Project Goals and Activities. Develop and implement an appropriate and consistent discharge planning process at HNGV. Support community health centres to receive and manage referrals for children recently discharged from hospital.
Assess the acceptability and experience of the program to families. Expected Outcomes This project will improve the continuity of care for children discharged from hospital after treatment for sever acute malnutrition. Furthermore, 3 million Angolans have returned to the country since the end of a violent civil war in and are now living in refugee camps.
Few countries have suffered as much as Angola. Even after surviving decades of violent civil war, Angolans now struggle to overcome high poverty rates and unemployment, especially among young adults.
In Angola, Salesian missionaries focus their efforts on the areas of greatest need for youth. Just 20 percent of children between the ages of 12 and 17 receive secondary education. Salesian educational, training and support programs provide hope and opportunity where there otherwise would be little. A network of Don Bosco Homes provides various programs addressing the needs of street children. The first contact Salesian missionaries have with youth starts in the streets of Luanda.
Shelter and educational programs are offered. Those who are interested are taken to the Miguel Magone house where they spend a night in safety and have meals the following day.
Once youth begin preparation to live with other children, they go to the Mama Margarita Home and live as boarding students. Here they can access education and gain the foundational skills needed for further education and long-term employment. In Luanda, the capital and largest city in Angola, the Salesian-run St. Kizito House functions as both a day and night shelter and offers a clean environment for boys who are accustomed to life on the streets.
The house has a large playground at the back, ideal for sporting activities, and also boasts a new plumbing system with running water, bathroom facilities and a well-equipped kitchen.
Currently, St. Kizito houses 20 boys between the ages of 10 and Students who have access to technical and vocational training have an opportunity to obtain the skills needed to break the cycle of poverty and become productive members of their communities. Technical and vocational training is provided at Salesian centers in nine communities across Angola. Students learn skills that will help them prepare for their future—and the future of their communities.
The Salesians have long been providing services to help the youth of Angola get off the streets, gain access to education and nutrition, and find a way out of poverty. In several Salesian-run programs in Angola youth find shelter, nutrition, education — and hope. In Luanda, the capital city of Angola, a performing arts program called The Road to Life is being operated out of Casa Magone, a Salesian center for street youth in the city.
Through the program, participating youth learn to tell the stories of their accomplishments in accessing shelter and gaining an education through Salesian programs.
A recent theater production was performed by 10 participants in the program who shared their stories in front of an audience of more than 60 youth between the ages of 10 and By performing their stories, these former street children are able to overcome the trauma they have suffered in the past. The Road to Life program helps young people share their stories—including who they are, where they come from and how they have achieved success in their lives.
The stories are performed as songs, plays, poems or other creative outlets chosen by each participant. By performing their stories, participants are aided in their recovery while helping to encourage other young people to succeed. Marco, one of The Road to Life participants, read a poem he had written about his experience living on the streets and his success finding shelter and education at a Salesian center, which gave him renewed hope for a better life.
Salesian missionaries in Angola are using music education as a way to enhance social and academic development for disadvantaged youth. The band is just one of many programs offered at the school.
Randisi began his work with the band in , and through the years has captured the attention of many youth who have discovered their passion for music.
Currently, more than 80 students take music lessons and participate in the Don Bosco Band. Organized band activities have replaced idle time when students would browse the internet or loiter in markets or on the streets with little to do. The band has more than 95 instruments available.
Students are able to choose the instrument they are most interested in and receive lessons, play the instrument in recitals and other events, and build relationships with like-minded peers. Thanks to recent donor support, Salesian Missions was able to help the nutritional needs of 40 students at the Salesian-run Mama Margarita Home in Luanda. The program is one of several programs that are a part of Don Bosco Homes in the city. Donor funding was used to purchase food for the 8- to year-old youth who live there as boarding students.
All of the youth were at one time living on the streets of Luanda with nowhere else to turn. Salesian students in Angola have better access to education thanks to ongoing support from the African Innovation Foundation and the Angolan Sovereign Fund which helped bring computers into Salesian classrooms.
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