More Information on HACM

The NGO we are working with, Hope for African Children Ministries, currently runs on a sponsorship model, matching sponsors with a child in need. The Roosevelt Institute International Development has been working with HACM to develop more sustainable alternatives to this system. However, HACM has been able to help children in seven rural villages, providing them with not only school fees but school uniforms, lunch for a year, a first aid kit, shoes and stationery. Our trip will not focus exclusively on being an aid delivery system, but on finding solutions to the underlying problems that keep children out of school. The Roosevelt Institute has also been working on income generation programs, which would allow families to send their children to school without relying on donations.