Child Aid

The objective of Child Aid is to work with children, families and communities to ensure that children survive, to improve children’s living conditions and create opportunities for the children to develop and use their full potential.

As a Development Instructor, some of your task will be:

Practical actions

You will be a teacher, a mobilizer and an administrator. You will write reports. You will spread information. You will talk with the families.

Lead the families into establishing vegetable gardens and compost pits; building latrines; constructing a pre-school for the community.

 

Training

You will train the people at the project; from youth club leaders to preschool teachers to Village Action Coordinators to Area Leaders and HIV/AIDS training to the staff or the volunteers running this part of the program.

 

 

Environmental habits

You will focus on environmental issues such as water conservation, tree planting and sustainable agricultural methods such as contour planting.

 

 

Basic health and hygiene among the families

You will also organize and lead practical actions, such as malaria prevention actions or cleaning actions in the village, or building dish racks or firewood saving stoves together with the families.

 

 

Income generating projects

Money earning activities are high on the agenda of any Child Aid project and skills training or setting up small businesses.

 

Enrolling and mobilizing the children for education

In some areas, recruiting children for the school will be necessary.

Partnership and sponsorship

Raise funds for the operation and expansion of the school by identifying possible partners, meeting with them, finding out in what way they can support the school, negotiating with the partners and writing proposals to partners.

You will work with:

• Mostly adult family members
• Project workers

To learn more about the project please:

See the following videos or ask for more information at the school of your interest:

Child Aid in Belize

Child Aid in Toledo

Child Aid - Nhamatanda