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CARE CONTINUITY CHALLENGE INITIATIVE

CARE CONTINUITY CHALLENGE INITIATIVE. THE HOLISTIC RESPONSE. WHAT IS CCC INITIATIVE?. CARE CONTINUITY CHALLENGE is an initiative for vulnerable street children and single mothers in Nigeria.

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CARE CONTINUITY CHALLENGE INITIATIVE

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  1. CARE CONTINUITY CHALLENGE INITIATIVE THE HOLISTIC RESPONSE

  2. WHAT IS CCC INITIATIVE? • CARE CONTINUITY CHALLENGE is an initiative for vulnerable street children and single mothers in Nigeria. • It will provide practical assistance, including food and shelter and clothing, and guidance through counselling, mentoring and training. • It will also work with struggling single mothers and young women entrapped by addictions and abusive environments • It promotes the education of children, society and the government and offers programs that support families and single mothers in crisis.

  3. OBJECTIVES • To minimize, and optimally eradicate, the phenomenon of street children in Nigeria; • To empower and invest in Nigeria’s most neglected resources – destitute children, single mothers and abused women; • To transform society’s attitude to one that is inclusive and offers opportunities to disadvantaged and abused women and children.

  4. MISSION STATEMENT (truncated) Care Continuity Challenge Initiative is a child-centred, holistic initiative of Fair Life Africa. It will challenge false ideas about street children and educate people with the facts; campaign for change in social policy and government priorities; and commission resources and services to be provided for children in need. In addition, CCCI addresses the needs of single mothers and vulnerable young women, empowering them with the means to survive, thrive and care for dependents. It will work with other like-minded organizations to minimize the phenomenon of street children in Nigeria.

  5. KEYS TO SUCCESS • ‘All Children Count’: a belief that no child should be socially excluded from society, and that all children should be given equal opportunity to thrive. • ‘Charity Begins At Home’: a belief that families in crisis and struggling single mothers should be supported and educated so that children can have stability and security at home. • ‘Every Opportunity Optimized’: a belief that no donation is too small, no support too trivial, and no opportunity to effect change too minimal in the pursuit of our mission.

  6. THE MANAGEMENT TEAM This team includes: • Chief Executive Officer (CEO) • International Director (ID) • Directors • Trustees • State Managing Directors (SMDs) • Branch Managers (BMs) • Home Managers (HMs) • Centre Managers (CMs)

  7. THE SERVICE TEAM This team includes: • Social Workers (SWs) • Medical Professionals (Medics) • Field Workers (FWs) • Support Workers • Carers • Volunteers • Cleaners • Drivers

  8. THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM This team includes: • Accountants • Development Officers/Fundraisers • Secretaries • Receptionists • Caretakers • Security Guards

  9. OUR FIRST SITE Located at Lekki Beach Road Close to the very poor Gbara community In the midst of a busy financial district, with local shops and facilities Easily accessible by the main Lekki-Epe expressway and roundabout Local Church and Hospital nearby Large building with potential for modification and expansion.

  10. A five bedroom bungalow, of which two rooms are ensuite with walk-in closets. Two living areas, one small and one large, with a courtyard One good sized kitchen with storage room. Two visitor toilets One entrance and reception area + three fire exits. Two one-bedroom private apartments attached, fitted with living room and kitchen. Capacity for building to be turned into Office, Day Centre, plus Respite Accommodation

  11. CARE DIVISION • Universal Package: Local CCC Children’s Centre offers up to three meals a day, including use of the amenities, which include laundry, shower/toilet and reading room. • Outreach Program: A mobile unit will visit various neighbourhoods in the community. They reach out to single mothers in crisis and destitute women, offering them practical aid and emotional support.

  12. CONTINUITY DIVISION • Support Package: Children will be supported in re-establishing links with their families, and returning home if possible. Families will be given adequate support to facilitate transition. • Single Mothers’ Program: Focuses on single mothers, giving them special and specific assistance to help them to continue to look after theirs and their children’s welfare.

  13. CHALLENGE DIVISION • Resident Package: Children live in a hostel at one of the CCC Homes, sharing rooms with children of the same sex and age group. Each hostel accommodates no more than 24 children. To qualify, children must accept challenge to attend a local school, and will be given free medical care too. • Leaving Care Program: Children between the ages 16-18 will be supported by a mentor, who will assist them in their transition out of the program and into the wider world. All resident children will be supported with gaining employment, internships and apprenticeships, and may be offered sponsorships to Higher Education Institutions.

  14. RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY The CEO of Fair Life Africa identifies basic requirements of the minimisation of risks: • Employment of people of character and vision • Regular training to high standards of care and duty • Regular supervision of staff and maintenance of accountability structures • Regular screening and police and health checks for employees • Regular health checks for service users • Maintenance of physical structures and appliances • General openness, undiscriminating respect and diligent service

  15. ACES STRATEGY This is a strategy to encourage take-up of our service. **************** Approachable and Assertive Outreach – Field workers will make sure that the organization is visible on the streets where the children spend their days. They will befriend the children and encourage them to seek shelter and food in the CCC Children’s Centres. They will be good communicators, of good character, who will not be easily put off by the disillusionment of many street children. ****************

  16. ACES STRATEGY **************** Child-Friendly and Comfortable – The Children’s Centres and CCC Homes will be maintained at the highest standard, so as to provide a beautiful, homely environment that children will want to return to everyday. All the employees will be well-trained in understanding child development and the issues facing youths, so that all the children will feel understood and valued. ****************

  17. ACES STRATEGY **************** Empowering – Children will be given choice as much as is within the power of CCCI to offer. They will be educated on their rights and freedoms and will be encouraged and supported to pursue their own dreams and ambitions. CCCI aims to build up the self-esteem of street children so that they can see their true potential and therefore make choices that will be benefit them in the long-term. ****************

  18. ACES STRATEGY **************** Sensitive – All employees of CCCI will be trained to understand the difficulties, challenges and oppressions that different children have been exposed to, which led them to the streets. This will enable employees to be very sensitive about the various issues the children face on a daily basis, and the emotional effects of homelessness. ****************

  19. RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE • CCC Initiative targets children and young people under 18 years old, who are – at the point of contact – living or working on the streets of Nigeria. • It recognizes the long-term problem Nigeria faces with poverty and corruption, which has led, and is still leading many children and young people to fend for themselves on the streets. • It believes strongly that if children could be prevented from adopting this lifestyle, supported and educated to achieve their potential, their lives – and society at large – would be greatly impacted for the better.

  20. RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE • CCC Initiative recognizes the need to offer preventative and sustainable methods of care that will enable a phenomenal change in their lives. • It also recognises and aims to address the needs of families and single mothers in crisis, whose actions and choices directly impact on the children in their care. • It will work preventatively with vulnerable young women, who need assistance to overcome oppressive situations that may limit their life chances or compromise their motherhood.

  21. POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS • Freedom Foundation – www.thefreedomfoundation.org • A faith-based charitable Trust that works with destitutes and vulnerable people in Nigeria. • The Real Woman Foundation – www.therealwoman.org • A foundation for women and children, caring for and rehabilitating them and defending their freedoms. • LINK A CHILD – www.linkachild.org • Organisation supports orphanages and NGOs working with destitute and abandoned children in Nigeria.

  22. BARRIERS TO CHANGE Here are a few of the things that impede change and stifle growth (particularly in Nigeria): • Lack of statistical evidence and facts • False beliefs and ideologies about orphaned and vulnerable children and poverty in general • Complacency and lack of awareness of our inter-dependence in society • A society that thrives on corruption • Distrust of humanitarian organisations and causes • Fear of failure and personal/professional loss • Fear of the consequence of success – change!

  23. VOICE OF HOPE A pilot initiative such as ours was set up in Nasarawa, Nigeria in 2009. It inspires hope that one day every child will have a home. • Read Mercy’s story at http://thenationonlineng.net/web2/articles/36837/1/Giving-hope-for-street-children-in-Nigeria--------/Page1.html ‘I will never go back to the streets again...because it is a dangerous life. I also appeal to my former colleagues to pray hard and quit, to enable them also to benefit from this project’

  24. WHY SUPPORT CCC INITIATIVE? • A national initiative that will change the landscape of Nigeria, our motherland. • Offers a holistic approach to a widespread phenomenon and deep-rooted problem. • Faith-based initiative that is committed to transparency and professionalism. • We are child-centred, focusing on the needs, rights and best wishes of the child to promote well-balanced personalities of the future. • An inspired vision for ‘...empowering people for a fairer life’ that you can be proud to be a part of.

  25. GET IN TOUCH Thank You Please spread the word and do what you can to help the cause for a better Nigeria. Contact Us FAIR LIFE AFRICA FOUNDATION 002348058711125 cccinitiative@gmail.com www.fairlifeafrica.org 2 Gbara Close, Off MaiyegunBeach Rd, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.

  26. REFERENCE LIST • Ponle, B. (2010) Giving hope for street children in Nigeria. [Online] [21/10/2010] http://thenationonlineng.net/web2/articles/36837/1/Giving-hope-for-street-children-in-Nigeria--------/Page1.html

  27. Appendix: TYPES OF SPONSORSHIPS

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