1. Humana People to People - Schools for Children
Some 5.2 million children in Sub-Saharan Africa became orphans in 2003. The need for homes and schools for
street children and orphans is so huge, that it is an international and global responsibility. Humana People to
People’s member associations in Southern Africa started in the 1980’s to respond by establishing the first schools
for children, who had not started school because they had been displaced by wars or because of lack of schools.
Today there are 13 schools for children, who are orphans, street children or children with difficulties.
Humana People to People’s Schools for Children started as part of Child Aid programs in 1990, targeting street
children from some of the largest cities. The idea was to create a new home, and to increase the primary school
possibilities of the children, many had dropped out of school. In both Angola and Mozambique the wars had
resulted in many children being displaced in their own country.
Since that time the situation for many children has changed. In addition to taking care of abandoned children,
another need has risen: to take care of the many children orphaned by AIDS.
The table below shows the number of Children’s Towns and Street Children’s Schools in Mozambique, Angola,
Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe that Humana People to People have set up.
Statistics for Schools for children
People in evening classes,
Schools for Number of Orphans,
Children children and Pre-school
children
Angola
Children’s Town Caxito 560 460
Children’s Town Huambo 900
Street Children’s School
Benguela 845 415
Street Children’s School
Luanda 1,500 500
Mozambique
Children’s Town Maputo 610 0
Schools for Streets Children
Chimoio 550 20
Angola
Malawi
Sports School Xipamanine 267 97
Zambia Sports School NCV 920 0
Sport School PL 1196 0
Zimbabwe School for Street Children
Namibia Mozambique
Nacala 478 100
Botswana Namibia
DAPP Private School
Onambelela 270 2
Zambia
South Africa Childern’s Town
Malambanyama 330 0
Zimbabwe
Ponesai Vanhu Junior School 77 15