TOWARDS SELF-SUSTAINABILITY.

As we have mentioned before, we don't focus only on the individual child in our child development strategy. We do our best to encourage, and not diminish, the role of the parents/guardians in the holistic development of their children. We believe that the ability of the parent/guardian to provide care, guidance and protection to the child is key to the success of our efforts and the sustainability of our achievements in the child's life. Hence, boosting that ability is an integral part of our child development model.
This month, one of the families we have focused on is that of our boy GODSON NSABIMANA. His mother, pictured below, has recently undergone an operation which has left her weak and unable to carry on the strenuous work that she does to take care of her five children. She can no longer dig to earn income until she fully recovers. Hence, we thought it necessary to support her to do a simple home business which does not recquire much physical effort. After discussing with her, we settled for what is pictured below. She sits at the small market near her home and sells foodstuff. Sometimes she gets someone to sell for her. This is just the beginning. We hope, as she gets stronger, to help her strengthen and enlarge the business.
This will benefit not only the registered child but the whole family hence an improved domestic environment for the child to grow and develop.
We continue to pray and plan for bigger income generating enterprises but we just have to start somewhere.....

A NEW START FOR A NEW HOPE

Welcome to yet another season of study and labor here at Falcco. The children are back to school for the 1st term of the academic year.

We are glad to report that last year was a landmark year because one of our teenagers, Munezero Jackyline, completed her two year tailoring course and is now in the process of getting self-employed. We met her as a school drop out without any hope of a better life. Now her transformation is undeniable. She is happy, more outgoing, and is making meaning of her life with the skills and exposure she has acquired. More of her story will be coming up soon.

Below pictured is another transformation story in the making. Geoffrey Nizeyimana started school quite late and somehow failed to fit in with the much younger class mates in primary school. This led to low morale and a general loss of interest in studying. However, after much patience and counselling, together with consultations with his mother and family, we discovered that he was interested in acquiring vocational skills. We have now put him in a vocational training institution and we are amazed at the change of attitude towards studying. His attendance is regular unlike in the past. He is studying carpentry, which was the course of his choice. In the pic, he is captured doing some practicals.
Many thanks to his new found sponsor and to all that are sacrificing your resources to create these transformation stories.