Communities For Kids

A primary focus of our Partner Support Program is to provide care, love and support to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). We call this program Communities for Kids because the goal is to strengthen the ability of the community to provide excellent care for their children. It is estimated that South Africa currently has about 2.5 million orphans of which more than half are a result of AIDS. In addition, in many communities almost every child is left vulnerable due to the effects of HIV/AIDS, poverty and breakdown of traditional family/social structures. These are some of the millions of innocent victims of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Our Community for Kids programs attempts to address many of the needs of these vulnerable children. Orphanages are not the answer and at least in South Africa are not allowed by the government except for children with special needs (disabilities). Most of the children are taken care of by the extended family in the communities where they live. Two Tunics’ goal is to build the capacity of the community to take care of their children in a way that maximizes the child’s health and safety.

Two Tunics currently has 6 local community based project partners who implement the various components of our Communities for Kids program. In addition we have a number of “non-partner” creches that receive some support primarily in the the area of nutritional support. The nutritional support to this program is provided primarily through partnerships we have with Food4Africa and Feed the Babies.

The primary goals of the Community for Kids program are:

To provide a safe and healthy environment for the child
To improve the nutrition and health of the child
To provide a positive learning environment for the child
To introduce every child to the love of Jesus Christ

OVC supported through Two Tunics “Communities for Kids” Program (Updated November 2011)

22 Creches = +/- 800 children
1 Feeding program = +/- 200 children
Total = +/- 1000 children supported