Orphans In Need™ - Lets make a difference ...

Building and supporting orphanages

Orphans in Need was primarily established to focus on the needs of orphaned children and to care, educate and nurture the orphans in a loving family orientated environment. This is done either by assisting existing orphanages or by establishing our own network of orphanages, thereby giving greater control, greater accountability, greater ability to pool or co-ordinate resources and providing a base for further staff training.

Our aim for these orphanages is to serve, assist, equip and empower orphanage directors and care givers so they can significantly improve the life of every child in a loving, nurturing and safe environment.

The staff are trained in the best way to care and look after these children, in an environment that is family orientated. Orphans in Need also finances tuition fees for any of the orphans who wish to pursue higher education and work towards gaining a professional qualification. This is done under the supervision of the orphanage’s head of education.

Our vision is to see a trained orphanage leadership and a reliable accounting system in place at all the orphanages we work with. The continued generosity of our donors allows us to reach more existing orphanages with the training, accountability and financial support they require. However, orphan numbers are growing worldwide. In Africa alone there are 12 million orphans, with forecasts predicting that number to increase to 20 million by 2010. So there is a great need for many additional orphanages to accommodate the large number of children still awaiting a home.

Orphans in Need is currently fundraising in order to establish a network of orphanages that will be run by us. The aim is to set up orphanages where currently there aren't any, or the capacity of existing ones is inadequate for the area. Orphans in Need wants to provide care which is of a much more personal nature than normally given at most orphanages. We want to create a close, secure, family orientated environment, in which children are cherished, loved, nurtured, taught independence and encouraged to grow into valuable assets to society.

Orphans in Need realises that the path out of poverty begins with the community themselves. In order for them to become self sufficient, impoverished people need improved resources and diversified skills. Hence our policy is to employ carers from the immediate locality, putting emphasis on the teaching of new skills to the widows and women in the area. Our aim is to teach those skills such as sewing, needlework, arts, crafts, cooking, raising crops and keeping livestock. They are paid for their efforts, and the proceeds from the sales go towards financing the orphanage. In this manner we intend to make orphanages resourceful and innovative, teach the local populace some skills or trade, and hopefully augment the income of the orphanage through these means.

All the youngsters in our care receive basic education and are taught skills or a trade. Children from unstable backgrounds or who have not had any formal education are given extra tutelage and support. The aim is to ensure that children have as much opportunity to attain an education and gain qualifications as other more fortunate children. Academically they are all pushed to their full potential and, after receiving a basic education, are encouraged to enrol at a college or university for further education. We want to encourage and then finance the orphans to attain professional qualifications, and hopefully go on to become doctors, lawyers, teachers, civil servants or some similar profession. That's why we prefer to establish our orphanages where there is easy access to universities, colleges or other institutes of higher education.