Projects

Education Assistance Program (EAP)

The program aims to increase access to education to orphans and vulnerable children in St. Marys, Chitongwiza. The oranisation works with the schools, caregivers and EFZ pastors who are in Chitungwiza to identify the needy children. The method of payment is block grants as the organization directs the funds to the sponsorship of a project of the school fees for the children. The organization has so far embarked on projects like text book purchasing, purchasing of furniture, building projects and water projects where the organization drilled boreholes for some of the schools.

The organization also supplies stationary to the beneficiaries of the project and this helps them to keep going on. As part of psychosocial support, the organization also establishes an after school club at each and every school it is working with. This involves the beneficiaries of the project and other children to reduce stigma. In a big way, the organization has so far made a great stride in increasing access to education for orphans and vulnerable children; and also to offer psychosocial support.

Chitungwiza Primary School boreholes drilling EFZ officers Mr. Innocent Chingwaru and Jonathan Chikumbu ready for the work

Safe From Harm (SFH) EFZ, PSI Partnership

SFH is an interpersonal communication as part of the comprehensive campaign to promote delaying onset sexual activity. The IPC program is supported by the “Delayed Debut” national mass media campaign. SFH initiative focuses on promoting parent-child communication to help address factors leading to early sexual activity among the youth (13-19 age groups). The program is designed to increase awareness, knowledge and ability among the youth address pressure, including social and peer pressures.

The program consists of 6 concurrent sessions based on detailed modules developed for parents and adolescents sessions. The program is implemented through faith-based organizations as pastors are trained as facilitators to conduct the parent and adolescent sessions. All sessions are facilitated by trained pastors with support from the PSI technical team. To date 174 pastors were trained for SFH program.