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| Our Mission |
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Global Alliance for Africa partners with local African NGOs, religious institutions, and community-based organizations to design and implement innovative economic strengthening programs with the goal of enabling communities and households to provide sustainable care and support for orphans and other vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS.
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Educational Programs
for Orphans & Vulnerable Children
 Our programs address the needs of OVC of all ages, including shelter, education, food security, access to health care, psycho-social support, and legal services. However, a significant number of our programs focus on providing educational resources and programs for orphaned girls and boys and the most vulnerable adolescents and youth aged 15-24 who lack support and care from any other source. This demographic segment of the population is growing rapidly throughout East Africa, and USAID has identified this group as the least likely to have received services from local government initiatives and international NGOs. In a world where half of new HIV infections occur among 15-24 year olds, the opportunity for an education, as well as psycho-social support, can be life-saving, and prevent as well as mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS. Our ultimate goal is to provide these youth with the educational opportunities and skills necessary to get a job in the formal sector of the economy.
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SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS:
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Therapeutic Arts Program - Since July of 2006 GAA has worked to create an art and music therapy program for orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS in East Africa ...(more)
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Community Library Program - Global Alliance for Africa works with schools, students, teachers and volunteers to raise funds to build libraries, collect books and ...(more)
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Makomboki Scholarship Fund - Global Alliance for Africa partners with households in Makomboki village to fund scholarships for adolescent boys and girls to attend ...(more)
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Nurses For Africa (Nursing Scholarship Program) - The Nurses for Africa Program (NFA) is dedicated to educating the next generation of nursing leaders in those African ... (more)
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Therapeutic Arts Program
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 Since July of 2006 GAA has worked to create a therapeutic arts program for orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS in East Africa. The objectives of the program are to train children of all ages in art techniques and specific indigenous crafts, provide a form of recreation, an outlet for expression, and most importantly, a healthy psycho-social context to remember the individuals they have lost.
The musical element focuses on the theory and harmony of music but also the healing and expressive aspects of music to include movement and breathing. The program incorporates a strong component of peace and reconciliation for the children in addition to teaching musical and technical concepts. The instructors work with the children to share aspects of their ethnic identities to help create a sense of peace and unity among the different tribal groups. As many of the children have lost one or both of their parents from HIV/AIDS, the instructors will continue to develop new outlets for the children to express their grief and concerns over their losses.
GAA's objectives for 2009-2010 are to expand the program to a larger group of children; add a visual art component and more focused therapeutic elements to the instruction; and add the infrastructure for helping to make the program self sustainable, in accordance with GAA's overall mission.
Global Alliance has formed a Therapeutic Arts Membership Program
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Your donation will help:
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Build an art center at Vijana Vocational Training Centre - $25,000
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Fund a complete set of used instruments for a Swing Band for orphaned youth in Kibera Slum, Nairobi (including 2 alto sax. 2 tenor sax, 1 baritone sax, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 bass trombone, 1 drum set, 1 stand-up bass, 1 piano, 1 guitar, 1 vibraphone, 1 clarinet) - $9,500
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Provide a salary for an art director for one year - $3,600
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Provide a salary for a part-time social worker for one year - $1,800
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Provide stipends for music and art teachers for one year - $1,600
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Provide a salary for a full-time vocational art teacher for one year - $2,160
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Buy art materials and tools for one year - $3,000
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Expand the program into other areas where GAA partners are working - $5,000
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Community Library Program
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 Global Alliance for Africa works with schools, students, teachers and volunteers to raise funds to build libraries, collect books and provide educational materials for community libraries/resource centers throughout East Africa. Global Alliance’s libraries primary focus is on providing educational resources to orphans and other vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS as a foundation for them to rise out of poverty.
Our goal is to have five libraries completed by the summer of 2010 in Kenya and Tanzania. Libraries in Western Kenya and in Kibera Slums, Nairobi, have already been built. Once those five are complete, we will focus on additional libraries in Western Kenya, Northern Uganda, and Liberia.
These libraries are managed and operated by Global Alliance for Africa. Each library will have a general collection; a children's library; a community room; and a resource center/internet cafe. Additionally, outreach to the community will be done through educational programs, literacy, conservation practices and other programs for adults and children.
It is important for the sustainability of these libraries to be intrinsically embedded in the structure of the host community, so that it will function as an indigenous catalyst that encourages education, self-reliance, and independence for all of the orphans and vulnerable children in the area. This cultural sustainability provides a broad underlying framework for the effectiveness of each library.
Global Alliance has formed a
Community Library Membership Program
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Your donation will help:
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Purchase a chair - $25
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Purchase a reading table - $50
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Purchase a bookcase - $130
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Construct a library - $15,000
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Train teachers and librarians - $2,000
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Pay library personnel - $5,400 annually
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Purchase African textbooks, authored works of fiction and non-fiction - $1,400 per library
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Purchase computers and materials to furnish internet cafes - $10,000 per library
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Help clear customs and transport books and materials to library locations - $3,000
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Makomboki Educational Scholarships
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Global Alliance for Africa partners with households in Makomboki village to fund scholarships for adolescent boys and girls to attend secondary school. The youth are either orphans or made vulnerable by the impact of HIV/AIDS, and have little or no resources to pay school fees. If they are forced to leave school due to lack of funds, it is very likely they will never return. And without completing their secondary school education, these youth are certain to experience a life of poverty. Located in Kangare subdistrict in central Kenya, neighboring Thika Dam, the main source of Nairobi’s water supply, the population of Makomboki village is approximately 11,000 people, with 3 secondary schools, 7 primary schools, and 11 small trading centers. The main cash crop in the area is tea, which is grown on small-scale farms.
Global Alliance has made an agreement with the guardians of these youth to raise funds for their school fees. The agreement stipulates that GAA will pay for 80% of the annual school fees, and that the guardians will pay for 20%. It costs GAA $150 to pay for one youth’s school fees for the entire year. Please help us expand this program so that more orphans and vulnerable youth from the area will be able to attend and complete their secondary school education.
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Nurses For Africa
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The Nurses for Africa Program (NFA) is dedicated to educating the next generation of nursing leaders in those African countries most affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. NFA provides college-level scholarships in return for two years of service in an area of need.
Starting in Tanzania, Global Alliance and our African partners identify young women orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS who have an interest in pursuing a nursing degree. The program includes recruitment, site visits, and job placement after graduation. In addition, NFA also develops educational opportunities and partnerships to enhance the role and status of nurses, improving health care delivery.
Learn more about the Nurses for Africa Program and how you and any like-minded individuals can start a Nurses for Africa Scholars Circle
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Your donation will help:
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Fund tuition, room and board, uniforms and books for one student for one year - $1,150
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Fund a full 3-year scholarship for one student - $3,450
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Fund a class of 6 students for one year - $6,900
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Buy books for the school or fund additional dormitory space, computers or teaching materials - $150
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