Bo, Makeni and Kabala Hubs

MAKENI PROJECT GOAL

With funds from Seneca Trust SLAS aims to improve the socio-economic resilience for parents/care givers through livelihood and other opportunities, in order to improve the welfare of children and young people with disabilities.Activities: 

• Training of parents and carers on ‘entrepreneurship’ and business management, - (how to improve income generation).
• Cash contribution to parents/care givers, for entrepreneurship support (income generation) for improved economic empowerment, and positive transformation of their children’s lives.
• Parents/care givers receive outreach support/monitoring of their businesses with a view to ensuring business success (improved income generation).
• Parent and care givers support groups to achieve increased knowledge of parents/carers, with improved mental health, confidence and self-esteem to positively transform their children’s lives
• Outreach support for the children and young people
• Monthly Play groups and youth clubs
• Physiotherapy support for those who need it
• Counselling for those who need it (parents/care givers and young people with disabilities.

We run youth clubs in Bo, Makeni and Kabala, as we come across many young people with neurological disabilities who are isolated in their communities with no where to be engaged. 

Many of our families in Bo and Kabala are farming families, and mainly women who have been left to single handedly care for their children with additional needs.

We value all support, including, but not limited to: 

• Agricultural tools/equipment
• Play resources for our youth clubs: eg footballs, games. art and craft items, etc.