Hakuna Matata caters to children belonging from marginalized groups where there is only one sole working family member. To help such financially challenged children secure their future education, savings accounts are opened for them where there is a yearly deposit of a certain sum of money. The amount with interest at the end of 5 years is handed over to the parents with the promise of it being used for the further studies of the children.
The major aim of the project is to provide soft skill training to the children on important capacity building elements such as public speaking, leadership, social relationship, higher order thinking skills and career development. Monthly workshops are conducted on these elements in addition to yearly boot camps and recreational camps focusing on complementary skills to these elements.
Both the financial support and capacity building leads to the ultimate goal of the project which is guiding the children to have a better future. For this there are yearly exposure visits broadening the horizon of the kids to the professional world. In the final year of their training, the children are given sessions by people belonging from various fields to help them weigh the pros and cons of their field of interests so that they can make the correct decision for their brighter future.
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We all dream, some dream big, some dream small, but yes we all certainly do dream. How about dreaming of a place where there are ‘no worries’? Definitely bit challenging, but not impossible. Here at SAATH, we are trying to make that attempt through our program “Hakuna Matata”.
Hakuna Matata (which means ‘no worries’ in Swahili) is designed to ensure capacity building and holistic development of marginalized children. Through this program we intend to bring all like-minded people together to support these wonderful children attain education as well as help their overall development. The priority is given to the children infected and affected by HIV & AIDS; children affected by conflict, children with special needs, children from poor economic background, marginalized girls and orphans.
Through Hakuna Matata, we supported 40 kids infected or affected by HIV and AIDS and currently we are 12 children from marginalized communities.
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