NETWORK FOR AFRICA

What they do

NETWORK for AFRICA UK (N4A UK): N4A UK ADMINISTERS SEVERAL PROJECTS IN AFRICA, ALL WITH THE GOAL of REBUILDING COMMUNITIES, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL LEADERS, AFTER WAR and GENOCIDE, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON WOMEN and CHILDREN. THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:RWANDA: N4A WORKS WITH SURVIVORS FUND (SURF) to PROVIDE COUNSELING for SURVIVORS of VIOLENCE, IN PARTICULAR THE 1994 GENOCIDE IN RWANDA. AFTER THE GENOCIDE IN 1994, THOUSANDS of ORPHANS MISSED SCHOOL, OFTEN LIVING ON THE STREET, CARING for GROUPS of YOUNGER ORPHANS (CHILD-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS). ADDRESSING TRAUMA, ANXIETY and DEPRESSION is CRUCIAL IF A COMMUNITY is to REBUILD. ALTHOUGH THE GENOCIDE WAS 25 YEARS AGO, THE RWANDAN MINISTRY of HEALTH ESTIMATES 35% of SURVIVORS HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. SURF BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE UNEMPLOYED SCHOOL DROPOUTS; YOUNG WOMEN WITH UNPLANNED BABIES - A PARTICULARLY LONELY, ISOLATED and VULNERABLE GROUP WHO DESPAIR of LIFE; RAPE SURVIVORS; SOME WITH CRIPPLING SOCIAL ANXIETY; and SOME WITH HIV.