OUR VISION
To ensure the well being of orphaned children and widows facing welfare problems, our aim is to reach all kinds of HIV/AIDS afflicted people in both rural and urban communities through various means. L.O.M works in:
- Assessing child welfare needs for orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children and coordinating resources for their care.
- Providing psychosocial care to widows and children whose lives have been affected by AIDS
- Empowering widows economically through pursuing income generating activities and vocational training.
- Providing formal education for orphans and vulnerable children whose families are affected by AIDS.
- Sensitizing and educating communities about HIV/AIDS.
- Providing mobile palliative care for people living with AIDS.
- Providing spiritual care and support
MISSION
To
build hope Forster and promote good health sustainable social and
economic prosperity of the widow's,orphans in respect to their rights
L.O.M PROGRAMS
Community Placement of Orphaned Children
As we identify children that have lost their parents, we trace the next of kin to try and place them there, so as to keep that unique semblance of familial attachment going. In the absence of relatives, we identify families with the capacity to absorb one or two extra children and then place them there. These families are expected to treat the orphans as though they are their own children, by providing them with whatever their families would: food, shelter, medical care, education, clothing, but above all, love without peripheral qualifications. L.O.M now visits these homes twice every month to supervise and ascertain compliance to L.O.M’s child placement standards.
GOD'S CARE CHILDREN'S HOME In the absence of a suitable home for orphaned and vulnerable children, L.O.M provides a home to care for them as they can meet that need. Children’s needs are complex and require physical, social, developmental, and spiritual care to raise them with a sense of self confidence and self worth. G.C.H currently serves children.
Widows Economic Empowerment Projects
It is women who assume much of the responsibility for orphaned children ultimately. The income generating capacity of these households is profoundly constrained by numerous dependent children; lack of opportunity to accumulate productive resources like cattle, goats, and farming implements; and difficulty in gaining access to credit. They are further constrained by limited education and training which limits their employability. L.O.M has countered this trend by organizing widows in groups, and then offering them training in different skill sets such as tailoring, crafts, agriculture and farming. The women work on skills of their own choice and demonstrable ability for sustainability. L.O.M raises support for sewing machines for groups of four widows, supplies for crafts, and livestock.