How Family Africa is working towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals throughout Africa.

1. Implementing the SDGs at
grassroots in Africa
The Family Africa

2. Overview by Rachel Aird, Chairperson of
The Family Africa
Case study: Democratic Republic of Congo
by Clotilde Volpe, Project Manager The
Family Africa (Espoir Congo)
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3.  This presentation will give a brief overview of the way
in which The Family Africa is involved in the
implementation of the SDGs throughout Africa. We will
then focus on a case study of the work in the Democratic
Republic of Congo where the community based projects
intersect with the goals of SDGs 1-7 and result in the
effective empowerment of local people, especially
women and children in the areas of health, education and
poverty relief.
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4. The Family Africa team spans the Continent of Africa
working together to help fulfill the Sustainable
Development Goals and is committed to changing lives
for the better in challenging places.
All the projects mentioned below have been running for
between 15 – 20 years in some of the most difficult
locations in Africa.
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5. SDG 1

6. The Family Africa: South Africa
Skills
training
Micro
businesses

7. Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria
Vocationa
l Training
Centres

8. Burkino Faso, Ghana, Nigeria
Vocationa
l Training
Centres

9. SDG 2

10. The Family Africa South Africa
Feeding
schemes
for people
living with
HIV/TB,
improving
health

11. The Family Africa South Africa
Feeding
schemes
for
orphans
and
vulnerable
children

12. The Family Africa South Africa
Food gardens
in slum areas,
training women
to grow their
own vegetables
and encourage
the recycling of
vegetable waste
for compost

13. The Family Africa Kenya
School Lunch
Program: Family
Care Missions
provides food
supplies for daily
school lunches for
several informal
schools in various
slum villages
around Kenya

14. The Family Africa: Kenya
Care
packages
for single
mothers,
the sick
and
disabled.

15. The Family Africa Nigeria
Distribution
of food to
orphanages,
institutions
for the
disabled
and schools

16. The Family Africa: Madagascar
Cooperative
Farming in
villages
Orphans
grow their own
food
Breeding rabbits
for food.

17. The Family Africa Madagascar
We supply food
for hundreds of
children
schooled at the
elementary
schools for the
whole duration
of the school
year.

18. The Family Africa Madagascar
We are
bringing
monthly
supply of
food for the
orphans and
abandoned
children

19. The Family Africa Madagascar
 Building
 We built a
refectory for the
300+ children for a
school added later
classrooms and a
second storey
partitioned into 2
dormitories
boys/girls for 100
children

20. SDG 3

21. The Family Africa South Africa
Maternal Health
We regularly
conduct Health
Courses which
focus on
pregnancy,
breastfeeding
and health
literacy.

22. The Family Africa South Africa
HIV : We run
HIV awareness
for schools,
teachers, people
living with HIV
and TB.
 75,000
students so far

23. The Family Africa South Africa
Support
groups for
people
living
with HIV
and TB

24. The Family Africa South Africa
Mobile
clinic
Reaching
urban and
rural
areas

25. The Family Africa South Africa
Family Health
programmes
Checking
general health
but also for
abuse and
malnutrition.

26. The Family Africa: Kenya
Health
and
Hygiene
Awareness
and
Support
Groups

27. The Family Africa Kenya
Health
training
for
mothers
Health
Kits for
schools

28. The Family Africa: Nigeria
Sponsoring
corrective
surgeries
Supplying
equipment
for the
disabled

29. The Family Africa: Nigeria, Burkina Faso
 Vocational
Training/
recovery
centres for
Vasico
Vaginal
Fistula
patients

30. The Family Africa: Madagascar
Regular programs
of hygiene and
health
awareness over
the past 15 years
for young
offenders plus
Fumigating prison
supplying new
beds.

31. The Family Africa: Nigeria
Health
Classses
and
health
kits for
children

32. SDG 4

33. The Family Africa South Africa
 Free extra
Maths and
English classes
for young
people in
slums from
aged 8 until
18 years

34. The Family Africa South Africa
Education for
life through
our Literacy
classes for all
ages.

35. The Family Africa South Africa
Teacher
enrichment
courses for
preschools,
supplying free
educational
resources to
preschools.
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36. The Family Africa South Africa
Free Preschool
education for
orphans and
the children of
HIV +
women.
Orphans are
able to stay in
their
community.

37. The Family Africa Nigeria
Activities and
resources
which promote
learning and
emotional and
social develop
ment for
children

38. The Family Africa Nigeria
 Training
Seminars
and
Workshops
for adults

39. The Family Africa Nigeria and Ghana
In Gwako,
FCE built a
primary
school for 300
children,
followed by a
secondary
school.

40. The Family Africa Nigeria and Ghana
Lifelong
learning
through adult
literacy
classes,
primarily for
the village
women

41. The Family Africa Madagascar
We rebuilt the
Fenomanana
elementary primary
school which had
been levelled to the
ground by a cyclone
4 years ago and
furnished it with new
school benches and
desks for 200+
school children

42. The Family Africa Madagacasar
Schools built and
renovated.
3 additional
classrooms and
renovated 4 at a
school which
doubled the capacity
of the school which
enlists 600+
children.

43. SDG 5

44. Almost all The Family Africa's projects
empower women through improving their health,
educational and work opportunities

45. The Family Africa
:Empowerment for
women through
education, group
therapy and
educating women
about their bodies
and their health and
provide
opportunities for
further training such
as Computer
courses.

46. SDG 6

47. The Family Africa Madagascar
Wells and
Sanitary
blocks in
remote
areas.

48. SDG 12

49. The Family Africa: South Africa
 For 18 years
redistribution
programme of
tons of top
quality food
waste to the
neediest in
society and
especially
targeting those
with HIV /TB
and orphans

50. Keys to Success
Projects are often a reflection of the team’s skill set and
expertise, project leaders are committed for the long
term, motivated by their faith, combined with a desire to
meet the specific needs of the community.
Culturally sensitive. Working with local chiefs and tribal
councils
 Building local partnerships with business and civil society
Adaptability. Perhaps your plan is not the best plan for the
community.

51. Keys to Success
As we say in South Africa boer maak 'n plan –
"farmer makes a plan" is an expression used to refer to a
creative solution, often low-cost and rather
innovative.
Don’t promise things you may not be able to do.
Persevere. Know that there will be challenges so
be prepared for setbacks without giving up.
Integrity is a priority.

52. How Espoir Congo implements
the SDGs
DR Congo

53. DR Congo
 I am going to talk about the first 7 SDGs and
how our work intersects with them. As Rachel
pointed out, projects are sometimes a reflection
of our own skill set but are more about the needs
of the society in which we are working. In this
way our projects grow organically as need and
response interact.

54. SDG 1

55. DR Congo: The challenge
Poverty has worsened in the Republic of Congo
since the 1980s and half the country's people now live
below the poverty line. This average, however,
masks wide geographic and economic inequalities.
Most of the country's poor people (64.8 per cent) live
in rural areas and women are among the hardest hit
by poverty.
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56. DR Congo
 We provide education, health-care, and
vocational training to the village of Kikimi. Plots
of land are made available to the population to
grow their own vegetables. A capital amount is
given to entrepreneurs to start a micro-business
of their choice which is carefully monitored and
mentoring is available for those who need it.

57. Growing crops

58. Medical equipment. Tool sets

59. Charging phones. Tailoring

60. Starting a computer lab or a shop

61. Or a pharmacy. What ever the micro-business
it means people are working their way out of
poverty,

62. SDG 2

63. DR Congo: the challenge
 7.7 million people face acute hunger - a
30 percent increase over the last year ( the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO))

64. DR Congo
 Children can concentrate on their classes
much better when they are not hungry.
Breakfast and snacks are given to all the
children in our schools.

67. A hot meal is served to the vulnerable children in
the evenings. Food packages are distributed to the
nursing mothers.

68. SDG 3

69. Espoir Congo: The need
 Death in childbirth: According to estimates by the World Health
Organization (WHO), there were 740 maternal deaths per 100,000 live
births in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2005 [1]. The
DRC is thus one of 17 countries with a maternal mortality ratio higher
than 700 in 2005.The DRC is one of the most dangerous countries in
which to conceive. Over her lifetime, a Congolese woman faces a one in
24 chance of dying from complications of pregnancy or childbirth. The
country is one of six that account for half of all deaths from maternal
causes globally. In its annual "State of the World's Mothers" report, the
charity Save the Children listed the DRC among the 10 worst places in
the world to be a mother.

70. Espoir Congo’s Contribution to the solution
We built and run a medical center/maternity where 62
healthy babies were delivered last year with zero
neonatal mortality. Women receive pre-and post-natal
care and training and a package with baby clothes is
offered to the mother at each delivery. Mosquito nets
are being used and children are inoculated.

73. Espoir Congo’s Contribution to the solution
(stats from 2016)
Medicine distributed 4013
 No. tests performed 215
# of people assisted 551
# of orphaned children assisted 103
# of prenatal examinations 98
# of hearing impaired assisted 67
# of seeing impaired assisted 12
# of mentally handicapped assisted 42
# of physically handicapped assisted 14
# of newborns 62
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74. Espoir Congo’s Contribution to the solution 202
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 We also treated people with
malaria, typhoid and conducted
85 ante and post natal classes.

78. SDG 4

79. Education: the challenge 202
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School enrolment rates are declining. More than 4.4
million children (nearly half the school-age
population) are not in school. This number includes
2.5 million girls and 400,000 displaced children.
Child labour is commonplace: More than a quarter
of children ages 5 to 14 are working

80. Espoir Congo’s contribution to the solution 202
 260
We built and run a primary and a secondary
school, and a tailoring training center.
We provide scholarships for students who desire
to attend university.
Literacy and numeracy classes are held for the
villagers.
Training is provided for the teachers

83. Vocational training

85. SDG 5

86. DR Congo : The challenge
Education in DRCongo (UNICEF Stats 2013) Out of
school rates:
Total children out of school: 11%
Male: 8%
Female: 14%
Urban areas: 7%
Rural areas: 13%

87. DR Congo : The challenge 202
 260
The primary and secondary schools we
built and run welcome an even number of
girls and boys. Last year’s laureate for the
whole district was a young lady from our
school.

89. Espoir Congo’s Contribution to the solution
 202
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In our schools there are slightly more girls than boys. We believe
this is because :
Girls are shown respect in our schools and given the same value as
the boys. They don’t feel inferior. Teachers are strictly prohibited
to sexually harass the girls.
We encourage the girls to express themselves and discover their
talents and capacities, and that they can contribute to the
betterment of society. One of our goals is to help the girls find
fulfillment in their lives.

90. Espoir Congo’s Contribution to the solution
 202
 2
Fully sponsored literacy classes, home economics
and basic accounting is given to teenage girls who
did not attend school, as well as tailoring
training. Upon graduation, the girls can develop
their own tailoring business from our center,
including manufacturing school uniforms.

92. SDG 6

93. DR Congo : The challenge
Dysentery, Typhoid fever, and Cholera kill 1 out of every 6
children in the DRC every year. According to the World
Health Organization, in 2015 alone, there have been over
19,000 cases of cholera in the DRC, and over 70% of victims
were children.
Less than 30% of the Congolese population has access to
clean water, while the country owns half of Africa’s (non-
marine) water resources. Generosity Water tells us that the
lack of access to clean water kills 3.6 millions inhabitants a
year—more than war and AIDS combined.

94. Espoir Congo’s contribution to the solution
 202
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Plans are underway to drill a bore well at
our project site for the village, including
solar pump and water fountains. At the
moment, rain water is collected and
filtered.
We have built toilets and showers for the
schools and the medical centre.

97. SDG 7

98. DR Congo : the challenge
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The DRC has one of the lowest rates of
electrification in the world. Based on 2013 data,
DRC’s national electrification access rate was just
9%, with 1% in rural areas and 19% in urban
areas.
So it is essential to use renewable energy like
solar power to be able to operate and transform
lives.

99. We installed solar panels both at our schools and the
medical centre to supply needed clean and reliable electricity

100. To conclude:
When projects are initiated as a direct response to the needs of a
community where the people themselves are enthusiastic about the
projects and are willing to work hard to uplift their communities, they a
have a higher chance of success and sustainability.
We are passionate about changing lives in challenging places giving real
hope for the future through education and empowerment to ensure that
NO FAMILY IS LEFT BEHIND!

101. Thank you!

102. The Family Africa web site www.thefamilyafrica.com
South Africa http://thefamilyafrica.blogspot.co.za/
www.facebook.com/The Family Africa
Madagascar http://www.familyafrica.com/index.php/affiliates Save the
Youth Madagascar.
Nigeria, Ghana http://www.familyafrica.com/index.php/affiliates Family
Care Eduvision
Kenya www.familycare.or.ke Family Care Missions
DR Congo www.espoircongo.com
www.espoir-congo.blogspot.com Espoir Congo