The Victoria ProgramME
Designed and continuously adjusted to care for orphaned children
In response to the problems of high mortality, due to malnutrition and extreme poverty, PARTAGE TANZANIE has developed a comprehensive set of measures aimed at rescuing the many orphans left adrift in rural villages. The humanitarian objectives of these measures are called by SHARE TANZANIA the VICTORIA PROGRAM. The specificity of this program consists of supporting children within their community, clan or extended family. An orphan removed from his community and placed in an orphanage would become an orphan again the day he leaves the institution. The VICTORIA PROGRAM aims to prevent this.
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Most African cultures have traditional mechanisms for caring for their orphans. These mechanisms were undermined with the increase in young adult mortality during the AIDS years but have not yet disappeared. Helping them financially while promoting human resources is the best alternative to the orphanage. Anything that strengthens the extended family and village community also strengthens the individual child. In order to provide social and medical services in real time, the VICTORIA PROGRAMME deploys its human resources in 21 villages. A team of 145 Tanzanians (50% of whom are women), made up of social workers, agronomists, teachers, nurses, foster mothers, family assistants, etc. operates permanently at the village level. It also includes several former sponsored children who have become adults.
The VICTORIA PROGRAM is supported by sponsors and donors from France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. A sponsorship is a sustained medium or long term commitment. Small, large or very significant donations from individuals, businesses or foundations strengthen specific projects and activities. . PARTAGE TANZANIE offers to link a sponsor to a child (and his or her family), or a sponsor to a project, and checks that the subsidies benefit exclusively orphans and needy children.
Evolution of the aid provided by Partage Tanzania
In 33 years of support by PARTAGE TANZANIE, the improvements in health, food and housing have been significant. 19,000 deprived children had access to education, social protection and acquired full autonomy to start their adult lives. The challenges have evolved over time. Initially, most resources were directed towards fighting hunger, providing clean water, preventing malaria and building decent housing. Now that these basic needs are met and maintained, the priority has shifted to education: PARTAGE TANZANIE invests in key equipment aimed at compensating for the poor level of public schools but also at offering a future to less intellectually gifted children ( who would otherwise be condemned to remain on the margins for the rest of their lives). Montessori nursery schools, Montessori teachers' colleges, farm schools, vocational training centers, carpentry workshops... such investments are expensive and financing them is a constant challenge. But they are the trophy for which PARTAGE TANZANIE has been fighting since its creation. The motto of the VICTORIA PROGRAM indicates.
THEVICTORIA PROGRAM protects its children against the hazards of tomorrow, maintains and protects their property, while leading them, year after year, towards a responsible and independent adult life.
The Kagera region lacks industries but benefits, all year round, from a climate favorable to agriculture. Among the orphans of PARTAGE TANZANIE, many inherited a plot of land from their farmer parent. This is a valuable asset for food security today and even more so tomorrow when life in the city becomes unbearable. For now, with population growth of 33% over the past ten years, the challenge increasingly lies in this rural region's ability to change and adapt. This involves strengthening its economic capacities to cope with the migratory flow coming from other regions towards Kagera (following climate change) and avoiding departures from Kagera to other regions, due to lack of job opportunities.
The VICTORIA PROGRAM protects its children against the hazards of tomorrow, maintains and protects their property, while leading them, year after year, towards a responsible and independent adult life. With PARTAGE TANZANIE you can help protect these children in a systematic, sustainable and transparent way.
