Area of Assistance

COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION FORUM   has been and still serving the communities with funds from volunteers and well wishers with the spirit of charity. But as of current the level of HIV/AID's infected, number of orphans and vulnerable children carted for by the organization is rapidly increasing each day in addition to cases of poor sanitation, hygiene, nutrition, grinding poverty and low standards of living among others yet the resources are limited for a few mentioned community welfare services.

COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION FORUM  needs general assistance to the HIV/AID's sensitization, counseling and guidance projects.

COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION FORUM  wishes to get assistance to the orphans and vulnerable children care so that you sponsor / adopt them.

COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION FORUM   needs general assistance to the vocational and technical youth training projects.

COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION FORUM   needs general assistance to the sanitation and hygiene and nutrition projects.

COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION FORUM   needs general assistance to the projects promoting income generating activities in the communities

COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION FORUM  needs general assistance to the talent motivation projects like a Soccer Academy and  Group group.

Malaria, respiratory infections and diarrhea are the main causes of under-5 mortality.

·         Approximately 20,000 babies are infected by HIV annually through mother-to-child transmission.

·         Nearly half of the estimated 2 million orphans are orphaned due to AIDS, with the total expected to rise to 3.5 million by 2010.

·         Net primary school attendance has risen to 87 percent

·         Children and women comprise 80 percent of the 1.4 million people forced to flee their homes due to conflict. They live in more than 200 camps, with limited services.

·         The LRA has abducted more than 25,000 children since 1986.

·         In the conflict-affected districts, around 40,000 unaccompanied children – the ‘night commuters’ – walk every night from their homes in outlying villages to urban centers, in search of protection from the threat of LRA abductions and attacks.

·         Activities and results for children

·         13.5 million children (6 months-15 years) immunized against measles in 2003.

·         More than 4 million children reached in twice-yearly national “Child Days” to accelerate Vitamin A supplementation, catch-up immunizations and de-worming.

·         3.7 million girls benefiting from the expansion of the Girls’ Education Movement (GEM) to 18 districts.

·         9,600 excluded and disadvantaged children reached through 250 non-formal/complementary learning centers.

·         512,000 mothers assisted at 91 sites for Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV/AIDS.

·         1.4 million children registered through a revitalized birth-and-death registration program in 25 districts.

·         300,000 displaced children (under-5) served by 2,300 community health volunteers, equipped with first-line treatment drugs in the conflict-affected districts.

·         8,000 severely malnourished children assisted by provision of therapeutic milk and high-energy biscuits to Therapeutic Feeding Centers in the conflict-affected districts.

·         120,000 primary school pupils and 12,000 pre-school children assisted in temporary learning centers and Early Childhood Development (ECD) sites.

·         More than 400,000 people benefiting from the provision of clean water through motorized pump systems in camps for displaced people.

·         More than 5,000 children who had been abducted by the LRA were reunited with their families after receiving basic medical care, psychosocial counseling and family-tracing support in reception centers.

·         More than 30,000 child “night commuters” assisted through the provision of emergency shelter and household items.”

Reprinted from www.unicef.org.