ACTIVITIES DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY

(CAN was called Children's Community Care Network International until a volunteer offered to fund help with our new name and logo. Then Care Africa Network, CAN, was chosen as being more appropriate and it was accordingly the name registered with the UK Charity Commission.)

1.      Consultation and development of the project concept in partnership with all concerned in four African countries and beginning of identification of projects to research with them (link to details).

2.      Charity development and registration with UK Charity Commission.

3.      Initial development of website.

4.      Fundraising events (see article 1, article 2, article 3, article 4, article 5, article 6).

5.     Research of innovative ideas and projects to benefit children in need in four countries - Lesotho, Swaziland (now Esawatini), Kenya and Uganda - one country researched each year for four years (example of a report of a research visit, example of a letter of thanks received}.

6.      Consultations with NGOs and CBOs (such as keyhole gardens).

7.      Funding small income-generating projects to enable care of children (see examples of projects funded by CAN and feedback on a funded project).

8.      Advertising the work of African organisations and volunteers and disseminating the need to support community-development approaches in Africa (see article1, article 2, article3).

9.      Development of research information collected to form the CAN methods training course presentation and course manual.

10.   In response to request to help traumatised children in Africa, the founder attended an additional training in treatment of PTSD and another on teaching this method, then volunteered for an organisation concerned in return for a licence to teach this method to CAN extension workers in Africa.

11.   Developed the CAN training course for treatment of children suffering from PTSD with course manual for use of participants in treating children.

12.   Delivered these two courses first to all government social workers and some NGOs in Lesotho and to NGOs in Eswatini (then called Swaziland.)

13.   Progressed to delivering the two courses to final year social work students at National University of Lesotho and then National University of Eswatini with NGO members attending the courses to promote plans for future liaison and joint project.

14.   Capacitating and handover of CAN methods course to the National Universities in Lesotho and Eswatini.

15.   Further development of website as a mode of transfer of course material.

16.   Development of plans for continued support of the over 550 CAN extension workers trained in developing projects for children in need in Africa and treatment of PTSD in children.