BANTWANA WINS GRANT TO HELP PREVENT NEW HIV INFECTIONS AND REDUCE YOUTH VULNERABILITY IN MALAWI
Learn MorePARTNERING TO ESTABLISH ZIMBABWE’S ENDURING NATIONAL CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Learn MoreOur Impact
We reach over 600,000 children and their caregivers annually across seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We work with more than 90 local organizations, clinics, and local and national governments in Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Who We Are
We work to improve the lives of Children, Youth and Families that are impacted by HIV and poverty.
Our Approach
We work with governments and local organizations to provide the critical services that Children, Youth and Families need to grow and thrive.
Ana Patsogolo Activity (APA)
Ana Patsogolo (“Children First”) Activity prevents new HIV infections and reduces vulnerability among orphans
and vulnerable children and adolescent girls and young women in partnership with a
consortium of Malawian NGOs.
Better Outcomes for Children and Youth in Eastern and Northern Uganda
Building Resilience and National Systems to prevent and Respond to Violence against children and HIV in Uganda.
Technical Assistance & Capacity Development – Mozambique
We are strengthening the capacity of local organizations to coordinate and provide services to reduce HIV among vulnerable children, youth and families in high burden areas in central Mozambique.
Celebrating Five Years of Advancing Girls Education in Tanzania
Our Bantwana Initiative’s Waache Wasome (“Let Them Learn”) project is celebrating five years of empowering adolescent girls and young women to envision and achieve educational and life goals. On December 7th, stakeholders gathered in Arusha, Tanzania, to recognize the project’s achievements, the legacy it will leave behind when it closes out in 2022, and the impact that will be sustained in years to come.
Supporting HIV Treatment Outcomes for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Uganda
The Bantwana Initiative of World Education, in partnership with the prime contractor, Education Development Center (EDC), is the OVC technical lead under the USAID/Uganda Integrated Child and Youth Development (ICYD) Activity (2020 – 2025), which aims to address the health, safety, and education needs of Ugandan children and adolescents to enable them to reach their potential.
Strengthening Zimbabwe’s Case Management System for Child Protection
Bantwana’s newest publication examines how aligning with government-identified priorities, planning for sustainability, and fostering trust-based partnerships have resulted in a lasting legacy of care and protection for thousands of vulnerable Zimbabwean children through a National Case Management System.