Adopt a Village

Why Adopt a Village?

With 13 years of experience, Free The Children understands that poverty is a complex problem with many interrelated issues that demand flexible and multifaceted solutions.

Our unique, holistic development model, Adopt a Village, is designed to eliminate the obstacles preventing children from accessing education in a sustainable way. We do so by working in close partnerships with community members while addressing the following four key areas of sustainability:

1-) Education: We provide children with access to education through building schools and providing educational material, trained teachers and quality educational programming.

2-) Water and Sanitation: Our water and sanitation programs include the construction of effective clean water systems and hand-washing stations, and providing latrines and sanitation workshops, among other initiatives. These programs not only reduce waterborne diseases, but they rid children of their long, daily treks to collect water, enabling them to go to school.

3-) Health: We work diligently to provide marginalized communities with basic health care provisions, including preventive care services, community gardens, nutrition programs, medical supplies for health clinics, health awareness workshops and sports equipment. 

4-) Alternative Income: Our alternative income projects empower adults, especially women, through skills training so they can find more profitable and rewarding work opportunities. These initiatives include women’s empowerment groups, financial and business training, microcredit loans, vocational training centres and animal husbandry training.

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Where Do We Work?

We are presently implementing Adopt a Village in six countries: Kenya, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, India , China and Ecuador.

Help us to keep empowering communities and changing lives by supporting Adopt a Village today.