UK
Based in East London, LifeLine in the UK works to support the local community. Projects include:
- an alternative school
- parenting courses and family support through its childrens centres
- mentoring, clubs and programmes for young people
- support for jobseekers
- Open Doors, supporting isolated people in the community.
LifeLine is also the founding member of Faith Action, a national network of faith-based organisations.
Ukraine
In Ukraine, Network member Today’s Family is running out a number of projects including:
- mentoring university students in effective leadership
- teaching and mentoring projects with vulnerable children in orphanages
- supporting local people to adopt or foster orphans within Ukraine.
USA
Within New Hampshire, Network partners are able to have a strategic, state level influence on policy concerning foster care.
Dominica, St Martin, Haiti, Aruba, Dominican Republic
Network members are based in Dominica, St Martin, Haiti, Aruba and the Dominican Republic.
Projects in Dominica include:
- support for those with mental health issues
- HIV support groups
- nationally recognised leadership training scheme.
Network members in St Martin offer:
- opportunities for adults to gain high school diplomas through tailored training and support
- a school for expatriate children who would not otherwise receive schooling provision
- youth projects.
Liberia, Ghana, Sierra Leone
In Liberia, network members are running a community clinic that provides access to:
- maternity, antenatal and postnatal care
- government vaccination schemes
- general healthcare for local people.
In Sierra Leone, the Nehemiah Project has been working since the civil war to rehabilitate ex-boy soldiers in its rehabilitation centre. It now runs:
- a rehabilitation centre for orphans and street children
- social enterprise projects including a sports entertainment centre
- HIV awareness-raising projects.
In Ghana, partners are working to support street children.
Philippines
Network members in the Philippines are working to:
- increase awareness of issues surrounding drug abuse
- support relief work in areas affected by natural disasters.
Peru
In Peru, Network members are working with local young people and children. Projects include:
- healthy eating programmes for families
- a youth group that encourages young people to positively affect the community
- health programmes.
Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique
In Zimbabwe, Network members are running the following projects:
- intensive mentoring with child-headed households
- HIV support groups
- the Disablement Association of Zimbabwe, working to support and advocate for those with disabilities.
In South Africa, network members are working to:
- empower people working in their communities in training and health support
- run sustainable income-generating projects.
In Mozambique, Network members run:
- a language school
- prison visits
- a project to create mutual support partnerships between widows with orphans.
Egypt
In Egypt, Network members are working in the community to:
- spread awareness and fight against female genitalia mutilation
- offer parenting support
- offer health education projects.
