• Close to 134 children are being fostered in the six foster homes.

• 200 children and Youth have been provided for  school fees and scholastic materials.

• 30 Women have been Trained in Tailoring and now self-reliant 

• A Vocational Training Center has been established to offer Skills in carpentry, tailoring, Art and Craft for School dropouts, Young Unskilled Adults, Street Children and the poor.

• A primary school established.

•  Sustainability projects e.g. piggery , cows.

Achievements
Whereas the policy of Universal Primary Education has dramatically increased enrollment, specific categories of children continue to have limited access to education and drop out rates are high especially for orphans. The situation is made worse by the quality and relevance of the education provided in schools. Whereas the government has guaranteed free universal primary education by exempting children from tuition fees, a number of non tuition requirement such as building fee, lunch, uniform and scholastic materials continue to keep children out of school. In some schools children attend classes under trees or in classes but without desks to sit on. Such a hostile learning environment can not enable a child to study competitively like one in first class schools. The result of this has been an increasing drop out rates especially at the end of the primary level.

Bethesda International supports these children with direct school sponsorship funding, uniforms, scholastic materials and other school requirement ( school admission fee, registration fee, blooms, Toilet paper, etc). These children receive monitoring and career guidance through out their school life to help them grow and mature.

Presently we have 200 children under this program and with funding, we can do more. Counseling and career guidance is done continually among the children  by the social support officer and staff. Basically, children come up with  problems e.g. academic issues and questions, which needed immediate attention. For example rebellion, bad relationship with others, low self-esteem, changes in development stages, poor academic performance how to make good decisions and choices for good future and others.

How ever some of the other issues and those mentioned above have been solved and answered through counselling and guidance. As a result, children  learnt the Importance of having a good relationship with other people, making good choices and decision especially concerning life and academics. There has also been gradual change in the behaviors that are unbecoming. Children are studying with a purpose in life taking education seriously since it is key to their future. Some children and student have also put copying skills into practice. One of the challenges that we face in this area is transport means to do more regular home and school visitations by the social officer and staff.