Global Grandparents
We estimate that up to half of the world's children who have been orphaned by AIDS are being brought up by their grandparents. Other grandparents are caring for children orphaned by war, natural disasters or whose parents have left to find work. With little or no resources, many older people struggle alone to provide their grandchildren with food, schooling and a future. And much of the burden of caring for sick people with HIV and AIDS falls to older people.
We help families where older people are caring for children by:
- Helping grandparents with school costs such as uniforms and books, and vocational training for teenage grandchildren
- Home care medical kits, information and visits for those caring at home for someone with HIV and AIDS
- Working with children, parents and grandparents to compile ‘memory books' which help families to record their history and plan for a future after the middle generation dies.
- Start up grants, seeds, tools, handicraft materials, skills training - to enable older people to earn an income from home while caring for the family
- Forming support groups where older caregivers can meet for emotional, practical and financial help.
We help grandparents in the following countries:
Antigua
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Cambodia
China
Colombia
Dominica
Ethiopia
Grenada
Haiti
Indonesia
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lesotho
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Nicaragua
Peru
Philippines
Sri Lanka
St Vincent/Grenadines
Tanzania
Thailand
Uganda
Vietnam
Zimbabwe