Protection and Development of Children and Youth

Rusken Charitable Foundation works with communities to protect children from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence and to nurture and develop their potential through innovative education, livelihoods and skills-training programs. Children and youth are extraordinarily resilient. By supporting the next generation we are helping to build healthy and productive societies in the future. How We Help Rusken Charitable Foundation provides counseling and services to young people who have experienced disease, abuse, exploitation or loss and separation from their families. Rusken Charitable Foundation trains educators, constructs classroom, and supports schools that are attended by hundreds of thousands of children. We provide skills training to young people who have had their education or careers interrupted. More than half of those who receive such training are girls. Rusken Charitable Foundation work with children and youth Today around the world, children and youth suffer disproportionately. They suffer sexual abuse and risk life threatening illness. They lose parents, friends and communities in conflict and during mass flight. In event of death of parents due to HIV /AIDs or any other disease, young people are compelled to take on adult roles, protecting and providing for younger children. Children lose opportunities to learn, and are denied the structure, stability and predictability they need to develop their potential. They ultimately lose their sense of trust and hope for the future. In order to respond to this, the Rusken Charitable Foundation promotes the protection and development of children and youth. The community-based, participatory and holistic children and youth programs include: Formal and non-formal education Registration, emergency care, tracing and family reunification of separated children Interim care, rehabilitation and community reintegration of former street children Psychosocial care and protection Life skills, recreational and cultural activities, economic and leadership development for youth