The Heart to Heart Safe Spaces
The Centre
The Heart To Heart Centre Was Opened On 7th July 2018 With 46 Children. It Has Expanded To Serving About 450 Children Annually. Its Focus Was On Children With Both Holidays And School Time Programs.
The Centre serves over 1,000 people annually. It is located in Kagoma- Kanyange, Wakiso District. A community service Centre with programs for the entire family unit including;
Therapeutic services – Counselling and therapy services to children, young people, parents/ guardians and couples.
Child protection and child care services – We Nurture and develop children through providing children with self-child protection skills, soft skills, talent development, child support and empowerment.
Our Media reach-out programs – We hold teachings and discussions on different media platforms. This includes TV, Radio and social media.
The Annual Children’s Camp – We organize this through our Ten Girls Ten Boys Project.
We provide awareness forums and capacity building through general counseling sessions and training in institutions targeting children, their caregivers and their family members. We visit schools, churches, mosques, local community groups through the local council, companies and organizations with services for children, youths and adults.
- The Unstoppable Me, Sipowa Schools Program which is very famous. Through it, we target 50 schools in one school term offering holistic counselling and follow-up services to both students and the school staff. It is crowned with a competitive schools Award winning debate and the winners take home awards, certificates and medals.
- The Hearts Connect Community Program; is our community giving program which is all year round. Needy people visit the Centre for food and clothing while others (needy families) are assessed and given clothing and food throughout the year.
We also hold two special giving events; before the Easter and Christmas holidays where we give out to communities’ food, clothing and a general makeover with haircuts and treatment and an annual children’s party
The Child and Family Rescue Program
We offer child rescues, referral, assessments and follow-up services to children who experience any form of child abuse and those who are in desperate situations like street connected children, children living in absolute poverty and poor health.We also offer technical and social support to adults experiencing any form of violence inclusive of gender based violence.