| The ChangAi Children's
Project commenced its activities of providing education
and well-being grants; extending micro-credit loans and
vocational training; running creativity workshops; providing
a critical health fund and running community-based health
education programs in March 2008. By the end of the project's
first year, ChangAi had reached over 300 beneficiaries
across four villages. After the successful trial of activities
such as micro-credit loans and education grants, the project
expanded coverage to additional beneficiaries in 2009,
with indirect positive impacts being reported not only
at the individual and household levels but widely across
village communities. The project expanded from 4 to 7
villages in 2012.
With ChangAi's current funding coming mainly from the
private contributions of the founding partners, the
ChangAi team is looking for alternative ways, ideas
and resources to be able to geographically expand project
activities to reach children in other communities. Promotion
of sustainable development and the utilisation of local
knowledge and expertise are central to the implementation
of ChangAi's five year model. |
