Hope for children

HCE is concentrating on:

Poor children and their families,
Children who are engaged in child labour,
Children who lost their parents due to HIV/AIDS and HIV positive children,
Street people,
HIV/AIDS

Poor children and their families,

Providing primary school education and provision of school materials
Support parents to send their children to the government school,
Inform parents about the value of education,
Support children with extra help in the afternoon,
Child care centre with services to parents,
Engaging low class people in micro financing activity
Organizing meetings, seminars and workshops concerning economic and social problems in Ethiopia
Indoor and outdoor games and sport activity for children and young people who do not have the possibilities at home and who live in poor communities at the weekends,

Children who are engaged in child labour,

Going to countryside where the children come from and teaching the parents awareness about child labour
Regular education and vocational training for young people who are engaged in hard work,
Convince parents and employers to send the children to school even if they want them to work at home,
If it is not possible to make an agreement with the employers, contact shall be made with the Kebele to show the situation of the child and to make the employer accept sending the child to school or to send the child back to his or her family, HCE will support them in that case with transportation, clothes, and with money,
Offer education in the evenings, for those who are working in the day-time,
Encourage children to finish their school instead of only work,
If students miss classes, action to find out the reason, and to convince the employer to make sure that the children are going to school every day,
If the students are in risk of getting punishment from the employer because they went to school: talks with the employer about the situation and to help the child,
Regular home visits to discuss about the situation and to help the children in their lives and to inform about: the Children Rights Convention, the rules of Ethiopia, child labour, and about the employers' responsibilities for the children according to the rules. They will also be informed about family planning, HIV/AIDS, and how to take care of children,
If an employer is leaving the children HCE has contact with, and do not want to take the responsibility for them anymore, HCE will take the responsibility for them until the situation is solved,
HCE will help children with experience and money to start their new business,
As long as possible, children who want to support themselves, will, after one year, be able to take care of and to support themselves, in the ways of money and of social life,

Children who lost their parents due to HIV/AIDS and HIV positive children,

Helping them to get school material like uniform stationery material
Medical treatment, medicine & awareness creation about HIV/AIDS
Providing shelter and food.
Financial Assistance

Street people

Providing counselling services to street people and prostitutes.
Provide street children/youth with basic necessities such as food, shelter, clothes, shower facilities and medical services,
Reconcile and return children to their families,
Vocational training for street children/youths,
Outreach program to identify poor street children and creating relations with them,
Create mechanisms to help street children be productive citizens and to be self-sufficient or to start small-scale businesses.
Decrease the number of street children/youth and change the attitude and behaviours of street children/youth

HIV/AIDS

To inform and talk about sexual relationships and the risk of HIV/AIDS,
To inform and talk about HIV/AIDS and how to protect yourself and your family,
Information and support to HIV/AIDS positive people and their families,
HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention programs conducting HIV/AIDS prevention program for children and street people
Creating awareness in the community by giving information on HIV/AIDS
Giving care for people who live with HIV and AIDS

Work