Our Community and Outreach Programs

Our Community – the villages of Lusignan, Good Hope and the surrounding communities living at or below the poverty line. 

RHI’s vision is that all children have access to quality education; safe home environment; adequate nutrition and healthcare; and that the rights of all children are adhered to and respected.

Adequate food, clothing, healthcare and an acceptable home environment are necessary for a child to achieve academic success. Research has shown that the increased stress level in a child raised in poverty affects the cognitive abilities. Our strategy is to work with parents supporting and encouraging them to invest in their children well being and education.

 Children come to the Centre to bolster their academic skills so they can get out of the cycle of poverty and abuse so many of them face.  Many of them use the Centre as a safe haven to escape from their reality and a sanctuary away from their home life. 

Examples of Outreach and awareness activities and programs:

• Giving starving family food hampers
• Encourage parents to do self help projects such as gardening, fishing, learning new skills
• Paying for treatment for sick kids and parents, getting medical advice
•  Paying for the transportation for kids to go to school
• Paying for the school for specific kids
• Working with the parents to get the help they need to improve their standard of living
• Working with the Help and Shelter to provide counseling and help for the abused kids
• Working with the Police and the Help and Shelter to enhance awareness of abuse, helping the kids to come forth and ask for help
• Working with the government office to increase the awareness of the child abuse and to enforce the laws to protect our children