Meet Two Grantee Partners of Masana wa Afrika (Formerly the ELMA Community Grants Program)
January 18, 2024
Masana wa Afrika (formerly the ELMA Community Grants Program or ECGP) is an Africa-based foundation that provides grants and capacity-strengthening support to community-based organizations serving children in Africa. These community-based organizations (CBOs) are at the heart of change and development in their communities. CBOs are resourceful and creative in addressing the issues that are essential to human survival and development, such as: nutrition, education, disease mitigation and alleviation, sustainable livelihoods, shelter and water, and sanitation.
The following stories of Malamulele Onward, Woza Moya, and Bulungula Incubator capture the community-based impact Masana wa Afrika aims to achieve.
MALAMULELE ONWARD
Malamulele Onward is one of the few non-profit organizations in South Africa that offers rehabilitative therapy (physiological, speech, and occupational) to address disabilities in children with cerebral palsy in underserved, deeply rural areas. The children’s caregivers and local hospital therapists are integrally involved in the programs and Malamulele Onward provides them with ongoing support and training.
Malamulele Onward reaches hundreds of families each year who would otherwise not have access to life-enhancing therapy, education, or support for their children.
WOZA MOYA
Woza Moya was established by three women living in the Ufafa Valley to address the high rate of childhood mortality and reduce the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on their community. The Ufafa Valley is a vast, mountainous area in the rural Kwazulu Natal province that is difficult for service providers to reach. Without the Woza Moya home visits and centrally located services, most people would never have access to medical care or the support their families require. Over the past fifteen years, Woza Moya has improved the lives and health of thousands of people living in South Africa’s Ufafa Valley.
