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        <ExplanationTxt>EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP DIVISION WE WANT CHILDREN TO THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE. ONE AREA THAT IS CRITICAL IN ENSURING THAT THE NEXT GENERATION THRIVES IS EDUCATION. LACK OF MONEY FOR EDUCATION KEEPS MANY OUT OF SCHOOL. TO MEET THIS NEED, HOPEALIVE268 HAS ESTABLISHED A SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO ASSIST ORPHANED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN WHO NEED FUNDS FOR SCHOOLING. HOPEALIVE268 STAFF ASSISTS STUDENTS WITH THE PURCHASE OF SCHOOL UNIFORMS, SHOES, BOOKS, AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES. IN ADDITION, HA268 PROVIDES TUTORS FOR THE STUDENTS. WE BELIEVE IN GIVING OUR STUDENTS ALL THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO SUCCEED, THRIVING NOT JUST SURVIVING. ANTI - HUMAN TRAFFICKING DIVISION STATISTICS SHOW THAT, GLOBALLY, 27 MILLION PEOPLE ARE TRAFFICKED EVERY YEAR, AND AN ESTIMATED 1.2 MILLION ARE CHILDREN. OF THOSE TRAFFICKED, ONLY 1% WILL BE RESCUED. IN ESWATINI, THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME ALARMING - VULNERABLE CHILDREN, BABIES, AND ALBINOS ARE OFTEN TARGETED, AS WELL AS FAMILIES IN CONDITIONS OF POVERTY AND DESPERATION. HOPEALIVE268 IS COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ESWATINI THROUGH OUR HA268 ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING DIVISION. PREVENTION IS ESSENTIAL AND WE ARE IN THE FIGHT TO STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN AND THROUGH-OUT ESWATINI. CRISIS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM KNOWN AS CERT, OUR TEAM RESPONDS TO CRISIS, EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS THROUGH FOOD PARCELS, EDUCATION AND COUNSELING THROUGHOUT THE LUBUMBO REGION OF ESWATINI. THE TEAM IS ALSO A SUICIDE INTERVENTION TEAM, INTERCEPTING POTENTIAL SUICIDE AND BRINGING AWARENESS. WE ALSO BELIEVE IN COLLABORATING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING ABOUT THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE WE SERVE. MAY THOSE IN NEED KNOW: WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU AND WE LOVE YOU MAY OUR ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS BUT MAY OUR WORDS BE COVERED IN HOPE. HOPE IS ALIVE 1. LIFE COACHING IN PERSONAL HEALTH, HYGIENE, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. 2. TRANSPORTATION FOR HEALTH AND EDUCATION. 3. SISWATINI LESSONS FOR THOSE STRIVING TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE OF THE ESWATINI PEOPLE CARE DIVISION HOPEALIVE268 FEEDS AND CARES FOR ORPHAN, VULNERABLE AND ABUSED CHILDREN (OVC) IN THEIR RURAL COMMUNITIES AT CARE POINTS ACROSS THE LUBOMBO REGION. WE WORK ALONGSIDE LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LEADERS AND CHURCHES TO ASSIST AS MANY CHILDREN AS WE CAN, SPECIFICALLY CHILD-LEAD FAMILIES. WE FACILITATE NOT ONLY THE FEEDING OF OVC BUT ALSO PROVIDE MEDICAL SUPPORT, AS NEEDED, AND OTHER BASIC NECESSITIES, LOVING BIG AND LIVING LOUD FOR THOSE WHO CANT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.</ExplanationTxt>
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