Guinea

The Hakuna Matata Orphanage is a benevolent entity working for the cause of destitute or vulnerable children. We are in Guinea-Conakry. We welcome, to date, more than 95 children per year, divided into two houses; one receives boys from 7 to 18 years old and the second one girls and babies. 75 children are schooled in private schools, whose expenses are taken care of thanks to sponsorships. The age range is currently 1 month for the youngest and 18 years for the oldest, but we can receive infants from birth. For the past 3 years, we have also been welcoming young girls who are pregnant or already mothers in order to offer them a way to reintegrate into working life and take care of their children. This will also allow us not to abandon them. More than half of the residents of the two orphanages are girls because we believe that they are the most difficult to integrate at the moment in Guinea.

We are a non-governmental organization that develops for the needs of vulnerable children. Our goal is to request humanitarian aid and support for vulnerable children. We fight against forced marriage, ban on excisions and sexual abuse of children, in the hope of giving them a better future. We are looking for noble people who can support us in our cause so that we can meet the needs of children so that they can live happily and have a better future within our organization.

SOS Children's Villages has been operating in Guinea since 1985 and is a non-governmental, non-denominational and independent social development organisation founded in 1949. It works in the field of children's rights. Its main target group is children who have lost or are at risk of losing parental care. SOS Children's Villages works in the best interests of the child and refers to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Aimed to be more than just a refuge. The aim was not only to get orphans off the streets, but also to offer them a loving home and enable them to build a promising future. Every child deserves to be able to dream and build their own future, regardless of their past. This remains a major challenge in a country where a large proportion of the population can neither read nor write.