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About the Children

CCDIA's core work focuses on young children with great educational need. These are children between the ages of 6 and 12 who are falling behind in school or perhaps have dropped out altogether. Some will have reached the 3rd or 4th grade still unable to read or write, impacting severely on their ability to learn.

They need practical help, not only with literacy and numeracy but with the entire school curriculum. But whilst the academic level of these children may lag behind their peers, many of them are extremely bright and are willing to learn when encouraged to do so.

Academic and Social Improvement

CCDIA's education projects have a near 100% success rate in helping children to pass the year at school and reintroducing those that have dropped out.

Working only with the children with greatest social and educational need, our combination of teaching, personal contact, prayer and encouragement provides an environment in which they can and do fulfil their potential.

This potential is expressed through changes in the children's behaviour and attitude demonstrated within just months of beginning to attend a CCDIA centre.

Both parents and teachers consistently observe that their children respond more readily to discipline. They become less disruptive both at home and in school, impacting positively not only on their education but also on their family life.

How the Projects Work

The children attend our centres on a daily basis. Those who attend school in the mornings come in the afternoons and vice versa. Each day the activities will vary, ranging from classroom work to recreation and from craft to sport. The mixture of formal and informal activities ensures that they will want to come back day after day.

Much of the classroom work takes the form of supervised homework. As the children go through the exercises set by their school teachers, CCDIA's teachers are on hand to tutor them through their difficulties.

This sustained daily contact and the close partnership maintained with the children's schools and teachers enable us to accurately indentify each child's needs and to effectively monitor their progress. With this kind of help they no longer struggle alone and no longer get left behind.