While some children live in orphanages or residential homes, others live with family members, in foster care, or on their own with minimal support from others.
Sustainable Connexions International (SusCo) was established in 2012 as a nonprofit, 501c (3) organization based in the United States by founder Alyson Parham Small. Guided by a board of directors representing the USA, and Africa, SusCo works with global and local partners to design and implement programs to address social, emotional, and cognitive development barriers impacting vulnerable children in the US and Africa.
SusCo established a local non-governmental organization in Ghana, OVC Connexions Ghana, to lead the work on the ground in Ghana. This entity is governed by a separate board of directors.
Given the unacceptable number of orphans and vulnerable children around the world, SusCo recognizes that while some children reside in residential homes, others in foster care, many others continue to live in villages with varying degrees of support and care.
SusCo developed the Tender Loving Care (TLC) model that outlines a comprehensive framework of critical interventions and ongoing monitoring of children to help improve their capacity to become self-sufficient adults.
Working with diverse community partners, SusCo contends there is no single pathway for supporting orphans but, by placing a consistent and intentional focus on the social, emotional and cognitive development of children, there is greater likelihood for orphans and other vulnerable children to achieve success in school and into adulthood.
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