About CAFO

Who is behind CAFO?

CAFO stands for Namibia's Church Alliance for Orphans - Namibia's first interfaith networking organization that is dedicated to the development and sustainability of support programmes for orphans and vulnerable children in their respective communities.

CAFO was founded in October 2002 and is motivated by the dream that all children fulfill their God-given potential. Since the launch in 2002, CAFO's membership has grown to 340 organizations made up of 68 CAFO committees present in 68 towns and villages throughout Namibia's 13 provinces.

Within its first year, CAFO held two national training conferences, targeting some 550 persons from all over the country, to help local church members with starting and maintaining programmes they want to implement.

Consultations with staff at the national office are ongoing. Start-up funds are available for small projects such as afterschool activities, HIV/AIDS information and activity programmes, soup kitchens, emergencymedical assistance, and the training of volunteers on how to offer psychosocial support to orphans and other vulnerable children.

Our Vision

To see all Namibian Children fulfilling their God-given potential.

The vision of CAFO is that all churches and faith-based organizations in Namibia are contributing to a national caring and loving environment for orphans and vulnerable children in Namibia, by undertaking meaningful community-based activities, which provide material, in kind, spiritual and psycho-social supports for these children. Ultimately we wish to enable all children to maximize their God-given potential, and to utilize all the" opportunities which may come their way, as they build a better future for themselves.

Our Mission

In the light of its vision, CAFO's mission is to:

• Build capacity, provide technical assistance, facilitate financial assistance to churches and faith-based organizations in Namibia that are committed to the care and support of orphans and vulnerable children.

• Conduct national regional workshops on psychosocial support, income generating activities for sustainable programmes to assist orphans and vulnerable children.

• Gather and disseminate relevant information.

• Raise funds to facilitate and promote the work of churches and other faith-based organizations in Namibia who serve orphans and vulnerable children.

• Advocate for basic human rights to children.

Strategic Priorities

• To conduct national and regional training workshops, and engage in other forms of training, mentorship's, and learning exchanges for and within CAFO's membership

• To gather and disseminate relevant information on vulnerable children

• To raise funds to facilitate and promote the work of Churches and other faith-based organizations in Namibia who help vulnerable children in their communities

• To work closely with Government and other organizations to enhance the lives of children - both spiritually and physically - and to advocate for their basic human