(orphanage)

• partnered with NHK for 8 years

• children living here have lost parents to disease, violence and natural disasters

• CWA sponsored NHK to set up a counselling/play therapy room on site

• NHK counsellors see children there 1 day per week

• NHK counsellors also provide trauma training to staff

Impacts: CWA has reported they value NHK’s work and feel more secure knowing NHK is there to support the children as well as the staff who care for them.

(sex trafficking rescue organization)

• partnered with NHK for 9 years

• NHK is a referral resource when girls under 17 (and as young as 11) are rescued

• NHK also provides individual and group trauma counselling and staff training

• NHK advocates on behalf of clients to government agencies, lawyers and even police to ensure clients’ ongoing safety once they are discharged

Impacts: Because of NHK’s excellent reputation in the community, the above agencies are more likely to believe and attend to the girls’ stories when NHK is involved.

(orphanage for children impacted by HIV)

• partnered with NHK for 9 years

• counselling room on site

• NHK staff see 3-6 children there per week

• sometimes when clients get very sick, counsellors visit them in the hospital and support them through their deaths

• NHK arranges peer counselling to integrate children when they are new to the house and regularly runs groups for residents and staff.

Impacts: When NHK first began working with Star, no one there talked about HIV because of stigma, so children did not know they were ill or why their parents died. NHK counsellors advocated for over a year with Star’s management to set up a program to train caregivers, staff and the children themselves on how to understand HIV and how it is affecting them. NHK staff also trained Star staff on how to be safe in their lives especially in regards to sexuality.

(orphanage)

• partnered with NHK for 15 years

• children living here have lost parents to disease, violence and natural disasters

• dedicated play therapy room

• NHK counsellors see children there 1-2 days per week

• NHK counsellors also provide trauma training to staff on site

Impacts: Forum staff have remarked on the changes they have seen in the children and the caretakers: because of the training provided, house “parents” are more understanding of trauma and no longer hit, threaten or shame the children.