HLOVC - House of Love for Orphans and Vulnerable Children

This community of volunteers is based in Rundu, Namibia, and runs a kindergarten, orphan feeding program, supplies school uniforms and makes home visits to support orphans and develop their life skills.

About a year ago this group received 10 bicycles from BEN Namibia, which have enabled them to visit children more often, take clothes and bread from their sewing project and bakery to market for sale, fetch firewood and water, transport sick children to the clinic and save huge amounts on taxi fares for general transport.

With a BEC (Bicycle Empowerment Center), HLOVC will be able to supply bicycles to more volunteers and to orphans living long distances from school, and generate income in support of their other projects. In addition, due to high volume of needs in the region, HLOVC will become a hub in the area, providing transport for more than 10 groups working in Home-based care (HBC) and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) programs as well as HIV/AIDS support groups.