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Fondation Pour L’Enfance – Terre de Paix

Fondation Pour L’Enfance - Terre de Paix is an NGO in Mauritius that focuses on holistic child development through educational and support programmes and provides child-friendly parents and community-related services to the most vulnerable children in Mauritius. Their main activity includes running residential and non-residential care for vulnerable children, providing alternative education, and supporting deprived families with food aid and educational interventions​.

 

 

Accreditation Number with the National Social Inclusion Foundation: N/1054

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History

Established in 1989, the association has provided relief to individuals facing various hardships for more than 30 years. The Fondation pour L’Enfance Terre de Paix evolved to address these needs, focusing more on children within the family context. Over the years, the association’s work has gathered momentum and earned respect from the broader society. Today, their mission remains aligned with the original goal: to combat poverty and its consequences on the most vulnerable, particularly children, using a non-discriminatory child’s rights approach. The NGO can be contacted at terredepaix@myt.mu​ for any queries.

Objectives
  • To provide childcare services in a secular, non-discriminatory manner, adhering to existing laws and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
  • To offer alternative care options in the best interest of the child, collaborating with biological parents and relatives whenever possible. These include:
    • Residential Care: To establish family-type structures and youth homes to support the overall development of children, if required.
    • Non-Residential Care: To set up creative, cultural, and educational pre-school, pre-vocational, and vocational structures for children outside the mainstream education system.
  • To engage in partnerships with other NGOs, government bodies, and stakeholders to further our mission.
  • To raise and allocate funds to support our objectives effectively.
  • To develop and implement training programmes in childcare to ensure high-quality service delivery.
Main achievements
  • Group foster families: Operating eight group foster family units as an alternative residential care for children removed from hostile environments, accommodating up to 50 children at a time.
  • Alternative education and training (Atelier du Savoir): Providing education and training to 79 children who have minimal schooling, left school early, or display uncontrollable behaviour problems. Additionally, an outreach programme serves 35 children in Camp Levieux, Barkly, and Albion.
  • Food Aid programme: Supporting 25 needy families through a food aid initiative.
  • Behavioural intervention at schools: Implementing direct intervention programmes at Camp Levieux Government School and Reverend Espitalier Noel Government School to address behavioural problems and violence.
  • Offering consultative services at various primary schools to manage severe behavioural issues.
  • Centre D’Eveil et de Développement du Jeune Enfant et des Parents (CED): Establishing and managing centres for children aged 0-8 years old, providing services such as:
    • For deprived families in Albion and Canot: maternal follow-up, nursery services for 21 children (3 months to 3 years), pre-school services for 70 children (3-5 years), and a primary school follow-up programme for 45 children.
    • For deprived families in Flacq: nursery services for 36 children (3 months to 3 years).
    • For deprived families in Grand-Bay: nursery services for 33 children (3 months to 3 years).
    • For deprived families in La Valette, Bambous: maternal follow-up, nursery services for 36 children (3 months to 3 years), pre-school services for 50 children (3-5 years), and a primary school follow-up programme for 19 children.
    • For female detainees at Women Prison in Beau Bassin: nursery services for 15 children (3 months to 5 years).
  • Jardin D’Eveil: Creating a senses park for children from NGOs, public preschools, primary, and lower secondary schools.
  • Initiating self-help projects for deprived families, which include:
    • Laying hens
    • Backyard gardening
    • Mushroom cultivation
    • Literacy programmes
    • Handicrafts
    • Job seeker programmes
  • Training centre: Running an MQA-approved training centre with programmes in:
    • Early childhood care, education, development, and protection
    • Special needs education
    • Alternative care
    • Psychoanalytical thinking
    • Art therapy
    • Learning through play
  • University placements: Hosting university students for practical placements through agreements and acting as a focal organisation for student placements at other NGOs in Mauritius.

Volunteer scheme to harness resources and support the organisation's activities in a variety of ways based on volunteers' capacities and schedules.

Sources of funding

The annual budget amounts to Rs 31 million per year.