AMADE reportedly has helped 40,000 children each year through its relief efforts. The Association runs ongoing projects under the umbrella of three programs: Dignity for Women, the Energy of Hope,
Capoeira for Peace, and Unaccompanied Migrant Children.
Protection In 2013, AMADE assisted in the renovation and development of the VTA Centre, a support center for young girls living in the streets of
Kinshasa,
Congo, accused of witchcraft. In 2014, the Association worked for the professional inclusion of young
street people in Kinshasa, and founded 6 professional training centers. In 2015, AMADE assisted Terre des Hommes, Italia to allocate transit centers in
Sicily as part of a psychological and legal support programme for unaccompanied migrant children. In 2016, the Association mobilized alongside other NGO's to persuade the
Cambodian government to lower the age of children allowed to stay in prison with their mothers from 6 to 3 years old, in accordance with the
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights. AMADE currently works with the
Government of the Philippines' Department of Social Affairs to establish a school for young female victims of abuse, exploitation, and violence. The Association assists
Marseille City Hall in the coordination of the Second Chance program, designed to educate incarcerated minors in detention. AMADE currently works with Panzi Hospital, founded by
Dr. Denis Mukwege, designed to support children and young girl victims of sexual violence in
Bukavu.
Education In 2012, AMADE worked with the
Monegasque Government to build a middle school and a high school in the municipality of Matana,
Burundi, to advocate for exemplary education standards in the area. In 2016, the Association assisted in the enrollment of OVC (Orphans and Vulnerable Children) into the school's population. In 2017, AMADE worked with Lagazel to donate solar lamps to young students to support access to education in
Nouakchott,
Mauritania, as well as open production workshops in rural areas to promote employment.
Health In 2013, the Association worked with the Chiliean Ministry of Health to assist children in
Santiago,
Chile, with metabolic diseases in low-income communities through awareness and medical treatment. In 2013, AMADE helped finance research and design programs to raise awareness for
pediatric cancer in Monaco. In 2015, the Association funded equipment for the emergency, operating, sterilization, and radiology rooms of the Abbis Ababa Mother and Child Centre in
Addis Abeba,
Ethiopia. In 2016, AMADE assisted in designing pediatric health education protocols, teaching aids, and training systems for health workers in
Bamako,
Mali aiming to reduce rates of child morality. Later that year, the Association worked with microfinance firms to support access to patients with
sickle cell disease at the Tahouha Hospital in
Niger. In 2017, the Association worked to disseminate anti-scam information for health insurance schemes for families in
Bamako,
Mali. In 2018, AMADE worked with the Princess Grace Foundation (La Foundation Princesse Grace, Monaco), to establish medical resources, tools, and tests for doctors treating
Friedreich's ataxia in children and young adults. In 2019, AMADE worked with HEAL Africa to assist in
Swahili translations for the Zero Mother's Die App in
Bukavu,
Congo. Later that year, the Association began construction on a mother-child community health centre in Goma, Congo, providing prenatal consultation, family planning, nutrition, AIDS clinics, and vaccination. AMADE also announced a training program for a
catheterization service inside the Mother-Child Hospital le Luxembourg in
Bamako,
Mali. In 2020, the Association began an extensive 100-day research project for the reduction of child morality in
Niger, in partnership with
Yale University. AMADE also created a social fund to support healthcare access to children admitted to the Rafic Hariri Hospital in
Beyrouth,
Lebanon. During the
COVID-19 pandemic, AMADE assisted in supporting health services in West Africa to provide medical equipment, research, and remote education.
Post-emergency In 2013, AMADE worked with the
Monaco Red Cross to finance the restoration of primary classrooms in
Negros Island,
Philippines after
Typhoon Haiyan. In 2016, the Association renovated and built new classrooms in Canton de Region,
Nepal, after the
April 2015 Nepal earthquake. In 2020, AMADE began assisting in building repairs and school tuition for the Saint Joseph Brothers School in Beyrouth,
Lebanon, after the
2020 Beirut explosion.
Advocacy In 2015, AMADE worked with the Monaco Department of Education to create digital teaching kits for students to raise awareness about water concerns in the developing world. The also Association assisted with the UNICEF campaign to raise local awareness for the International Convention on the Rights of the Child on its 25th anniversary. In 2017, AMADE assisted in the translations and free distribution of small trade and community service resources in
Kinshasa, Congo. Later that year, the Association raised public awareness of the persecution of "witch" girls living on the streets, as well as the recruitment of
child soldiers, in Bukavu, Congo. ==References==