UK schools Ark Ventures About us Our Covid-19 response Careers News Contact us Search Language Tel: 020 3116 0800 Legacy programmes We are proud of Ark's legacy programmes While our current work is focused on our network of schools in the UK and our ventures, we have previously supported and remain proud of a range of other projects – mainly concerning health and child protection. Our health programmes, for example, have saved thousands of lives and, just as importantly, strengthened local health systems. Our child protection programme in Romania closed 38 poorly run institutions, changing the lives of nearly 5,000 children. Below is a list of legacy programmes which Ark is no longer directly involved in. These projects have either reached the end of their planned timeline, or the day-to-day running has been transferred to local charities or governments. PEAS Ark worked in partnership with the social enterprise PEAS - Promoting Equality in African Schools - to develop a network of secondary schools in Uganda. These served disadvantaged, often isolated, communities which needed them most. These schools are showing policymakers how they could change the lives of pupils elsewhere in the country. Visit the PEAS website Kheth'Impilo: South Africa HIV/AIDS Ark’s HIV/AIDS programme in South Africa was our first health initiative to be handed over to a local partner and continues to have a significant impact on the lives of vulnerable children. Visit the Kheth'Impilo website Mozambique HIV care and treatment Mozambique has the second highest rate of new adult HIV infections in the world. More than 1.4 million people live with the virus and an estimated 670,000 children have lost one or both of their parents to the disease. Our programme, in partnership with the Elizabeth Glazer Paediatric AIDS Foundation, tested an innovative SMS reminder service to ensure HIV-positive parents, carers and children continue their treatment and stay alive. The programme reached over 30,000 patients. Visit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation website Zambia diarrhoea prevention Diarrhoea kills more children under five worldwide than HIV, malaria and measles combined. In Zambia, it causes 40 young children's deaths every day and accounts for 840,000 clinic visits and 63,000 hospital referrals a year. Ark worked with the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) to expand the country’s cold storage facilities, train health workers, educate communities, improve rotavirus vaccine coverage and encourage the use of zinc and oral rehydration salts to treat acute illnesses. More than 250,000 people across Lusaka province were reached by the programme. Visit the CIDRZ website Zimbabwe Safe Arrivals In Zimbabwe, many hospitals are ill-equipped and there is a shortage of doctors and healthcare workers. Because of this, thousands of pregnant women and new babies die every year. Ark Zimbabwe worked with the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare and other partners to provide hospitals with better equipment, as well as training health workers to deliver the urgent care that so many mothers and babies need. As part of Ark’s shift towards education programmes, Ark’s participation in Safe Arrivals ended in 2018. A successor programme continues with ex-Ark personnel under the supervision of partner organisation FHI360. Visit the FHI360 website Child protection - Romania For more than 13 years, Ark worked in partnership with Hope and Homes for Children (HHC) to remove children from large scale institutions, reuniting them with their families or placing them in other kinds of family environment – changing the lives of more than 20,000 children in Romania and Bulgaria. Visit the Hope and Homes for Children website Contact us Privacy & Cookie Policy Diversity & Inclusion statement Facebook LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Sign up to our newsletter Ark Schools Registered in England as a company limited by guarantee number 05112090 © Absolute Return for Kids (Ark) Registered in England as a company limited by guarantee number 04589451. Registered charity no 1095322 Registered offices for Ark Schools and Ark: The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN By continuing to use this site, you consent to the use of cookies on your device. Find out more