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St. Martin's Day 2021

The ceremony was also attended by our partners and collaborators ranging from government officials, religious leaders, civil societies and other community representatives. These people have been a storing pillar without which our work would have been impossible or would bear little or no fruits. Since the outbreak of COVID 19, our partners and friends based in Nairobi have not had an opportunity to visit St. Martin and it is for this reason that we decided to organise  an additional celebration at the Dimesse Sisters’ in Karen.  A third celebration was held by Atantemani, a St. Martin solidarity group based in Italy where we joined virtually and got to update each other with what is happening in St. Martin.

As we come close to the end of the year, we want to pass our gratitude to our partners, donors, friends and supporters for their commitment in supporting our mission. Special gratitude to our volunteers for giving themselves to the service of the beneficiaries. We hope and pray that the experience of Saint Martin of Tours will inspire us to find joy in the service that we offer in our different capacities.  

What we do

Promote Child Participation 

child participation

 

The project targets 72 primary schools in Laikipia County. In each school, a platform for children to air their views is created through the Children’s Government where children leaders are empowered to become change agents. Children, members of these governments are trained on child rights and responsibilities, meaningful child participation, role of children as duty bearers, lifeskills, public interaction skills and methods of awareness creation.

 

Strenghten the capacity of Child Right Promoters 

child right promoters

 

These are volunteers who are drawn from the community and are empowered to act as community TOTs, and supported to implement activities in churches, schools, public meetings and other fora with the aim of sensitizing the community on child rights. These volunteers are headhunted from among church school teachers, duty bearers and primary school teachers. In addition to awareness creation, they mobilize resources from their communities to support vulnerable children and shed lights on abuses facing children. The programme is currently working with 130 volunteers in various parts of Nyahururu, and Nyandarua. 

Treatment and Rehabilitation

treatment

 

Owing to the high number of people already affected by drug abuse and mental illness who cannot access rehabilitation and treatment services. The project identifies the most vulnerable clients for support to access rehabilitation and medical treatment services. The objective of these support services is to restore the dignity and functionality of those people who cannot independently or with the help of relatives access the retreatment and rehabilitation services. This includes partial payment for psychiatric assessment, inpatient psychiatric treatment and residential drug rehabilitation. Furthermore, the programme implements a community based mental health programme where clients shall be offered outpatient addiction counseling, Intensive Outpatient Rehabilitation, peer support groups etc. 

Support youth acquiring technical skills           

technical 12

 

The programme works with vulnerable youth by providing them with practical skills through attaching them with local artisans. In addition, the youth are equipped with life-skills and entrepreneurial skills. This increases their opportunity to access decent job creation and enhances their employability, thereby contributing to reduce unemployment, vulnerability and poverty for vulnerable and marginalized youth, both in urban and rural settings. }

 

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