Where you are today should not limit your life

Last Saturday was such a special moment since we had invited children from In Heavens Eyes Children Home from Nyandarua county. We had also invited Fr. Patrick from the Nyahururu Cathedral Parish to celebrate the mass. The objective of the mass was to thank God for His unfailing providence in our everyday life. Children from the Drop-in Centre, Rehabilitation Centre and St. Rose, our associates L’Arche Kenya and Talitha Kum children home also had a reason to say thank you to God for they have always had their daily bread.

We appreciated the fact that we have never lacked food, clothes and all our daily needs have always been taken care of, we recounted the generosity we have experienced from the communities around us and beyond. We extended our gratitude by sharing some Easter gifts with the children from “In Heavens Eyes”. Every child from our different centres contributed in a small way to the gifts and learnt the importance of taking care of each other and the needy in society.

gathering1 Fr. Patrick challenged the service providers to focus more on the service and human life than on personal gains that can be accrued. He further had a beautiful message to the children, he said: “Where you are today should not limit your life, God has better plans for each one of you”.After the mass, the children had an interactive moment and enjoyed dancing together.

Details: Created: 21 May 2019

What we do

Empower parents socially and economically

parents

These are parents and guardians of vulnerable children in the community. They are plagued by a myriad of vices which trap them into poverty and therefore are not able to provide for their children. The project works with these parents as a proactive strategy of solving the problem of street connected children. Parents are encouraged to join support groups for social support, counseling, empowerment on parenting skills and economic empowerment. Groups are expected to grow their savings by loaning each other for economic development.

Jaza Kikapu - Fill the Basket

jaza kikapu

In 2020, we launched Jaza Kikapu (fill a basket) concept to mobilise resources to support poor women headed households. Jaza Kikapu goal is to enhance and promote the unique role played by women on the family, community and societal level by empowering them and creating an enabling environment for their full participation in the development agenda. Women play an indispensable role in community development as weavers of the social fabric and caregivers. It is broadly designed to uplift poor households through the potential of women and hereby enable them to fully participate in the development of the communities.

Advocacate for Child Protection

advocacy

The programme works with different stakeholders involved in child protection matters to advocate for child protection and resolve issues of violated children in a timely and child-inclusive manner in line with their best interests. The programme undertakes the following activities;

Educating the public through radio shows and awareness creation on matters of children
Collaborating with the government agencies and civil societies on activities that enhance the promotion of child rights
Working with local and national networks in the field of child protection.
Empowerment of direct beneficiaries by providing information on the existing initiatives by government and organization that provides for their rights.

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.

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