Child Right Situation Analysis

The Child Rights Situation Analysis was looking at the nature and cause of child rights violations and the presence and ability of political, judiciary and social structures to meet them. The results show among others that there is a significant number of child abuse (physically, emotionally and sexually) and that the society and government structures are often not able to deal with them adequately.

In an effort to put this analysis to good use, CPCN organised three forums with different stakeholders in order to a) disseminate the results, b) to discuss the findings, and c) to get inspiration, guidance and support for developing a five-year action plan for CPCN. The invited stakeholders included 8 charitable children institutions, 52 members of the Court Users Committee drawn from the judiciary as well as from national and county government agencies and the civil society, and finally 42 Chiefs from the Nyahururu Sub-County.

Read the full report:

Child Right Situation Analysis Report 2019

Details: Created: 10 December 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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