MY VOICE MATTERS PROJECT

The project is aimed at building the capacity of girls to enable them better understand about their bodies, change of perception on their stance as girls in term of Gender, their self worth have control of their bodies and able to speak up for themselves and enable them make effective decisions regarding their lives.

LIVELIHOOD TRAINING

With the current COVID-19 pandemic, more adolescent girls and young women have continued to suffer from sexual abuse in exchange for basic needs including pads contributing to poor reproductive health outcomes including teenage pregnancies and HIV infection.
The training is keen to foster girls and young women livelihood skills. 100 girls undergo livelihood training to equip them with baking skills, soap making skills and marketing skills to support them generate income for improved livelihood.

LIFE SKILLS TRAINING

Sexual reproductive health and life skills trainings help girls to understand about their bodies better. Life skills equip girls with vital information on making choices and decisions that affect them in life, and ultimately build up their resilience to life challenges that they go through.

MENTORSHIP

We see every challenge as an opportunity, and this initiative helps us ensure that our partners are better prepared to manage the unique situations they find themselves in. We are invested in an innovative approach that empowers our community and delivers the support they need, when they need it.

MY CHOICE PROJECT

Safe Community Youth Initiative fosters demand and increase access to comprehensive RH services & information that are gender responsive & meet human rights standards for quality of care and equity in access in the County. We support the provision of sexual reproductive health including Family planning, Cervical cancer screening, HTC, STI screening targeting girls and young women

INTEGRATED INREACH

Tackling the Issue

Adolescents girls of reproductive age taken through health talk on the different contraceptive methods, Menstrual health and hygiene management. They are also given an opportunity to ask questions in relation to the contraceptive methods. We also provide contraceptive services, cervical cancer screening, general ailment and HIV testing

COUNSELLING SERVICES

Making a Difference

This activity involves counselling young adults girls on various health issues and general life problems they are going through with. We mostly do invite them in our offices and also during field activities

COMMUNITY OUTREACHES

Tackling the Issue

UNMASK HER FUTURE PROJECT

COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING

Tackling the Issue

Through these meetings we seek stakeholders support in mapping youth & youth organization in Kilifi County, setting up criterion for enrolment of youth to be engaged in the project and partnership for easier identification of youth in real need and avoiding selection of trained youth.

Virtual Linkage Meeting

Making a Difference

We conduct a virtual linkage meetings for selected youth with AKF-EA within kilifi . The meetings always link them to AKF-EA for further engagement in training with the business development service partner.

FOLLOW UP AND SUPPORT

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The activities are aimed at reviewing the progress of selected youth businesses, continuously monitor and support them to access capital from micro-financial institutions and Access to Government & Procurement Opportunities. (MFIs: banks and other credit facilities providers, AGPO- Youth Enterprise Development Fund, Women Development Enterprise Fund, Mbegu Fund, Uwezo Fund, NG-AAF and NG-CDF)

PEER TO PEER VISITS

Tackling the Issue

The activities are aimed at monitoring peer to peer sessions to be conducted by the 80 trained youth. The 80 youth will engage in peer to peer sessions with their groups members to ensure that the information, skills and knowledge gained from the trainings with the business development service partner are cascaded.

IMARISHA JAMII PROJECT

The Imarisha Jamii Initiative is aimed at developing strategic interventions aimed at reducing the vulnerability of 600 families, enhancing their capacity to cope with the impact of COVID-19, and improving livelihood opportunities in Kilifi County. The goal of the project is to improve economic and social vulnerabilities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Kilifi County.

Evidence and Research

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To increase stock of knowledge on COVID-19, improve the social economic of families affected by the pandemic, we conduct a rapid needs assessment, and resource mapping to better understand the different needs, priorities of vulnerable families. Documentation of needs identified and stories of change are critical to inform the appropriate interventions to support these families for sustainable development.

Community awareness

Making a Difference

To increase and sustain knowledge of COVID-19 prevention, dissemination of accurate information on COVID-19 and minimised false hold, myths, misconception and beliefs, communities are sensitized through radio talks and twitter storms and distribution of
visibility and branding materials including T-shirts and Grafitti.

Media Engagement

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Media plays a very significant role in the dissemination of information. We meaningfully engage the media to disseminate messages on prevention and protection of members of vulnerable communities from COVID-19.

Support

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IGNITING BODA BODA GIVING TO SUPPORT GIRLS' EDUCATION

MAPPING OF BODABODA STATIONS

Tackling the Issue

Mapping Boda Boda Stations to be engaged in the project to promote giving among
boda boda operators

PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS

Making a Difference

We Work closely with Department of children services, Department of education, Department of gender ,Department of health ,ministry of interior and local businesses partners to support access to quality education for adolescent girls who dropped out of school.

BODABODA OUTREACHES

Tackling the Issue

To improve girls transition and retention rates in schools inKilifi County, we undertake participatory school approach involving Boda Boda Riders in fundraising for sanitary pads, clothing, pampers, food stuffs and school uniforms.