Thriving communities where children, youths and their families have their basic needs met sustainably and are protected from all forms of harm and abuse.
To support and empower the Deprived, Excluded, and Vulnerable children, their families and their communities, collaboratively and in partnership with like-minded stakeholders so that children grow up holistically being healthy, educated, skilled and safe.
Promotion of children survival, growth and well-being by empowering their families and communities. Utilization of the available resources efficiently and effectively to assist those living in difficult circumstances in a holistic manner.
To develop thriving communities where children, youths and their families have their basic needs met sustainably and are protected from all forms of harm and abuse.
Under this area the project support vulnerable community members access quality health care in the health facilities while supporting the caregivers to be able to provide their children access nutritious meals to enable curb malnutritional levels. Under this thematic area the project conducts activities such as growth monitoring of the ECD children, support growing of nutritious crops in the kitchen gardens, health outreaches and access to universal health care under national government agenda four
EDCA works with vulnerable households with an objective of enabling them become economically resilient towards perennial droughts such activities include supporting communities with agricultural assets that are drought resistant, modern day farming and supporting them with drought resistant crops in addition to enabling them do irrigation farming as opposed over reliance on rain fed agriculture.
The project strives to support communities to have safe and clean environment and hygienic facilities, this support includes supporting the communities with clean water sources (drilling boreholes and pipeline extension and repairs) and safe sanitation facilities (Latrines and handwashing kits).
Under this thematic area the project identifies the informal community mechanisms that exists to protect children from all forms of harm and abuse and work towards improving or strengthening them, so that all children in the community are protected from all forms of abuse sustainably while linking such mechanisms to the formal government systems.
EDCA has a governance structure that’s headed by a board chairperson, where all the board members are from the local community and are duly recognized by the NGO board of Kenya. The board is elected by the local community with a non-renewable term of 3years. The day to day business of the organization is tasked to the management under the leadership of Programs
Read MoreDevelop solutions to problems through a bottom-up approach for prioritization, relevancy and sustainability
the project proposes to do a community needs assessment where local community members are mapped, mobilized and engaged through community participation forums .
and engages the community members throughout the project implementation so as to align the proposed activities to the set roadmap and strategic plans
Creation of sustainable programming around the existing Community Based Mechanisms
Chilfund country director inspect samli diary collection center.
Chilfund country director inspecting various edca water projects.
Childfund country director inspecting one of the issued heifer that caved.
Chilfund country director commissioning kwakaleli ecd center.