Emali Dedicated Children’s Agency (EDCA) is a Non-Governmental Organization that works towards creating opportunities for the Deprived, Excluded and Vulnerable children (DEV) with emphasis on child survival, growth and development through supporting families and caregivers to meet their own needs. EDCA was registered as a CBO in 2002 before upgrading to an NGO in 2013, serving over 2500 households as of 30th June, 2024 in Nzaui sub-county in Makueni County and Mashuuru Sub- County in Kajiado County. 

EDCA’s core intent is to initiate, harness and support diversified community driven development projects that protect and empower children and enhance climate resilient livelihoods in collaboration with like-minded partners by implementing programs in six key thematic areas including Child Protection, Education, Food Security and Livelihoods, Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Health and Nutrition, and Climate Action to ensure safe and empowered children in a community with sustainable livelihoods

Currently, EDCA has ten-year roadmap 2016-2026, that strives to build a community where children and their families thrive and to do this, the project targets to implement projects that work with women and youth to build their resilience ensuring they are healthy, educated, skilled, safe and food secure.

Over the years, EDCA has been working in partnership with various organization to ensure that the needs of children and community members are sustainably met so that they can grow up educated, skilled, healthy and secure. Our partners include ChildFund Newzealand, ChildFund Kenya, Barnfonden, ForumCiv, County Government of Makueni and Kajiado, Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF), TechSoup Kenya, Lukenya University.