About the Project
The project provided uniforms and school supplies to help orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) attend school.
Location
Informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
Quick Project Stats
| Funding Date | July 2024 |
| Luena Investment | $1,000 |
| CBO Partner | Community Implementing Initiative |
| Village | Mathare, Huruma, Baba Ndogo and Korogocho |
| Country | Kenya |
| # of Children Impacted | 65 |
| Community Contribution | Provision of seats during distribution day, security, and snacks during the event |
Many Obstacles to Child Education in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements
In Kenya, most of the informal settlements are associated with poor people who live below a dollar a day. Most of them do casual labor to feed their family, and it’s not enough to take their children to better schools. Despite the Government of Kenya reducing the fee levies in primary and secondary schools, most them can not afford the fee and other school basic needs like uniforms, writing books, textbooks, pencils, pens, geometry sets, and other practical materials for their studies. With the rate of non-communicable diseases, HIV/AIDS, and cholera outbreaks because of poor sanitation in the slums, most of the children identified are orphans or vulnerable due to the death of one parent or a run-away parent. These children are either taken for child labor to help sell items at roadsides or others have run away from home and become street children.
Uniforms and School Supplies Improve Access to Education
The donation from Luena Foundation was used to buy 65 uniforms and scholastic materials (exercise books, pens, pencils, and geometry CBC set) for children in the OVC Program (Orphans & Vulnerable Children). These are school-aged children who either were not attending school or were attending school but without the neccesary requirements. The beneficiaries have been integrated to different schools within the community, and their caregivers, the majority of whom are grandparents, are now happy that the children can attend school like any other child. The stigma associated with being an OVC (orphans and vulnerable children) is reduced, and the children’s low self-esteem is now boosted by this effort.
Meet our Partner Community-Based Organization
Community Implementing Initiative (CII) is a community based organization which is registered with the Ministry of Social Gender Services as a CBO in 2006 and working in Mathare, Korogocho, Eastleigh and Babadogo. Our mandate is to improve the wellbeing of vulnerable communities through child protection, improved access to basic quality education, quality healthcare, and mitigate impact of HIV/AIDS among the marginalized communities and groups.
To learn more about our partner organization, click here.
