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Empowerment & Development

The aim is to empower the vulnerable persons in the community mainly: the women, under 5s, youth &OVC (orphans & vulnerable Children) through strategies that include:

(i) Women &Youth Economic activities in low income and rural areas. A tailoring and craft project has been initiated in Ngandu village in Dagoretti in Nairobi.

(ii) Girl child education and promotion of leadership among women and youth

(iii) Advocate for gender equality in the society through equitable sharing of community resources between women and men

HESED Africa is currently developing its Child Support Programme (CSP) to provide support to Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and enable them to access basic rights/needs, including but not limited to education and psychosocial support, and to help them build their future. Majority of the children are OVC due to the high HIV/AIDS prevalence. The strategies to adopt include:

(i) Linking the families to asset building projects started in the community.

(ii) Capacity building for the OVC by enrolling them into vocational centers and

(iii) Provisioning of sponsorship into colleges and universities in Kenya and abroad

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