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Effective and sustainable reintegration requires a solid conceptual framework and an appropriate and standardized case management approach. Kenya was lacking a comprehensive, participatory, and standardized package that included guidance, standard operating procedures, tools and training on what and how to conduct case management to ensure the wellbeing and eventual family placement of children without parental care. This gap often resulted in programming practice of varying quality and inadequate resources committed to reintegration of children into families.
To ensure a significant…
Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC) Kenya is working with four local non-governmental and faith-based organizations in the western part of Kenya and on the coast to strengthen family based care for children with an aim to prevent child-family separation and increase family-based alternatives for those that are separated.
The support received by families is largely provided by community-level workforce including skilled and trusted volunteers who work directly with families to understand the challenges that they face and the…
Global evidence shows that family strengthening programs increase parent and caregiver knowledge, self-confidence, and competencies around parenting, resulting in improvements for children and families. CTWWC Kenya is supporting families who are at risk of separation and those who have been reunited with their children, by helping parents or primary caregivers access a package of family strengthening support, directly and through referral to existing sources of support.
Positive parenting programs are an important part of this package and are provided together with training in household…
The transition of a residential care service involves significant change at all levels of an organization and affects many different stakeholders, including the children, their families, the staff, and the board and management of the organization. As with any significant change, transition can result in a range of emotional reactions amongst those most impacted, such as fear, uncertainty, and worry. Unless these emotions are acknowledged and addressed, it is common for stakeholders to resist change, regardless of its overall merits.
In this video, Anne Kinuthia, shares how social work…
This video summary accompanies the Readjusting to Parenthood: Peer Support Groups for Grandparents Assuming Care for Orphaned Children (Upendo Village, Kenya) practitioner learning video which is part of the Kenya Practitioner…
When parents pass away, grandparents often assume the role of caregivers. Being thrust back into parenthood during a time of immense grief, and with a two-generation gap to bridge, introduces a range of challenges grandparents must overcome.
This video look at the learning of practitioners from Upendo Village in Kenya in supporting grandparents caring for grandchildren after their own children have passed away from HIV/AIDs.
Sister Florence and Bridget share some of the most common challenges these grandparents face and why peer support is so crucial to enabling grandparents…
Parenting and caregiving programmes offer a promising pathway to improve gender inequality and prevent both intimate partner violence (IPV) and violence against children (VAC) in the home. In this webinar, UNICEF’s Lauren Rumble and Alessandra Guedes describe how violence in childhood is gendered, introduce the links between violence against women and children, and share effective gender-transformative strategies. Then, the Prevention Collaborative’s Lina Digolo highlights key findings and recommendations from parenting programmes. Discussants Clara Alemann and Thandi van Heyningen explain…
Giving birth to a pre-term or low birth weight baby, or a child with a congenital condition, can be a challenging and traumatizing experience, particularly for women from marginalised or low socio-economic backgrounds. It can increase the challenges of caring for a newborn baby, erode a new mother’s confidence and, as such, affect attachment. It can also result in stigma, shame and rejection from extended family, and therefore increase the risk of child abandonment.
In this video, Grace Mwangi discusses the specific support needs of mothers of pre-term babies or those with a…
Abandonment of infants often takes place due to a range of stressors affecting vulnerable mothers, which collectively erode their confidence, result in feelings of isolation and make caring for a newborn overwhelming. Early detection and support that is strengths-based and focuses on social and emotional development, provided in supportive peer communities, is key to empowering women, building their confidence and subsequently reducing the rates of infant abandonment.
In this video, Grace Mwangi takes a critical look at the social work approach, and the impact different approaches can have…
Comprised of videos and accompanying discussion guides, this video series features the learning from practitioners working across a range of care-related programs and practices in Kenya.
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