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The Catholic church has joined the list of stakeholders supporting the plan to phase out Charitable Children’s Institutions (CCIs) and transition children to a family-based and community care.
The outgoing chairperson of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) Archbishop Martin Kivuva said the Catholic church embraced the new law under the National Care Reform Strategy in Kenya after overwhelming scientific evidence showed that institutions are not good for children’s growth.
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Three years since *Celina decided to apply be a foster parent of *Stella, she recounted the journey she took to integrate her into her family in 2021.
It was a challenging period of adjustment as the then six-year-old struggled to fit into a family set-up after spending several years in a children’s home.
The journey of the 37-year-old foster parent and the child – both whose real names have been withheld to protect their identities – started at Hosanna Children’s Home where the former works as a social worker.
We became friends and she would run to me in the morning when I…
NAIROBI — At the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, when up to 12 million people were infected across sub-Saharan Africa, Nyumbani Children’s Home offered a refuge to Kenya’s dying children. Later, the institute, run by a Catholic charity, fought for the first batches of retroviral drugs for its sick toddlers.
Contributions poured in from American politicians, media personalities and celebrities. Former vice president Mike Pence praised the nun who ran it…
A Kenyan religious cult leader accused of inciting followers to starve to death is facing additional charges including terrorism and child trafficking.
Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who set up the Good News International Church in 2003, appeared in court in Malindi on Tuesday.
Nthenge is accused of inciting followers to starve to death “to meet Jesus”. A total of 109 people have so far been confirmed dead, most of them children.
The small courtroom in the seaside town on Malindi was packed with relatives of victims. Nthenge, dressed in a pink and black jacket and…
This podcast episode from the Faith to Action Initiative features an interview with Peter Kamau, Founding Partner of Child in Family Focus – Kenya, about his experience growing up in an orphanage. Peter provides insight about why many careleavers struggle after leaving care; the best services to offer careleavers; and resources to help those supporting careleavers.
The department of children services in Murang’a County has introduced an initiative aimed at encouraging family based care for children at charity institutions.
The initiative dubbed Care Reform Initiative involves the provision of various forms of support to encourage family-based care in the county through active community participation.
Speaking to KNA, the County Children’s Officer, Rhoda Mwikya, stated that since the beginning of this year, the department has integrated 50 children to foster families.
Children are increasingly involved in sand mining in East Africa. The illegal sand trade occurs in mostly remote areas, hidden from sight and out of reach of anti-child labour advocacy campaigns. That makes it hard to determine the exact number of youngsters involved.
Mined sand is widely used in the construction industry and, in the case of sand mined by children, usually in civil projects. In Uganda, underage boys dredge sand from Lake Victoria and from…
Girls as young as age 12 are being forced into child marriage at "alarming rates" in the Horn of Africa — a region facing its worst drought in 40 years — as families increasingly turn to…
The Kenyan government has revealed a 10-year plan to remove orphaned and vulnerable children from children's homes and orphanages, and transition them to family and community-based care.
Speaking during the launch of the National Care Reform Strategy for Children in Kenya, Youth and Gender Affairs Cabinet Secretary (CS), Professor Margaret Kobia, said the government will gradually de-institutionalise children in a three-pillar strategy.
“Family is recognised as a basic building block for any society and the natural environment for growth for children. The Constitution also…
Children living in care institutions such as orphanages, safe houses, and even street children, will now have the opportunity to be cared for by family units.
This is after the Kenya Ministry of Gender, Public Service and Special Programmes launched a National Care Reform strategy in partnership with Child Rights organizations.
The Care Reform will see that children are placed in homes with guardians, or foster parents, or reunited with their families after being separated from them.