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KCC Slum Project Background, Programs and People
Our Background.
Mission.
To empower slum dwelling children by walking with them to the point where they are self-reliant.
Who We Are.
We are registered in Kenya as an international NGO under the name of Kitendo Children’s Charity (KCC) Slum Project. We are located in Naivasha Kenya, and launched the project in September 2009. Our people consist of a team of local Kenyans from Naivasha and an increasing network of international volunteers that come through International Volunteers HQ (IVHQ)
Registration.
Kitendo Children’s Charity (KCC) Slum Project is registered in Kenya as an international NGO (Non Government Organization) Certificate number OP.218/051/. Operating under Section 10 of the NGOs Co-ordination Act, 1990.
Our Story.
KCC Slum Project was launched in September 2009 by a group of five international volunteers through IVHQ who were placed in Naivasha, in partnership with a local partner from Nairobi, Fadhili Community.
The project was started in response to an evident need, that was made known to the group through some initial discussions and research within the KCC community.
Up until the time of commencing the project, the community had received minimal aid for development or relief, and so the identified needs of the community, particularly with the children, were the initial starting points to map out the project.
The core notion of the project has been that any impoverished community requires driven initiatives that deliver basic human rights. Development programs need to act as stepping stones for people out of poverty.
Through every challenge the project has grown progressively by creating a path towards the vision, in building sustainable solutions and fighting poverty at the grassroots level.
KCC Name & Logo.
Kitendo Childrens Charity (KCC) Slum Project
Kitendo in the Swahili langugae means: Action. This word sums up our work in its purest sense. From the beginning, we have strived to create progress with a sustained passion to do what we can with the recourse’s we have had at hand.
Our Focus.
We operate a variety of programs that support people living in the KCC slum. Our main curent focus is to provide support and education to the children of KCC to break the cycle of poverty in the community. As well as assisting children we are gradually reaching women and youth with specific empowerment initiatives.
Our Programs Include:
Early Childhood Development (ECD) School, Health Care and Feeding Program;
Women’s Empowerment and Jewelry Production;
MYAA: Youth Peer HIV-Life Skills and Primary Schools Education Programming;
Medical Camps and VCT/HIV testing and counselling.
Our Amazing People.
Each person involved in KCC volunteers their time, expertise and leadership to help develop the local community through the organization.
Catherine Mukami.
Catherine was born and raised in Kenya resides in Naivasha where she and her family host volunteers on placement from IVHQ. Her main areas of responsibility are: Women’s empowerment, HIV/AIDS programming, school management, community empowerment and organizational leadership.
Marcus Gregar-Rive.
Marcus is from New Zealand and co-founded the KCC Slum Project with Catherine in September 2009 . He has continued to volunteer on the ground in Kenya full time since this time. His main responsibilities are: school administration, medical camps, accounts, fund raising, communications, web, development, communications, administration and planning.
Chris King’ori.
Chris is married to Catheine where he helps hosts volunteers from IVHQ as well as volunteering full time for KCC. He His main areas of responsibility is: HIV education program that involves; Sanitation Days, Schools Program, Community HIV Resource Centre, as well as accounts, legal, local publicity and proposal writing.
KCC School Volunteers.
The project enlists teachers, security, builders and a cook that either volunteer their time and services or are employed on a set contract basis who live in the slum itself.
Our brilliant volunteer teaching team include: Sarah Gitau, Damaris Nugure, Eva Ngawira and our cook Beatrice Njoki keeps everyone well fed!
International Volunteers.
To assist in the daily running of the project, a continual stream of volunteers come through International Volunteers HQ (IVHQ) arriving from countries all over the world. Some of our recent volunteers have come from the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, Europe, Asia and NZ. Each person offers their services, time and resources by volunteering for a placement the lasts anywhere between two weeks to six months on the KCC Slum Project.
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