• Battling Climate Change in Kenya: Challenges, Stories, and Solutions

    Imagine waking up to cracked, sun-scorched earth one year and torrential floods the next. For many Kenyans, this isn’t a distant possibility – it’s the reality we face today. Climate change isn’t just an abstract global issue; it’s impacting lives right here in our villages, cities, and fields. But amidst these challenges, there’s hope—and action. […]

  • Youth Skills for Peace and Development

    On the 15th of July 2024, World Youth Skills Day was marked with the theme Youth Skills for Peace and Development. These skills for peace and development encompass various competencies that empower young people to contribute positively to society, thereby promoting peace and sustainable development. The key areas can include: Collectively, these areas contribute to […]

  • Vijana wa shule ya upili ya Friends Shamberere wa-Chagua Maisha

    Since ACLAD adapted the World Relief Choose Life curriculum for imparting life skills on adolescents in 2020, we have reached over 1200 girls and young women in western Kenya. Having tried and tested our Chagua Maisha  curriculum on girls and seen the positive impact it had on them, staff members revised the program so that […]

  • The Stepping Up! plane has taken off…

    After months of preparation and laying the groundwork, pre-identified participants who met the criteria we were looking for in this Stepping Up! project on Saturday 19th November 2022 officially started their sessions using the two adapted curricular. Stepping Stones is being used by youth aged 15-18 years and 19-24 years in separate peer groups for […]

  • Education today for a better tomorrow.

    Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. – Malcolm X Education is said to be the greatest equalizer and can be used as a key tool for eliminating discrimination and inequality in any country. Though it may seem like a drop in the ocean, as […]

  • 16 Days of Activism: Standing Against Gender-Based Violence

    The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international civil society led campaign that commences on 25 November – International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and ends on 10 December – Human Rights Day, highlighting that violence against women is the most persistent breach of human rights worldwide. It’s […]

CHILD SPONSORSHIP

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 12 million girls are married before the age of 18 each year. This at the cost of their education; health; opportunity and safety.   Our child sponsorship program focuses on enhancing community safety nets for vulnerable and marginalized children through participatory and innovative community processes.

Our model is centered on community resilience to ensure that children have access to affordable education, nutritious food, shelter, health, and savings. We partner with like-minded local and international organizations and community groups for sustained change. Through our partnership with Africa’s Kidz and Bio- Gives/Bio-Gro, we provide access to mentors, skills development, vocational training, livelihoods enhancement, and psychosocial support. By sponsoring a child through ACLAD, their households and community have hope for the future.

Child sponsorship ensures that girls and boys remain in school through the provision of school fees, scholastics materials, nutrition, psychosocial support, shelter, livelihood support, health, water and sanitation, vocational training, coaching, leadership and career mentoring. We currently have 14 children under full sponsorship. This number is expected to double by the end of 2020.

ACLAD enhances life skills and career trajectories through…

“Chagua Maisha” – Kiswahili for Choose Life

A tried and tested Curriculum that details lesson plans for interactive learning sessions. It uses an easy-to-follow format with helpful reminders and notes. The activities were designed to make learning fun, engaging and dynamic. To date, the program has reached over 2000 youth. The sessions include stories, short presentations and learning games and activities that develop life skills.