• 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 […]

  • Higher education in pursuit of a better, brighter tomorrow.

    Higher education plays a pivotal role in shaping individuals and societies for a better, brighter future. It equips individuals with the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking abilities necessary to thrive in a rapidly evolving global landscape. And yet, higher education more often than not feels like a far-fetched dream especially for the resource-poor in the […]

  • Let’s make breastfeeding and work, work!

    ‘World Breastfeeding Week’, a joint global campaign initiative by WHO and UNICEF is marked from August 1 to 7 (since 1992), to raise awareness and advocate among people regarding the benefits of breastfeeding. Breastmilk is the baby’s first vaccine which provides critical protection from disease and death. Statistics by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that […]

FOOD SECURITY

We strive to ensure that families in every community have access to sufficient and nutritious food always. We partner with Bio-Gro USA to enhance community resilience in food security through care and restoration of the environment thus enabling communities to experience greater food security, increase incomes, and maintain sustainable food production – as evidenced by food production through interventions that best fit all members of the community – young men, young women , elderly men, women and children – such as maximization of land use ; appropriate animal husbandry ; organic fertilizers and appropriate farming technologies for small scale farmers.

We partner with like minded Non Governmental Organisations (NGO’s), Fatih Based Organisations (FBOs), Community Based Organisations (CBOs), Community Groups, Health Facilities and individuals to realize sustainable socio- economic development. We partner with Gynocare Women’s Hospital Fistula Reintegration program to build the agricultural and livelihoods skills of fistula survivors. Through this partnership, we expect to reach over 100 women with conservation agricultural skills as well as farm inputs such as seeds and appropriate technologies that enhance soil and plant nutrition for better yields.  The projects are implemented through community empowerment, needs identification, problem- solving and informed participatory decision – making approaches. This enables the targeted community to think critically and find solutions to their own challenges. Through these partnership, we expect to enhance livelihoods of orphaned and vulnerable children.