• 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 […]

Enabling children, their families and communities to experience good nutrition, sanitation and healthcare

HEALTH

ACLAD works with sponsored households and communities to enhance access to clean water, sanitation and nutrition through awareness creation and educational programs about the importance of hygiene. We help caregivers to improve their own health as well as that of their family members  through family-based health promotion, education, and nutrition interventions. 

ACLAD emphasizes preventing major causes of disease by addressing:

  • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for sponsored households
  • Complications arising from early pregnancy such as fistula
  • Public awareness on the value of the girl child, and concurrently to strengthen her self-image, self-esteem and status
  • Income generating activities for the economic empowerment of fistula survivors;
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health