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 […]
ACLAD’s work in Kenya began with a child sponsorship program and grew to include food security (agriculture), community and family strengthening and livelihoods improvement. Our programs are transitioning to focus on long term family and community strengthening focused on sustainable agriculture, household economic empowerment and education.
KILIFI COUNTY
We partner with: Kilifi Watoto Center (KIWACE), a Community Based Organization (CBO) established in December 2012, that works with the children of Ganze to address issues that hinder their holistic development.
KAKAMEGA, BUSIA AND NORTH RIFT (Eldoret, West Pokot)
We partner with: Gynocare Women’s Hospital – Fistula Reintegration Program. The reintegration program helps obstetric fistula survivors heal and rebuild their lives after surgery through vocational training, business loans, emotional support and educational scholarships.
Anglican Development Services Western (ADS Western)
A Faith-based organization whose overall goal is to contribute to the realization of participatory sustainable development among rural communities in the Western Kenya Region to inspire productive lives and to promote a God-fearing society.
Community-Based Organizations (CBOs)
KAJIADO COUNTY
We partner with: A Faith Based Organization (FBO) that focuses on community capacity building through Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA).
For all our USA sponsors, you can give through our partner organization Africa’s Kidz and receive a tax receipt. Send cheques to:
Kim Aleman
Africa’s Kidz
Phone number: +1-509-840-2421
Email Kim Aleman
312 Maberry Loop, Lynden
WA 98264, USA
For direct donations to ACLAD, send an email message to:
Dr Nema C.M. Aluku
info@aclad-hq.org