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Caritas Nairobi Agriculture programme: Commercial Rabbit Keeping

Year 2014 in review Living beyond limits: Caritas Relief Programme

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FOREWORD

Caritas Nairobi Director Caritas Nairobi is the Aid and Development De¬partment of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi. It is mandated by the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi to co-ordinate and to implement aid and socioeconomic development programmes within the Archdiocese.

In line with the Caritas Internationalis Family which emphasizes “Christian love and charity”,Caritas Nairobi coordinates and provides Relief, social and development services to the beneficiaries, without regard to race, gender, age, social background or religious affiliation.

Caritas Nairobi’s actions are delivered through our five programmes namely; Microfinance, Agriculture and Environment, Gender and Youth Development, Relief (Refugees and HIV/AIDS Support, People with Disability Projects, OVC Support, Rescue Homes, and Peace Building) and Capacity Building Programme. Our mentorship Programme, which is starting, aims to create an assurance to the young people that someone, Caritas Nairobi, cares for them.These actions are guided by our new Vision:“A just, self-reliant and value based society”which continually helps us to set priorities by all our actors and focus to build a society that is cushioned and resilient in all spheres from modern day dynamisms in the long term, and in a sustainable manner.

On Overarching Strategy; Caritas Nairobi has a clear, coherent medium-term strategy that is both actionable and linked to the overall mission, vision, and overarching goals.Our strategy is universally known and consistently helps drive day-to-day behaviour at all levels of the organization. This strategy is clearly articulated in the five-year Caritas Nairobi Strategic Plan 2014-2018, aiming at working to fulfill the following goals: Goal I: To enhance self-reliance of 10,000 targeted households within the ADN by 2018 Goal II: To advance and sustain social justice to six vulnerable groups: Women, PWD, PLWHA, Youths, Refugees, and People Living in Informal Settlement within the ADN by 2018 Goal III: To strengthen Caritas Nairobi’s capacity towards sustainable, effective and efficient service delivery by 2018.

The objectives held under these strategic goal areas are expected to extend our outreach to at least 10,000 households in the Archdiocese of Nairobi with five years. The plan of Caritas Nairobi during this year (2015) is to ensure that more people and/or groups are ableto attain financial freedom by accessing the financial services offered by the Caritas Microfinance bank. As we plan to launch the MFB, we are hoping that many members can join in. We hope to support all people to access funds regardlessof their financial backgrounds. This is in line with the vision of Caritas Nairobi Self Help Programme.

As Caritas Nairobi, we also look forward to uplift more farmers attain self reliance through the Agriculture, water and Environment programme. Moreover, we also plan to establish strategic partnerships with other players so that we can maintain Caritas Nairobi as a stable institution where the needy in our society can look up to for inspiration or any other form of help.

I urge all people to help us support the needy in society. We appeal to people and institutions of likeminded ideas to join us in advancing social development within the Archdiocese of Nairobi. You can support Caritas Nairobi by joining their efforts and activities in your parishes, groups and societies.

Caritas is hope, it is love and it is solidarity, an unlimited loving-kindness towards all others, and these are values we hope will be holistically proliferated across the Archdiocese of Nairobi.

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Table of contents, foreword, credits Caritas MFB 2014 in review Caritas Dinner 2014 Self-help programme 2015 forecast

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Living beyond limits; Caritas PwD programme

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Caritas impacting farming in Kenya

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Commercial Rabbitry: Rabbit Republic

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Michael Kiburi, Kevin Omondi, Maryann Sambigi, Timothy Njeru, Solomon Irungu Contributing writers: Maryann Sambigi, Solomon Irungu, Jacinta Wanjiku, Stella Wanjiru Njuguna, Lynette Aguma Photography: Caritas Nairobi Communication Office

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Relief Programme

Caritas Nairobi, Karuri PwD beneficiaries

Living Beyond Limits Fredrick Gitau Kimani is one of the beneficiaries of the Caritas Nairobi Relief Programme. He suffered from diabetes that led to the amputation of his lower left limb in 2003.Since then he has not been able to support his life.

He got into contact with Caritas Nairobi and was supported to start up a small shop where he sells diverse merchandise.

He was initially living in a very financially constrained background, but since Caritas Nairobi supported him, he says that that changed his life from desperation to avery hopeful future.

“I thank Caritas for recognizing the needs in the society and establishing ways of helping us,” he says.

Fredrick has obtained an artificial leg and clutches that increased his mobility. He is now able to move from one area to another distributing some

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of the commodities he sells in his shop.

These include carrier and packaging plastic bags, pegs and insecticides.

The PwD programme in Caritas Nairobi has extended from Karuri to Mataara and Lang’ata parishes supporting over 50 people. Caritas Nairobi is able to support more beneficiaries with the support of various people who come in to support Caritas Nairobi’s programmes.

The Lang’ata area programme helps children with disabilities while the Karuri and Mataara programmes support the adults. They are offered trainings on business skills in topics including book record keeping, making business plans and savings and credit.

They also receive awareness trainings and legal advocacy. Most of these beneficiaries have been able to start up small market enterprises which include farming, charcoal burning,

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selling of second hand clothes and electrical installations.

Over 80,000 people within the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi live with disabilities. This is according to the 2008 Kenya National Survey for Persons with Disability. The survey points out the most common forms of disability in Kenya to be associated with chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, diabetes, malnutrition, HIV and AIDS, and injuries, such as those from road accidents.

Disabled people in Kenya, like in most developing countries are a marginalized population who face problems as a result of their disability.

Most have no access to education, health, employment or rehabilitation.

The majority experience hardships as a result of inbuilt social, cultural and economic prejudices, stigmatization and more often, abuse and violence.

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Caritas Dinner

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gripping Caritas Nairobi documentary (also available at the Caritas Nairobi office). It started with all visitors networking and creating both personal and business linkages with other people before the activities of the dinner could get underway.

Agriculture Water and Environment, Capacity Building and Legal Intervention, Gender and Youth development Relief which supports people living with special needs, peace building activities, people living with HIV/AIDS, children and refugees.

This day brought together partners who have journeyed with Caritas Nairobi through social development work and agencies that have given support and/ or are planning to do so in future. It also united various sponsors, clients, religious fathers and sisters, beneficiaries and other guests and friends of Caritas Nairobi.

The support of the Archdiocese of Nairobi fraternity and supportive institutions and friends of Caritas Nairobi went a long way to making the event a success. Other partners, who included members of Self Help groups and beneficiaries of the Agriculture, Gender and Youth Development, Capacity Building and Relief programmes were also in attendance.There were also many individuals who contributed and attended the event.

Caritas Nairobi programmes manager, Michael Kiburi, in his discourse thanking all who attended, said that Caritas is everywhere even in the villages. He urged everybody to support Caritas activities at the parish levels. “The best way to see the fruits of your labour is to

The dinner, which started at early evening, was marked by not only great attendance and active participation by all players, but powerful presentations, captivating speeches and emotion-

The funds raised during the dinner catered for the meals and planning logisitics while the remainder was used for the purposes of supporting Caritas Nairobi programmes comprising the

he Caritas Nairobi dinner which was last held in December of 2014 marked the commencement of annual dinners to celebrate charity and social development in the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi. The dinner was also intended to create awareness on social development work, bring together all stakeholders as well as fund-raise for the subsequent year’s projects.

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Rescue Dada Children Center children during the dinner

Pacis Insurance Co. Ltd, Square Delta, Caritas Nyeri, Arcdiocese of Nairobi, Waumini Insurance, NIC Bank ltd, Genesis Kenya Investment Management, Stanlib Kenya Ltd, Kenya Vision 2030, ICEA LION, Unaitas Sacco Society Ltd, Protel Studios, CMA Dev Program, Caritas Kenya, CIC insurance group, Equity Bank-OTC branch, Blue Edge, Riunga Raiji&Co., British American Asset Mars Ltd, Kigundu and Co., Youth Entrerprise Dev. Fund, Arcdiocese of Nairobi-Kenya, Chase Bank, Rescue Dada Centre and Muiyuro and Associates.

get involved with Caritas and to support it, he said. Caritas Nairobi director Sister Mary Mbaci also expressed her gratitude to all the institutions, social development agencies and individuals who embrace charity and who came in to attend and support the event.

The director corresponded that every responsibility and every commitment spelt out by the church is derived from charity which, according to the teachings of Jesus Christ, is the synthesis of the law. “I would like to urge all of us to come help Caritas realize its strategic plan that we are currently working under from 2014-2018. Without the

support of partners like you we may not realize our goals and objectives,� Sister Mary said.

Long serving and dedicated stakeholders of Caritas Nairobi were recognized with awards during the dinner in recognition for service to Caritas Nairobi/ Archdiocese of Nairobi. Mr. Ejidio Wahome, Mrs. Josephine Ngugi and the late Sr. Mary Teresa Waceke (posthumously) were among those awarded. Mr. J.P. Muranga was awarded the long service and dedication award, having served at Caritas Nairobi for 15 years.

Auxiliary Bishop David Kamau in his key note address congratulated those awarded and thanked all for making the day colorful. He encouraged everyone to support the social development of people, not only within the Archdiocese of Nairobi, but also expansively.

As we look forward to the next dinner on 27th November, 2015, it is good to ponder and reflect what we give back to the society and purpose to attend the forthcoming dinner to support social development work within the Archdiocese of Nairobi.

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Caritas Programmes Manager, Michael Kiburi during his speech

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Mr Muranga, Caritas Nairobi receiving an award Caritas Nairobi Managing Board and Officials from the ADN from Mr John, Vision 2030

Caritas Nairobi Director Sister Mary Mbaci and Christine Ngigi of Vision 2030

Guests from ICEA Lion

Caritas official registers guests from Ruiru SHP group (Ruiru Members Development Fund)

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Peace Building in Mathare Communication Office St. John and Paul Youth Group – Mathare are seated outside their canteen having a hearty conversation. They are seemingly discussing their new business that has been thriving and has now received a boost from the Catholic Relief Services, one of the partners of Caritas Nairobi. Behind the canteen is an ablution block with bathrooms and toilets for both men and women. This is one of the peace building projects of Caritas Nairobi and Missio, in the heart of Mathare Slum. On top of the block is a hall that is hired for different activities including music and drama festivals, meetings, conferences and trainings.

The St. John and Paul Youth Group – Mathare is a group of six ladies and nine men from St. John and Paul Catholic Church in Mathare. They are an eight month old group but their contact with Caritas Nairobi is less than that. They have been solely a group that has been helping the church in the mentorship of the Pontific Missionary Children (PMC) as well as singing in the choir. The youth, after a discussion with Caritas Nairobi, identified a few needs in Mathare, including the high levels of insecurity in Mathare, conflicts and ethnicity.There was also the major problem of the unclean environment characterized bynarrow littered roads and open sewers full of foul solid waste.

Caritas Nairobi trained this group on peace building, environmental conservation and entrepreneurship. The group was empowered with the construction of the toilets and bathrooms where residents can always use the washrooms. The project has also brought the youth in the area together,

benefiting not only the youth in the project, but also the church and the community around.The members of the group manage the washrooms while a caretaker they have employed manages the canteen. The canteen sells different commodities that include personal effects for use in the washrooms including soap, toothpaste and other sanitary effects. Members of the public are required to come with these needs when using the ablution block. John Mutie, the secretary of the group says that on a single day they receive five-ten people taking a shower in the mornings and evenings and more than double the number over the weekends. The number using the toilets can not be estimated.

“Since the inception of this project, there has been improved sanitation because there are no more flying toilets. We are also engaging other youth in transforming our environment from a filthy one to a very clean one as you can see,” he says.

The essence of this project is that it unites people of diverse backgrounds thus reducing conflicts and promoting peace in the community. Samuel Kioko, a member of the group says that they interact and have forums with other groups in Mathare to facilitate cohesion. “You will find other groups coming to borrow water from us when there is water shortage and we always give them because we will also approach them when we have a different need,” he says. The group recently benefited from a 1,000 liter water tank and a generator from CRS to promote their project.

They are encouraging other members to join them. “We are in the forefront in peace promotion, acting as role models and discouraging being idle because idle

Carwash by Kariobangi Peace Club

people are the ones breaching peace in Mathare, We promote our members and the community at large like last week we gave a contribution of KShs 10,000 to the church fundraising” Kioko adds.

In a meeting with Caritas Nairobi and CRS officials, there were five members present. They said that the group works in shifts to ensure that all the members are engaged. The group also uses its social hall to promote activities like drama and music and other social activities that engage as many people as possible to create oneness in Mathare. “We realized that even we cannot survive in a community that has no peace. We intend not to jubilate when a thief is killed but rather to change the person befire he/she becomes a thief, Robert, a member, says.

Grace, the programmes manager for CRS, encouraged the group to continue reaching out to others and encouraging them to be Christ-like. The group also applauded Lynnette Aguma, the Peace Building Officer for Caritas Nairobi for always being there for them. “I in turn encourage you to join our other activities like Ayep,” Lynnette said in response.

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COMMERCIAL RABBIT KEEPING

Impacting Farming in Kenya

By Caritas Nairobi Communication Team

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eter Ng’ang’a cannot build rabbit cages fast enough, nor keep up with the demand for his rabbits.

He talks with excitement as he refills the feeding bowls with pellets and hangs a bunch of hay in the mesh and locally gathered timber pole cages.

He lives in a small house built on his ¾ acre farm in Thigio Village, Kiambu County, 35 km from Nairobi.

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or viable livelihoods in the farms arelimited. In the past, Ng’ang’a has tried various activities on his farm, but without adequate skills and inputs to overcome the challenges of farming in the semi aridarea of Thigio that receives little or no rain for extended periods of time; these ventures have failed to provide any joy or adequate income for him and his family. “It is almost a trap,” he says referring to the many years he has spent working

Thigio farmers receiveing feeds from Caritas Nairobi officials

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on the land with little to show for it.

Rabbit rearinghas offered an escape from this trap.

These fluffy herbivores eat hayinstead of energy-intensive fish meal, grow quickly and thrive in clean,diseasefree conditions. Ng’ang’a started rearing rabbits six months ago with a starter stock of 10 does, a number that has since quadrupled and created employment and income from what

Thigio farmers during a capacity building programme

450,000

amount of money earned by Thigio Farmers

many may consider a hobby or child’s play.

He says that this is just the beginning.

At any onetime, Ng’ang’a has close to 100 rabbits, with over 50 sold every month to a local marketing company, Rabbit Republic. A single doe will have multiple litters every year averaging to six per doe, and those litters will reach breeding age within four to five months; that means a rabbit can produce about three kilos of meat on the same amount of feed and water it takes a cow to produce just half a kilo. Rabbit Republic will buy all his healthy rabbits at Ksh 400 per kilo of live weight, meaning that Ng’ang’ais assured of a steady income.“The beauty of this project is that am assured of the market and I can project my income,” he says.

Ng’ang’a and others in the community are part of a farming group of 70 supported by Caritas Nairobi, the social development agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi.

Caritas helps farmers develop productive capacity through skills training, providing essential inputs andaccess to microfinance and linkage to markets.The goal is to provide food security and financial stability to small scale farmers.

Timothy Njeru, the Agriculture Programme Coordinator at Caritas Nairobi says that their locally delivered projects are geared towards building the productive capacity of farmers, some of who depend almost entirely on farming or livestock keeping.

Low income farmers lack access to resources including skills, market information, and technology, so as to improve their agricultural productivity, profitability and sustainability.

There are many socio economic conditions that are necessary for the

...sold every month to a local marketing company, Rabbit Republic effective development in agriculture for small scale farmers. Caritas Nairobi aims to overcome these with a focus built around economic viability, environmental friendliness and social acceptability. Caritas is working with 957 farmers invarious projects including dairy farming, commercial rabbit production, poultry, dairy goat production, environmental protection

and fruit farming among others.

Caritas Nairobi also links farmers to sustainable markets through contract farming and provides legal back up to farmers.

Within the six months that Peter and the group have been together, they have successfully reared, delivered and received payments for rabbits worth Ksh 450,000.

Nancy Mwembu is also one of the farmers who have invested in this project. She attended a seminar with Caritas Nairobi on the keeping of rabbits, goats and cows. She made up her mind and started with 11 rabbits.

“I preferred this project because it seemed profitable with less work; this has bore fruits,” Nancy says. She has already sold 48 rabbits and is rearing 20 to maturity. She lost two does which were later replaced through the project micro insurance scheme.

She confirms that her first two sales covered her initial investment, the capital, and she will very soon be making profits.

“There are many benefits in working with a formal group,”Ng’ang’a adds.

We are able to grow together and learn from each other as a community, and every time we meet we are able to discuss and help each other through different issues.

Caritas Nairobi promotes a holistic development model that is as much about personal and spiritual development, as it is about self reliance and economic empowerment.

Development is a human vocation and everyone is called upon to develop and fulfill themselves.

Caritas Nairobi is set to start an improved indigenous chicken productionproject to assist the low income households by giving them chicks which they will rear, sell as mature chicken and repay the chicks they had been given.Caritas Nairobi continues engaging with like-minded partners to promote growthand sustainability at the community level.

Peter Ng’ang’a in his rabbit farm

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A case of Sumayaah Muhammad Abdisebur Sumayaah, 40 has lived in Kenya for three years. She neither understands Swahili nor English. Her husband was murdered in Somalia and she consequently escaped to Kenya with her three children. Upon her arrival in Kenya, she went through an interview with UNHCR. She was granted an opportunity to stay in Nairobi and take care of her children because all the refugee camps were filled up. She settled in the Eastleigh area of Nairobi, a region with more Somalis than any other part of the city. She was quite comfortable living there because she got people who understood her language.

Caritas Nairobi relief programme officers got to know about Sumayaah and visited her. She was happy to hear what Caritas Nairobi officers had to say about her situation. As such, she voluntarily told them her story and the challenges she had faced since her arrival in Kenya.

“When I came to Kenya through the borders I was received by friends and told to go to the refugee camp. Life in the camps was however very difficult. The camps were also accommodating people beyond

the recommended capacity. It is then that I heard people saying they were going to Nairobi to process their documents. I took my three children and followed them,” Sumayaah Muhammad narrates in a foreign language as an interpreter, Abdi decodes what she was saying to the Caritas Nairobi officials.

She recounts how her friends paid for her bus fare as they travelled to UNHCR offices from where they were referred to Shauri Moyo to register as refugees. “After Shauri Moyo, we went back to UNHCR. We were interviewed and booked for an appointment. A few months later we went back and were interviewed a second time after which we were given the mandate to live in the capital city of Kenya on condition that we would go back to the UNHCR offices after three years to renew our mandates,” Sumayaah further explains.

She went on to give details of how she settled in Eastleigh with her children and how through the help of friends she got somewhere to sleep. Caritas Nairobi officials assessed her situation and found that Sumayaah qualified to be assisted by

Supporting Refugees CARITAS NAIROBI REFUGEE PROGRAMME IN SUMMARY The refugee programme in Caritas Nairobi is aimed at improving refugee independence and self reliance. It expands its activities in three regions of Nairobi where refugee communities are concentrated: Riruta, Kasarani and Eastleigh.

This programme thrives with the help of your support and other stakeholders.

OBJECTIVE 1: To promote education and skills training for refugees at risk especially women and young mothers OBJECTIVE 2: To improve the livelihoods of refugees and the vulnerable local population through income generating initiatives and business support initiatives STATISTICS:

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the Caritas Nairobi Refugee Program. She was trained in Catering, taught business skills, financial literacy, gender equality, refugee and children rights, HIV/AIDS and peace building. After these trainings, she was loaned 12,000/= to start a small scale business.

Sumayaah Muhammad now has a food kiosk where she sells various types of food. She now lives happily in a small rented room with her three children. She now no longer depends on friends for survival.

This is one of the successful cases under the refugee service at Caritas Nairobi.

Caritas Nairobi plans to assist vulnerable families with an aim to reducing poverty through training, skills development, and providing micro project opportunities in order to increase their self-sustainability.

The programme’s main components are capacity building and income generating activities. These programmes assist refugees to combat poverty and dependency. Caritas Nairobi programmes allow refugees to actively engage with the local communities as a way of promoting integration while restoring their dignity.

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Youth: AYEP

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he AYEP program is a youth program at Caritas Nairobi targeting the Youth groups in the Archdiocese.

It is run in partnership with the Youth Enterprise Fund (YEDF) to empower the young.

This program focuses on four areas of intervention: Spiritual, social, economic and political (Advocacy) empowerment. Whereas in the first three areas Caritas Nairobi, with the help of other partners, Tangaza University College and the Archdiocese Youth Ministry office, is able to accord beneficiaries the necessary intervention, YEDF has a critical role of ensuring that the youth who need funding of their enterprises access these funds.

While launching this program last year, the intention was to pilot the program in a fraction of the ADN to see how viable it would be. So far, out of the 13 groups that have requested for the funds, 10 have successfully accessed it.

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One obvious challenge that the program continues to face is lack of initiative among the youth to reach out for the available opportunities.

The groups in the church also continue to operate in a very informal state even as we continue to appeal for them to be registered with the government.

This hinders them from accessing the funds because the government only recognizes registered groups.

We have also come into contact with youth who want to access the funds as individuals. YEDF however requires that some form of documentation of business enterprises are availed before the funds can be given.

Youth are encouraged to attend forums done by Caritas Nairobi where they are given information.

This information is important to the youth for them to understand the operations of this programme.

The program is also appealing to all

youth patrons/matrons to motivate the youth to seek information from the office and help these young people to access the trainings and other capacity building initiatives that they need in order to access credit and other empowerment to make a difference in their lives.

For more information: Visit Caritas Nairobi, Cardinal Otunga Plaza, 7th Floor or call: 0704-117700

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community dialogue forums with 45 members held 18 women and 26 youths from five groups benefited from trainings.

61 peace clubs leaders

trained on leadership skills and meetings with 34 patrons from 16 school clubs held

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youth members benefitted from a toilet and bathroom facility for income generation in Mathare.

18 women formed a group for peace building and a baby day care.

2 community policing

meetings with 30 people held.

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peace building discussion forum on ways of preventing child abuse held

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pupils engaged in weekly school peace sessions.

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people on different activities including business start-ups

Parish Ecumenical Consultative Committee (PECC) meetings held.

42 members from Mathare and Kariobangi reached

RELIEF PROGRAMME

19.9% the increase in the investment portfolio, rising to over 1.5 billion

90% groups audited i.e

SELF HELP PROGRAMME

153 of the total 170 groups

4.5% increase in active members

AGRICULTURE PROGRAMME

29% the increase in the

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women and youth peace groups formed. 1 joint Annual Peace Club Festivals with 1000 participants held.

110 farmers in Munyu and Mutunguru benefited with

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300 new number of rabbits benefitting farmers at Munyu Demonstration Farm from the initial 18. Tree nurseries and goats being introduced into the farm

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farmers in Kiriko funded with heifers

loan portfolio, representing a high of Kshs 2 Billion

CAPACITY BUILDING

7 the number of new groups registered

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meetings with 40 people living with disabilities convened. Trained on peace keeping and resource mobilization

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94 training sessions

with peace clubs in Kariobangi discussing the possible evictions because of the Outering Road construction

football peace match and boxing tournament held

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Constructed and renovated a training center at St Peter Clavers

9 follow up meetings held

LEGAL INTERVENTION

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cows and heifers at Limuru Demonstration Farm

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participation increase workshop Sessions for accountants giving them competence skills

10 training sessions with over 500 leaders held on group management

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strategic partnership initiated with the University of Nairobi, Law School for interventions with our beneficiaries

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