Posts Tagged ‘poverty’
“I Escaped From Home”: Choosing Education Over Child Marriage
Mercy dreams of becoming a doctor. She wants to help people in her community and make life easier for her family. Today, sitting in her Form 3 classroom at Nginyang Girls Secondary School in Baringo, Kenya, that dream feels possible… but a few years ago, it didn’t. Mercy is the eldest of 7 children. After…
Read More11 new families join our Family Strengthening Project in Kenya
This year 41 families, with 209 children (39% girls) among them, are being directly supported through So They Can’s Family Strengthening Project. These families are facing extreme hardship in hard-to-reach villages in Baringo County, Kenya, where the prolonged drought has worsened their living conditions. Through tailored support over a 3-year period, Family Strengthening enables long-term,…
Read MorePatient numbers increase by 40% with So They Can’s support at rural dispensary in Kenya
Imagine walking 15km under a scorching sun, in desperate need of medical attention for your child, only to be turned away at the health facility due to a lack of medicines and supplies. For mothers, and community members, in Baringo Kenya it is a far too common reality. Health facilities are sparse and lack sufficient…
Read MoreCommunities trained on Child Protection and Safeguarding Desks
As an organisation that works with thousands of children and their families every year, So They Can actively upholds the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and adopts them into practice through a rights-based approach. Utilising the well-evidenced Child Rights Programming framework, developed by Save the Children, our approach encompasses:…
Read MoreCommunity health workers: Frontline agents of change in underserved communities
Prevention is better than cure, and in marginalised communities it is Community Health Workers (CHWs) that can play a vital role in reducing the prevalence of preventable diseases. In rural Baringo County where there is little to no basic primary health care, the distance to medical treatment, and the cost of transport and subsequent service…
Read MorePrioritising Child Protection in Tanzania
We all have a role to play in protecting children and safeguarding their rights — and, together, families, schools, communities, NGOs and Governments can be a driving force. To respect, protect, advocate and advance the rights of all children, especially the most vulnerable, is at the core of everything we do at So They Can.…
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