Educated and Confident

  • P Project/Program

A Active

Key Information

ChildFund Kenya emphasizes child protection, children’s rights and school retention for girls, who are at risk of dropping out when they reach puberty. Aflatoun clubs (which focus on age-appropriate financial education) and other children’s groups give girls and boys the opportunity to learn leadership skills and raise issues that affect them, often speaking directly to adults. Also, in Emali, ChildFund collaborated with the local government and World Vision to hold a children’s forum about violence. Finally, to help girls stay in school, ChildFund and local partners provide them with sanitary pads, which are usually too expensive for girls living in poverty and often make them miss school. A local partner in North Rift also built a girls’ dormitory at a school to help address gender inequalities in education.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Government Affiliation

Unknown

Years

2021 - 2030

Partner(s)

Local governments and partners

Ministry Affiliation

N/A

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment

Other skills

  • Financial literacy
  • Rights/empowerment education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

6 - 14

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary

Other populations reached

  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Expanding boarding opportunities

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of schools

Menstrual hygiene management

  • Sanitary product distribution

Reducing economic barriers

  • Financial literacy training

School-related gender-based violence

  • Safe channels/mechanisms for reporting violence
  • Violence prevention curriculum/activities for students

Social/gender norms change

  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents

Women's empowerment programs

  • Leadership training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

Not applicable or unknown

Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

ChildFund International
QUESTIONS@CHILDFUND.ORG