Safe Space/House for Survivors of GBV, FGM, Child Marriages, Samburu Beading

  • A Advocacy Campaign/Project

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Key Information

The One More Day for Children Girls` Safe House in Laikipia North- Doldol is a flag ship project for the survivors of sexual and gender based violence especially beading, child marriages, FGM, and other sexual violence. OMDC goes out of its way to arrest this situation putting in mind that this is a violation of children’s rights. These girls are denied education, are exposed to health problems emanating from physical, sexual and emotional abuse, are separated from their families, and struggle to develop socialization skills. These girls are dehumanized and denied their personal freedoms.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Activity URL

http://www.onemoredayforchildren.org

Government Affiliation

Unknown

Years

2011 - 2030

Partner(s)

1.Government Department of Children`s Services, National council for population and development, Mpala Foundation and Research Centre, National Gender and Equality Commission, Anti-FGM Board, KNCHR, GBV Network, National Shelters and Safe Houses Association Kenya

Ministry Affiliation

N/A

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Adapted

Geographic Scope

Sub-national

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment

Other

  • Early childhood development

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training

Quality

  • School-related gender-based violence
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy
  • STEM

Cross-cutting areas

  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Community sensitization
  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Female genital mutilation/cutting
  • Gender equality
  • HIV and STIs
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Mentorship
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Other cultural practices
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Community leaders, Girls (both in school and out of school), Mothers, Other caregivers, Other community members - male, Other family members, Parent-teacher associations/school management committees, Religious leaders, School administrators, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Pre-school
  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational
  • Tertiary

Other populations reached

  • Fathers
  • Spouses/partners
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)
  • Indigenous
  • Nomadic groups
  • Orphans and vulnerable children
  • People living with HIV/AIDS

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools
  • Expanding boarding opportunities

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
  • Parent Teacher Associations (PTA)
  • School management committees
  • Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula
  • Remedial education/skills

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of libraries
  • Construction/improvement of schools

Food/nutrition

  • Deworming
  • Food for peace/relief
  • Other nutritional supplementation

Health and childcare services

  • Adolescent-friendly health services
  • HIV prevention
  • Providing childcare for young mothers
  • Referrals to health services
  • Sexual and reproductive health services (including family planning)

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Increased availability of Writing materials
  • Textbooks (unspecified)

Learning while working

  • Apprenticeship/internship
  • Vocational training

Life skills education

  • Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)
  • Gender, rights and power
  • Negotiation skills
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Menstrual hygiene management

  • Educating girls about menstruation
  • Raising awareness about menstruation (beyond just girls)
  • Sanitary product distribution

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Adult (non-teacher) mentors
  • Peer mentors

Other

  • Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education)
  • Other activities to address/end violence (not captured above)
  • Other activities to end FGM (not captured above)

Policy/legal environment

  • Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
  • Public-private partnerships
  • Raising awareness about existing laws/policies

Reducing economic barriers

  • Scholarships/stipends for school fees
  • Uniforms

School-related gender-based violence

  • Anti-violence policies and codes of conduct
  • Safe channels/mechanisms for reporting violence
  • Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)
  • Violence prevention curriculum/activities for students

Social/gender norms change

  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Media campaigns
  • Work with community leaders
  • Work with religious leaders

Teaching

  • Diagnostic feedback

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Literacy - outside the classroom
  • Numeracy - in the classroom
  • STEM - in the classroom
  • Tutoring - general

Water and sanitation

  • Improved water access

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action
  • Empowerment training
  • Leadership training
  • Self-help groups (financial, including savings and credit groups)

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Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved critical thinking
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased secondary school enrolment
  • Reduced absenteeism

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Improved mental health
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Reduced child marriage
  • Reduced poverty/increase household well-being
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
  • Reduced STI/HIV/AIDS
  • Reduced violence against children in the home

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Hellen Gathogo
One More Day for Children Foundation
onemoreday4kids@gmail.com