wvp kenya is a registered charity (1119300), cbo (bon/s.h./4266) and ngo (218/051/2009/0154)

Recent Events and News

• Two of WVP’s partners have opened shops to support OVCs (orphans and vulnerable children) in their communities

• WVP held two sports and health days for Kisumu’s street children

• WVP has begun to expand its work into the districts of Lugari, Siaya and Rarieda

WVP Donors Visit Bondo

At the end of March WVP

welcomed Mar Koetse

and Sigrid van der Laan

from Wereldkinderen and

in early June Imaya

Ephraim and Anna

Ashworth from the Chello

Foundation.

It was a great opportunity

to meet our donors, to

learn more about each

other, and to discuss

ways forward in the

future.

We were also able to

show our donors the

fantastic difference their

funding is making to the

children of Bondo.

From them and from us,

a big thank you for your

hard work and continued

support!

WVP Partners Open Shops to

Support OVCs

In collaboration with WVP, two community based organisations (CBOs) are successfully managing and running small businesses, the proceeds of which are being used to support their children. Migono Adult Group, the most recent addition to the Community Capital Cash Transfers project (CCCT), submitted a proposal to WVP in April to run and manage a posho mill. A posho mill is a highly valued service in Kenya, providing a place where people can bring their maize to be ground into maize flour. This maize flour is then used for a whole host of Kenyan dishes, such as ugali, a doughy cake made from maize flour and water and eaten in restaurants and homes across the country. Since opening the mill on June 15th, in their first month the group recorded a profit of Ksh4,710 and have already used this to buy soap, books and pens for their children. On July 26th, Agola Women’s Group opened a shop selling paraffin and cooking oil. Whilst it’s very early days, the group say they have been very busy since opening their doors for business. Both CBOs are offering services which previously had been unavailable in their communities, meaning it’s not only the children who are benefiting from the project. Adults and parents now have services and produce available to them in their local communities, saving them the many hours spent walking each week to and from town and attracting other small businesses to their areas.

ISSUE

Augus t 2009

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A large number of the 250,000-300,000 Kenyan street children are to be found in Kisumu. In April and July, WVP organised two jam-packed days of sports and health education for these children. The events brought many of the city’s passers-by to a standstill. Hundreds watched on from the sidelines, taking in the day’s festivities and enjoying the sporting action. But the real story of the day was the children involved. Eagerly responding to health talks by performing impromptu plays and skits, they took the same level of enthusiasm onto the pitch. Beginning early in the morning and finishing as the sun was setting, when children weren’t out playing on the pitch, they were taking part in other sporting activities off it, from volleyball to ultimate Frisbee! As well as the organisation of these events, WVP has been providing social support and care for Kisumu’s disadvantaged and marginalised children, and we look forward to continuing to do so in the future.

Sports and Health Days Held for Street Children in Kisumu

STAFF DEVELOPMENT

Two staff additions have

been made to WVP in the

last few months:

Jane Okoth has joined the

Bondo office as

Programmes Assistant.

Jane is a social worker

with many years

experience of working

with children in western

Kenya, having previously

worked at the Department

of Gender and Social

Development in Bondo.

Omar Makori has joined

as a Field Assistant to

support the opening of a

new WVP office in Lugari.

Omar has previous

experience of working in

the field of child health.

Other Project Updates

The 284 children enrolled on The Scholarship Programme are currently nearing the end of term two and are looking forward to a long break in August before they head back for their final term and end of year examinations. A sixth and final CBO has been selected for participation in WVP’s CCCT Project, with the group set to receive training and workshops in project management, child rights, and childcare and support strategies in early August. Phase Two of WVP’s Young Carers Programme has begun, with two groups of children having been identified in Agola community. These are children who have assumed adult roles in the household by providing care to sick parents or grandparents or by being the primary provider for their younger siblings, with many fulfilling both roles. The programme aims to provide these children with a psychosocial peer support network and the capacity to respond to and control some of their needs.

WVP in Kisumu

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“Many organisations make promises which they

don’t fulfil, but WVP Kenya has done wonders and we are very thankful for their support” – a

guardian to a WVP scholar from Niconet

Migono Adult Group’s Posho Mill

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It’s been a busy time for WVP over the last few months, as we’ve been taking advantage of our newfound NGO status to reach out to many more communities and districts. It’s an exciting time for WVP as we look to spread our work to new areas and become fully operational in four districts of Nyanza province; Bondo, Siaya, Rarieda and Lugari. Hellen and Omar have opened a new office in Lugari district and they have begun to search for CBOs caring for OVCs in the area to enter into partnership with. They will then work to help improve the capacity of these CBOs in responding to the needs of and providing care and support for their children. We have also found and are continuing to look for new communities to work with in Siaya and Rarieda districts, both of which border Bondo district. WVP is initially looking to introduce its sports and health programme to the districts, with the aim of expanding more of its programmes and work to the area in the future.

“I would like to

congratulate WVP

for the effort they

have made to take

our children to

school and reduce

the burden we had

before” – A village

elder from Mahaya

Lera

Bringing Sports and Health Education to Rural Communities

In May, WVP Kenya

rolled out a sports and

health education

programme in 14 rural

communities, providing

them each with footballs,

netballs and kits.

The programme saw

several sporting and

health events taking

place each weekend

throughout the

communities.

In line with WVP’s

commitment to fostering

bottom-up grassroots

development, community

coaches took the lead in

organising the

weekend’s activities, and

were at the forefront of

implementing the

programme.

The programme has

reached hundreds of

rural children,

encouraging them to live

well and play well.

WVP hopes its will

continue to reach

hundreds more as we

expand our work into

new communities.

Having previously worked from a small office space in Bondo, we’ve now moved into a far bigger office, complete with four rooms, storage space, running water and power. This will enable the WVP Bondo team to work together from one space, and offers the room that will be needed as we looks to expand our programmes and geographical coverage in the coming years.

www.wvpkenya.org.uk | po box 148 bondo town, kenya | 24 sumner street se1 9ja London uk

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our generous donors: The Chello Foundation Wereldkinderen The Community Development Fund, Kenya and our many individual supporters

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As part of its Social Protection programme, WVP has worked in partnership with Nyangoma community to build a home for a family forced to flee their lives in Nairobi following the post-election violence in 2007. When we came across Lydia and her family in 2008, they had been living in a community hall in Nyangoma for nearly a year, where Lydia was caring for her mother and father, both of whom were suffering from long-term illnesses. Following the post-election violence in 2007, the family had been forced to flee their home and their lives in Nairobi and return as internally displaced people to their homeland. With her parents too ill to work to raise money for school fees, Lydia was unable to continue in her education. Lydia has since joined our Scholarship Programme and is attending Nyamira District Secondary School. In June, along with Nyangoma community, we helped the family to build a home so that they could move out of the community hall and begin a new life for themselves. Community members came together and in next to no time at all, a home was built. Lydia and her family now live in greater peace, security and comfort in their new home in Nyangoma.

WVP Build a Home for an Internally Displaced Family

A Litt le Goes a Long Way

In May, WVP carried out a

monitoring and evaluation

study of its income-

generating activities.

These are given to

guardians of children on

the scholarship

programme who are in

need of financial support

to start a small business.

The study found many of

these businesses to have

been a huge success.

One such business had

enabled a guardian to buy

a goat for her son, pay

fees for another child to

attend school, and save

Ksh2,000 towards the

construction of a new

home.

Children at Nyawita Primary School

Bondo Of f i ce Recept ion Room ( f rom le f t to r ight , Jane, Cel lest ine and Amisi )

Work Begins in Lugari, Siaya & Rarieda A New Office for WVP Staff in Bondo