The purpose of the situational analysis is to provide a snapshot of Charitable Children’s Institutions (CCIs), other private childcare institutions and Statutory Children’s Institutions (SCIs) and the children living in them in Kilifi County, Kenya. The aim is to create a clearer understanding of the current situation of children in residential care in Kilifi, and to identify strengths and potential challenges that may impact care reform work within the county.
A toolkit containing procedural guidance and data collection tools for both quantitative and qualitative methodologies was developed by Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC) with support from the Department of Children’s Services (DCS). All SCIs, known CCIs and other known privately operated institutions were targeted for quantitative data collection, and qualitative data was collected from purposively sampled institutions and communities (including DCS county children’s coordinators and sub-county children’s officers (SCCO), institution managers/directors, social workers and house parents, parents and guardians, care leavers, Area Advisory Council (AAC) members, police, national government administration officers, chiefs, assistant county commissioners, deputy county commissioners and representatives from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) providing child protection services, etc.).
Read the Situational Analysis Summary Report for five counties here.
