This country page features an interactive, icon-based data dashboard providing a national-level overview of the status of children’s care and care reform efforts (a “Country Care Snapshot”), along with a list of resources and organizations in the country.
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Key Stakeholders
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Drivers of Institutionaliziation
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Key Data Sources
Add New DataPrevalence and number of children living in institutional care: global, regional, and country estimates
Social Protection and Disability in Kenya
Kenya Social Protection Sector Review
Country Care Review: Kenya
Child Developmental Disabilities, Caregivers’ Role in Kenya and Its Implications on Global Migration
Research findings on Alternative care system in Kenya for children without parental care
Charitable Children Institutions in Kenya: Factors Influencing Institutionalization of Children
Acknowledgements
Data for this country care snapshot was contributed by consultants with Maestral International.
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This report presents findings from the Kenya 2019 Violence Against Children Survey (VACS).
This research debrief includes the qualitative and quantitative findings from a study of parenting attitudes and practices in coastal Kenya that set out to cast new light on the First 1,000 Days, understanding this life-stage from the vantage point of families and communities. This study has been carried out with the sole purpose of bringing new insights on early childhood and childcare to the EC community, to help improve support for and services to 0–3 year olds.
The study was guided by three objectives to; examine the influence of financial resources in the implementation of Cash Transfer program for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, determine how management influences the implementation of Cash Transfer program for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, examine the influence of stakeholders in the implementation of Cash Transfer program for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Isiolo county.
The study's objective was to determine what successful caregivers of orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) in diverse countries do to sustain their positive mental health.
"Have you ever wondered what it feels like to grow without the love and care of a family? Away from the normal community, and what it feels like to grow up in a children’s home or an orphanage?" asks Stephen Ucembe in this piece for the Daily Nation.
This article from the Guardian shines a light on the poor conditions found in many children's home for children with disabilities in Kenya.
This film tells the untold stories of orphanages, a system that's harming the very children we believe it protects, and how you can choose to be part of the solution.
In this article from the Guardian, the author speaks with Michelle Oliel of Stahili Foundation and other advocates in Kenya working to combat the exploitation of children, particularly through the use of orphanages as “tourist attractions.”
يعلن تحالف حماية الطفل في العمل الإنساني مع الشبكة الدولية للتعليم في حالات الطوارئ (Alliance) عن اجتماع طاولة مستديرة مشترك في نيروبي, كينيا بتاريخ 15-16 تشرين الأول 2018 تحت عنوان "البرامج المتكاملة بين حماية الطفل و التعليم في الحالات الإنسانية". وسيعقبه الاجتماع السنوي للتحالف، والاجتماع الذي يعقد كل عامين لـ (INEE) .في الفترة من 17 - 19 تشرين الأول
La Alianza para la Protección de la Niñez y Adolescencia en la Acción Humanitaria (la Alianza) y la Red Internacional para la Educación en Situaciones de Emergencia (INEE) organizaran una mesa redonda conjunta en Nairobi, Kenya, los días del 15 y 16 de octubre de 2018, titulado: 'Programación integrada para protección infantil y educación en contextos humanitarios'. la mesa redonda será seguida por la reunión anual de la Alianza y la reunión bianual de la INEE, del 17 al 19 de octubre de 2018.