Lecden Kenya Children's Home
"Supporting mothers means supporting the children born to them also".... This is a common wisdom at LECDEN-KENYA, first promoted in 2007, when during a group therapy counseling session, a lady stood up and asked the Directors the saddest question ever to be discussed at a group therapy session -"what happens to our children when we can no longer get the benefits of treatment, as is the obvious with HIV infection? LECDEN-KENYA recognizes the need to continually engage with the youth in and out of schools to strengthen their understanding of HIV & AIDS and to foster positive behaviour change. To this extent, LECDEN conducts several sensitizations in selected primary schools since the year 2005, and formed more 5 AIDS clubs in primary schools in Nairobi, Makueni, Siaya and Homabay . Our community educators also continue with supportive interactions with AIDS clubs that were formed earlier in Nairobi.
Besides the AIDS clubs, LECDEN-KENYA was able to train 5 orphans in skills of tailoring and on how to support behaviour change communication in schools. These interventions have been able to promote a culture of discussing HIV/ADS in schools and demystified HIV infection. Through the AIDS clubs, a great transformation in thinking, perception and understanding of the pupils, their teachers and their parents has occurred.
There is a new realization that HIV & AIDS is a life-subject that pupils must learn and must be supported to learn. In Nairobi and Homa Bay for instance, many parents have shown interest in their children joining the AIDS clubs.
Vocational trainings for older orphans
Historically, support for orphans and other vulnerable children has tended to focus more on the age brackets of 0-10 years. It happens then that OVCs over 14years have often been ignored with very sad consequences.
This is the program gap that LECDEN-KENYA strives to fill with the program on Vocational and life skills trainings for older OVC over the age of 14 years. We are therefore grateful to our partners for availing the financial support that has seen quite a number of older orphans and vulnerable children go to vocational training institutions (both formal and informal institutions).
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Steve
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