KCC Unveiled
Kenya Children Centres (KCC) has been supporting disadvantaged children in Kenya for over 20 years. Through our website, we inform visitors about the work that we do and thought that some additional information would help you understand the need for the work we support.
We invite you to join us on a journey through the complexities and contradictions of Kenya, through the challenges faced by the most impoverished of Kenyans, and through the services that we deliver, to see how your kind donations improve the lives, and prospects, of over 2,000 Kenyan babies and children.
Welcome to ‘KCC Unveiled’, a blog where each story is a call to action and an opportunity to share hope for the future.
KCCs Reproductive Health Programme
KCCs Reproductive Health Programme was set up to tackle the root causes of unwanted babies and their abandonment. Most young people in the poorer areas
Women’s Health in Kenya
Rape, misogyny, period shame. These are all factors that contribute to the hardship of women in Kenya.
In this blog we give some more detail about these issues and their impact on women, and discuss how reproductive health education is at the heart of their resolution.
Kujali Abandoned Baby Unit – A Day In The Life
In this blog, Rachel explains what life in the Kujali Abandoned Baby Unit is like – by explaining ‘a day in the life’ of the unit.
In summary, it is very similar to many mothers’ days – feed, change, play, sleep . . . repeat – but on a bigger scale!
Kujali Abandoned Baby Unit
Our last blog explained how abandoned babies are a major issue in Kenya. To help improve their life prospects Kenya Children Centres funded the creation, and continues to fund the day-to-day operations, of a dedicated Abandoned Baby Unit in the Kujali Children’s Centre, a Charitable Children’s Institute (CCI) near Thika.
This blog looks at how the Centre has improved the lives of the abandoned babies taken into its care.
Abandoned Babies
Unwanted pregnancy among young girls in Kenya is rife. According to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2014, a quarter of women have given birth by age 18 and almost half by age 20. More recent statistics show that 40% of girls between 15 and 19 in poor communities become pregnant, with many even younger, barely teenagers. That has led to an epidemic of unwanted babies.
Kujali Feeding Programmes
Nourishing Minds, Empowering Futures:
The Transformative Impact of KCC’s School Feeding Programme in Kenya
In Kenya, a considerable number of students face the formidable challenge of attending school on an empty stomach, making it difficult for them to concentrate on their studies. Read how KCC is helping.