Africa Exchange

Change for Children: Meets the needs of vulnerable children aged 4-6 years from select communities in each province of Kenya. This initiative is based from 10 Integrated Child Development Centers (ICDCs) offering supplemental nutrition, deworming and malaria prevention, clean water and education. Following graduation from primary school, a few children "scholars" are selected to continue their secondary education under full scholarship and one or two through to University.

Development Initiatives: We seek to build resilience in select local communities through leadership training, capacity building and education in various means of appropriate technology. Committee formation and responsibilities, savings groups and green technologies are all means to this end. We also support pilot income generation projects like bee keeping and kitchen gardens in an effort to diversify income steams and create opportunity. Our occasional disaster response initiatives are integrated into this program.

Keeping Earth: Seeking to do our part to conserve natual environments/biodiversity and decrease vulnerability associated with the effects of climate change, we engage in environmental education beginning with young children through to entire communities. Our primary efforts center around the establishment of tree nurseries and tree planting in our "Trees for Life" project as well as restoration of native grasses for grazing and thatch. We also support partner environmental education projects in sister organizations like the Maa Trust.