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World International day of peace at Rumuruti town

Illuminating the Path to Peace

As the world celebrated the International Day of Peace on September 21, 2023, the significance of this year's theme, "Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the Global Goals," resonates more profoundly than ever before. This annual observance, established by the United Nations, calls upon individuals, communities, and nations to unite in their pursuit of a more peaceful and equitable world.

In alignment with this theme, we bring you a poignant story that exemplifies the power of actions for peace and their transformative potential. Mercy's courage embodies the very essence of the International Day of Peace, highlighting the resilience, bravery, and hope that lie at the heart of every effort to achieve the global goals for peace and justice. This story transports us to a community marked by conflict and adversity, where a remarkable woman named Mercy defied all odds to champion the cause of peace. Her journey serves as a powerful reminder that our actions, no matter how small, can contribute to the grand ambition of a more peaceful and equitable world for all.

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COMMISSIONING OF COMMUNITY FACILITATORS

Saint Martin CSA, Community Programme for Peace and Reconciliation has for the last three years (20..) been engaged in a project called 'Awakening Silenced Voices,' funded by Smart Peace an organization based in ….. The overarching aim of this project was to foster transformed communities where women and girls could live free from all forms of violence, being empowered to assert their rights and pursue personal aspirations. This objective was pursued through strategies that aimed at reducing the prevalence of gender-based violence in specific areas of Baringo and Laikipia counties.

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Transforming Lives and Shaping a Compassionate World on World Humanitarian Day

The World Humanitarian Day is a time for reflection and solidarity.  As an organization our journey is one of unwavering commitment to human values.  As the world confronted pandemics like Covid-19 and grappled with unyielding drought, we stood strong, extending emergency response initiatives that reached far beyond immediate relief.  Echoing the origins of World Humanitarian Day -a day born from tragedy, our response mirrors a dedication to addressing human suffering and reinstating dignity in adversity. Our commitment radiates through diverse projects of mental Health, children rights and peace building initiatives, our actions embody the spirit of World Humanitarian Day.

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Intensive Outpatient Program

Prevalence of substance abuse remains high at 18% in Kenya despite the efforts of various stakeholders in addressing the problem in country. In Laikipia County, 17.3% of people are deemed to have substance use disorders according to a study commissioned by St. Martin CSA. An additional 11.6% are engaged in harmful or hazardous drinking behaviours. The most commonly abused drugs include alcohol, marijuana, khat/miraa among others. The situation is further compounded by the high rates of poverty and unemployment that makes it more difficult to institute effective interventions to those already affected. The low cost residential rehabilitation centres charges range from Kes.150,000/- to Kes. 180,000/-, for the three month rehabilitation program. Moreover, addiction has generally been considered to be an individual problem where others in including significant others and community member have very little to do with the interventions. As a result people affected by addiction are isolated and do not receive support from the people around them. Residential rehabilitation takes away the client from the usual environment where the client resides to an environment which is not real – when the person goes back to the community they face the same challenges that are likely to result in relapse.  St. Martin CSA has therefore borrowed some aspects from the intensive residential rehabilitation, customized it to fit the local situation addressing the unique challenges that are found in our areas of operation. The goal of the program is to provide effective treatment at affordable cost compared to the residential rehabilitation (for those who qualify).

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children procession in the sorrounding environments

CREATING A SAFE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN

CREATING A SAFE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN

Marked every June 16th, the Day of the African Child is celebrated to honor children who took part in the 1976 Soweto uprising to demand for their rights and highlight the current situation of the African Child. Children have the right to life, survival, protection, wellbeing and development, and as so, we must strive to promote and protect those rights. The theme of this year “The Rights of the Child in the Digital Environment” is well suited for the prevailing realities of the African Child.

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  1. Empowering social safeguards
  2. Safeguarding vulnerable adults training
  3. Empowering Sustainable Livelihood Champions
  4. Annual Report 2022
  5. The hidden dimension of vulnerability

What we do

Strenghten the capacity of Child Right Promoters 

child right promoters

 

These are volunteers who are drawn from the community and are empowered to act as community TOTs, and supported to implement activities in churches, schools, public meetings and other fora with the aim of sensitizing the community on child rights. These volunteers are headhunted from among church school teachers, duty bearers and primary school teachers. In addition to awareness creation, they mobilize resources from their communities to support vulnerable children and shed lights on abuses facing children. The programme is currently working with 130 volunteers in various parts of Nyahururu, and Nyandarua. 

Protect and Rescue children from Abusive situations 

rescue

 

The programme rescues children facing harm as a result of physical, sexual, child marriage, FGM and emotional abuse, as well as neglect and exploitation. Street connected children are also rescued. They are provided with proper care in our rescue centres.  

Upon rehabilitation, these children are reintegrated back into the community and provided with education support like school uniforms and fees where need be in order to settle them in schools. The programme also target vulnerable in Nyahururu sub-county who lack access to one or more basic needs and their rights are constantly abused. The programme support such children with schooling needs, resource mobilization from the community as well as advocating for their rights. 

Psychosocial support

psychosocial

 

People affected by drug abuse and mental illness struggle with various life challenges that puts pressure on the mental wellbeing. This is not limited only to those who are directly affected but also the significant others and other members of the family. The programme therefore adopted a household approach in offering counseling services including family therapy to ensure psychological wellness of the entire family. These services are offered under the auspices of the community counseling centre where the programme mobilizes counselors from the community who in turn offer free services to clients using St. Martin facilities.

Empower parents socially and economically 

parents

 

These are parents and guardians of vulnerable children in the community. They are plagued by a myriad of vices which trap them into poverty and therefore are not able to provide for their children. The project works with these parents as a proactive strategy of solving the problem of street connected children. Parents are encouraged to join support groups for social support, counseling, empowerment on parenting skills and economic empowerment. Groups are expected to grow their savings by loaning each other for economic development.

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