World Vision Kenya

🎓 Congratulations to our Graduate Internship Program (GRIP) graduates who graduated today! After a year of hands-on experience and professional growth, they are now ready to take on the job market with confidence and a heart for servant leadership. We’re proud of you, #GRIPpers, for the impact you’ve made and excited for the bright futures ahead.🌟 Our senior leadership team, including Catherine Timbomei, Ag. Operations Director, Aimee Uwamahoro, Ag. Director, People and Culture, Elizabeth Owino, Senior Manager, People and Culture, and Samuel Githungo, Senior Manager, Legal and Governance, were proud to witness this important milestone. The Graduate Internship Program (GRIP) is an annual initiative designed to provide university undergraduates with real work experience and professional development. #GRIPGraduates #ServantLeadership #FutureLeaders #WorldVisionKenya #WVKat50

At World Vision Kenya, a birthday is more than just a celebration - it’s an opportunity to give back. Invite your friends to pledge on your birthday to support vulnerable children like Janet Ann and Faith Chelagat from Salgaa, who are both celebrating this month! Your pledge will provide these children with education, healthcare, and community support, helping them thrive. Join us in turning birthdays into moments of impact. Pledge today! 👉 Register: https://lnkd.in/dMvEJvQX See impact: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dCHZzPNp #PledgeYourBirthday #InukaAngaza #WVKAt50 #TransformingLives

Last week, we visited Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya 🇰🇪 to participate in the Global EverGreening Alliance #RestoreAfrica communications strategy workshop. We gathered valuable insights from lead farmers and key stakeholders in the program. Our commitment is to ensure community and stakeholder perspectives are fully integrated as we work to inspire, educate, activate, and celebrate local communities in the county. We thank the national and county government officials for their crucial support in implementing the program. Together, we believe in the power of #regreening! Self Help Africa is leading the implementation of the #RestoreAfrica Program in Elgeyo Marakwet, aiming to impact at least 67,914 families. World Vision Kenya is the lead implementing organisation for this program, which seeks to restore #ecosystems, enhance #livelihoods, improve #foodsecurity, and strengthen the resilience of smallholder farmers and pastoralists to #climatechange. Special thanks to World Vision Australia CIFOR-ICRAF Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International #TheGreenBeltMovement

Celebrating 20 Years of Transformation in Karemo! 💪🏽🥳 Yesterday, our World Vision Kenya Board Vice-Chair Grace Munjuri, MPRSK. and our Senior Leadership Team, led by Fredrick Kasiku , Director of Program Effectiveness, Catherine Timbomei, Ag. Operations Director and Samuel Githungo, Senior Manager, Legal and Governance, joined government representatives, partners, and community members to honor two decades of hope, resilience, and progress for Karemo Division, Siaya County! Since 2004, World Vision Kenya has walked alongside this community, overcoming challenges like HIV/AIDS, Poverty, and Climate Change. Through different projects, we reached over 108,000 people, with 28,764 children being at the heart of our work, achieving incredible milestones: ✅ An increase in the adoption of climate-smart farming from 7.2% in 2016 to 22.6% in 2020. ✅ Increased skilled birth attendance from 55.1% in 2011 to 83.1% in 2023. ✅ Child labor rates reduction from 12.6% in 2021 to just 1.1% in 2024. ✅ Access to clean water surged from 2.4% in 2020 to 60.4% in 2024 ­- a significant improvement in a basic human right. ✅ Health facility deliveries reached an impressive 90.3% in 2024 from 36.6% in 2004 As we look ahead, let us remember that the journey of transformation is ongoing and endeavor to continue bringing hope, healing, and a brighter future to the people of Karemo and Kenya at large! #KaremoAt20 #CommunityTransformation #WorldVisionKenya #WVKAt50

From Livestock Farming to Crop Farming! 🌾 Pastoralist communities in Dadaab, Garissa County, which have historically relied on livestock rearing for a living, are now diversifying into crop growing thanks to World Vision Kenya’s intervention in partnership with IOM - UN Migration Kenya. A total of 662 households in Alikune, Gubakibir, and Dolal villages in Dadaab, who lost their livestock to drought, benefited from World Vision's Livelihood diversification programme through increased climate-smart agriculture and green job opportunities for climate change-affected populations. The training, designed to strengthen inclusive climate change resilience and adaptive interventions for people living in fragile eco-systems focused on: ✅ Dryland preparation and modern farming technologies. ✅ Planting various crops such as maize, sorghum, okra, kales, melons, onions, cowpeas, and beans, and ✅ Exploring group dynamics, cooperatives, financial management, leadership, internal control systems, and market access. #ClimateChangeActionNow #ClimateSmartAgriculture #EmpoweringCommunities

738 people (140 households) in Gubakibir and Dolal villages in Dadaab, Garissa County, who lost all their livestock to climate change-driven drought, received 450 goats from World Vision Kenya in partnership with IOM - UN Migration Kenya. Each household received two female goats and one male goat to embark on the economic recovery expedition. This initiative aims to: ✅ Empower the affected and vulnerable households through sustainable solutions ✅ Mitigate the impacts of climate change in arid and semi-arid areas and; ✅ Strengthening the resilience of the most vulnerable communities we work with. Jared Ontobo | Kikonde Righa #ClimateChangeActionNow #EmpoweringCommunities #SustainableSolutions

Today, our Senior Leadership Team, including Disaster Management Director, Gershon Mwakazi and Programmes Effectiveness Director Fredrick Kasiku, alongside key leaders from World Vision Kenya, paid a collaboration courtesy call to Hon. Maria Cherono, State Department of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) Secretary in the Ministry of East African Community, Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), and Regional Development.   The discussion centered on partnering and working together with the Ministry to build resilience, work on integrated programming, and develop joint initiatives in Climate-Smart Agriculture, Education, and Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH). 🌾📚💧 Through this collaboration, we aim to strengthen communities in ASAL regions, ensuring they thrive despite the challenges posed by climate change and other adversities. At World Vision Kenya, we are committed to impactful, sustainable solutions that will uplift the most vulnerable. 💪🤝 #PartnershipsForChange #WorldVisionKenya #WVKAt50 #ASALs

On Wednesday, the World Vision Kenya team, led by our Board Directors Rev. Dida Golicha and Dr. Heglon Kitawi, together with senior government officials from the Isiolo County Government, including Governor's representative Mr. Idris Boru, joined #children and their families to celebrate the closeout of the Garbatula Area Programme (AP). 😃🎉 This marks the culmination of 15 years of our impactful work in the region. Since 2009, with the support of World Vision Canada we have implemented life-changing projects in Garbatula and Kinna wards. These initiatives focused on critical areas such as #Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (#WASH), #Education, #Nutrition, Child Learning and Household Resilience, Child Protection & Participation (CPP), and the Community Engagement and Sponsorship Program (CESP). Using an integrated approach, we’ve helped build a more resilient and empowered community. The goal of the Garbatula Area Programme has been to create a healthy, peaceful, and well-educated community that actively contributes to the sustained well-being of its children - 35,890 in total (17,850 boys and 18,040 girls) - and their families by 2024. As we close this chapter, we are grateful for the tremendous impact achieved and look forward to ensuring the sustainability of these efforts. 😃🧡 #GarbaTullaClosure #SustainableDevelopment #CommunityTransformation #ChildrenFirst

🎉 Celebrating a New Chapter for Girls in Tiaty! 📚🎉   We are proud to officially commission The Akoret Girls’ High School in Tiaty Sub-county, Baringo County, through our #KenyaBigDream program! In a vibrant, joy-filled event, we were joined by our amazing donors from World Vision USA, led by Margo Day, alongside children, parents, and leaders from both the national and county governments.    This modern school, the first of its kind in Tiaty, is a safe haven for girls at risk of FGM and child marriage. With top-notch facilities - spacious classrooms, twin laboratories, dormitories, and more - 98 learners have already started their Form One journey in a space built for their success and safety.    Governor Cheboi praised the construction and equipping of the school, while our Director for Program Effectiveness, Fredrick Kasiku, reaffirmed World Vision’s commitment to giving all children the opportunity to enjoy the fullness of life through quality education.    #EndChildMarriage #StopFGM #EmpoweringGirls #QualityEducation

Looking back on this amazing event this week where 78 incredible women graduated with life-changing skills through the USAID #TumikiaMtoto project! 😎 We are so proud of you all, and we continue celebrating you 🧡 #SkilledAndReady #YouthEmpowered #AchieveYourDREAMS