Children's Village and Vocational Centre (CVVC), Kenya
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Project in Kenya will offer long-term hands-on skills training in development of sustainable livelihoods to vulnerable youths (probationers, orphans and street children).
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Year the initative began (yyyy)
2007
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Plot your innovation within the mosaic of solutions
Which of these barriers is the primary focus of your work?
Low self-value and stability leads to risky choices
Which of the principles is the primary focus of your work?
Award responsibility with support
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Name Your Project
Children's Village and Vocational Centre (CVVC), Kenya
Describe Your Idea
Project in Kenya will offer long-term hands-on skills training in development of sustainable livelihoods to vulnerable youths (probationers, orphans and street children).
Innovation
Describe your program or new idea in one sentence.
Project in Kenya will offer long-term hands-on skills training in development of sustainable livelihoods to vulnerable youths (probationers, orphans and street children).
What makes your initiative uniquely positioned to create change in your community?
Project deals with youths (15-24 years old) who have completed their probation (for their crimes) and with vulnerable youths who have low self-value and stability. They usually come from poor families and need to find jobs after rehabilitation or care at a probation hostel or NGO. With a background of accumulated effects of cultural and environmental barriers and a lack of opportunities, these youths will continue to face public rejections and isolations and will easily return to doing petty thefts for survival even if they have unskilled labourer's jobs. CVVC will offers them a reasonable standard of living and opportuntiy to create their own future until they can gain new social and technical skills that can overshadow their past behaviours and crimes. The community can then recognise the youths for their skills and as assets to the community, and not their past faults. The CVVC initative will also need to be self-reliant in food and fuel.
Describe how you organize and carry out your work?
CVVC's site is in a 365-acre location at Lower Kabete, 15 km west of Nairobi (see CVVC photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/jackyfoo) where there are 4 children's homes (managed by the Kenyan Ministry of Home Affairs, MoHA). The CVVC project idea was endorsed in Aug 2007 by MoHA and it is now awaiting final approval for access to land. A pilot phase of 2 years will be launched in 2008/09. Basic funding is already available for activities in 2008.
What is your plan to scale and expand your innovation into your community and beyond?
The project has a 10-yr program (2008-2017) and aims to play a key supportive role in MoHA's after care services as well as to respond to the needs of NGOs that care for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). Pilot study will produce the first batch of youths 10-20 youths. The mid-term phase (2010-2013) of 4 years will ensure needed infrastructure (business/conference centers, guest houses), staff and training programs will be established. The long term phase will develop excellence in management. CVVC should be able to train 50-100 youths per year including participants/volunteers from other countries and to serve as a model for other countries.
What other resources, institutional, or policy needs would be necessary to help sustain and scale up your idea?
Project is a cooperation with MoHA and OVC NGOs. The mid-term phase (4 years) will need a proposed budget of 1.5 million US$. CVVC is looking for sponsor(s). Globetree is now interacting with the Kenyan Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of the Children's Village. From 2010 it will be replaced by a CVVC executive committee and other working groups will also be needed.
Impact
Describe your impact in one sentence, commenting on both the individual and community levels.
The project respond to very urgent needs of OVC youths for skills training and to change community's attitude towards these disadvantaged youths.
What impact has your work achieved to date?
MoHA and managers of 3 rehabilitation schools/homes for children (8-16 years old) have welcomed the project and Forum Syd/SIDA (Sweden) is funding Year 1 of the pilot phase. Kenyan committee has 4 representatives from MoHA and the Office of the Vice-President of Kenya.
Number of individuals served
Still at the planning phase (in the future: 50-100 trainees per year, 200 youths who will help to run the CVVC (business/conference centre, training workshops and farm)
Community impact
It will offer a new hope for OV Youths from rehabilitation schools and OVC NGOs. CVVC will also provide probationers who are on after care programs to interact with other vulnerable youths.
Society at large
The goal is to produce socially adapted youth with skills training and who can contribute productively to the society.
What measure do you use to gauge your impact and why?
By the number of youths trained and who have gained employment which is a measure of success.
By monitoring/measuring yield/productivity from crops, livestock, products made.
By income/savings made through food/fuel production or use (renewables)
By the number of activities organized.
Through feedbacks from youths and organisers of training activities.
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Sustainability
How is your initiative currently being financed and how would you finance further expansion and/or replication?
Pilot phase (2008) funded by ForumSyd/SIDA (Sweden) with possible extension into 2009.
Sponsor(s) for 2010-2013 is needed (budget 1.5 million US$).
No plans for replication of CVVC in other cities in Kenya nor in other countries yet.
Provide information on your current finances and organization:
CVVC Project:
(a) Annual Budget
2007: 36,000 US$ ; 2008/March 2009 = 61,000 US$
(b) Annual Revenue/(c)Source of Revenue: none (yet)
(c) Number of Staff: one (1)
Globetree Sweden:
(a) Annual (total) Budget
2005 budget: 443,000 US$ ; 2006 budget: 964,000 US$
(b) Annual Revenue:
2005: 67,000 US$ ; 2006: 96,000 US$
(c) Source of Revenue: Membership and donations
(d) Number of Staff: 2006: 14 ; 2005: 6
Others (Network Volunteers/members): 2,500 persons
Who are your potential partners and allies?
Kenya:
Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA, Kenya)
Nairobi Children's Remand Home (DCS/MoHA)
Kabete Rehabilitation School (DCS/MoHA)
Getathuru Rehabilitation School (DCS/MoHA)
Children's Garden Group (Nairobi, OVC NGO)
Kenya National Association of Probation Officers (Nairobi, NGO)
WEMA Centre (Mombasa, OVC NGO)
Nakuru Girls Probation Hostel (Nakuru, PACS/MoHA)
Shanzu Probation Hostel (Mombasa, PACS/MoHA)
Kimumu Youth Correction Centre (Eldoret, PACS/MoHA)
Kimumu Probation Training Centre (Eldoret, PACS/MoHA)
Thika Rescue Centre (Thika, DCS/MoHA)
Partnerships will be developed with other NGOs to give them an opportunity to send promising youths for training.
Sweden:
MKFC Stockholms Folk High School, Sweden (www.mkfc.se on e-learning)
Who are your potential investors?
SIDA (Sweden)
Ministry of Home Affairs, Kenya
The Story
What is the origin of this innovation? Tell us your story.
Globetree (recipient of the Global 500 Honor Award) started projects in East Africa in 2000 and partner with an OVC NGO (Children's Garden Group) to help street children. Currently CGG operates an informal primary school for about 200 children and a home for 90 children with a budget of about 63,000 US$ per year. In 2006 some of the boys got into trouble with the law and on March 2007, a feasibility study was made on "Children on Probation and their Environment at Probation Centres in Kenya". In general living environment is very good when compared to living environments of children from poor families. The after care service (MoHA) however has a very urgent need for skills training for vulnerable youths and also for youths from OVC NGOs that currently only focus at children up to primary school age (16 years old). MoHA was very interested in the project and in Oct 2007 a second study was made to identify the site for the CVVC.
Please provide a personal bio. Note this may be used in Changemakers marketing material.
Educated as a botanist, agricultural microbiologist and trained with a broad working experience on waste utilisation, water, eco-sanitation, environment and integrated biosystems for rural development and agro-industry. Specialises in project development and full cycle management/implementation.
Fellow (since 1996), World Academy Of Arts and Science
Chairman (2004-2006), International Organization of Biotechnology and Bioengineering
General Secretary (2007-2008), International Organization of Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Member (Board of Directors) (since 2006), South East Asia Rural Development Fund
Vice-President (since 2005, inactive), African Foundation for Environmentally Sound Technologies for Farms and Cities
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