Scope of work

With a higher prevalence on these cases, Tezo was selected as the target area with a focus to 90 families and 5 primary schools namely Zowerani, Soyosoyo, Ngala, Tezo and Bahari.

Objectives

• To contribute to the elimination of child labour in Kilifi Central Location and lay foundations towards establishing a child labour free zone in the location.
• By the end of the project period, Families, Teachers, Children, key stakeholders and the general community within Kilifi Central Location will be well-empowered and sensitized on issues of children’s rights and responsibilities with emphasis on child labour and the capacity of both the DCLC and the LCLCs strengthened.

Our Approaches

• Prevention, Removal, Rehabilitation, Integration (PRRI)
• Community Awareness and Sensitization Approach (CASA)
• Child Participatory Approach (CPA)
• Income Generating Activities (IGA)

Achievements

• Formation and training of 5 local child labour committees; (77 committees were trained)
• Formation of 5 child rights/SMART clubs in 5 selected schools; (100 children were recruited)
• Training of 10 teachers in SCREAM (Support of Child Rights though Education, Arts and Media);
• Awareness creation at the community level;(an outreach was held, we also attend parents meetings/ closing ceremonies for schools, child labour billboards mounted within target areas, conducted air live talk shows, distributed IEC materials “pingaajirayawatoto” during trainings)
• Strengthen Child Labour networks, Partnerships and enhance their capacity;
• Identification, Removal, Rehabilitation and Integration of children engaged in child labour identified 30 girls for CSEC)
• Prevention of children at risk of dropping out of school and engaging into child labour; (identified 190 boys & 148 girls for removal, 206 boys & 121 girls for prevention, all supported with sch. Levies and uniform)
• Withdrawal, Removal, Reintegration and Protection of children mostly girls from worst form of child labour. WFCL; (identified 40 children for protection)
• Socio – economic support for 90 families; (trained on business skills)
• Staff sensitization and training on child labour monitoring and 10 volunteer peer educators trained on child labour issues and direct beneficiary monitoring and reporting DBMR.
• Trained 80 children on group skills training (43 girls & 37 boys)
• Use of media to highlight our plight:-
• An exclusive coverage from KTN’s Perspective with Mashirima Kapombe was done on our girls focusing on apprenticeship and vocational trainings.
• Bahari FM’s host of the morning show, George Biff Mkuzi, carried out an exclusive interview with Mr Paul Mwandikwa, the local ILO/IPEC Coordinator, on the World Day against Child Labour (WDACL)