Background
Information
The Wakedu
Community Development Centre is orphanage in the coast
province in Kenya. Wakedu cares for about 20 children. The
children were being housed on rented land. The rent was
continued too increase until it became too high. The
children had to be sent away to any relatives they had and
for those children who had no relatives were taken to live
with the local people. Currently there is no building for
the orphanage but Wakedu still exists as it looks after the
welfare of the children. Wakedu makes sure they go to
school and have food to eat. Wakedu goal is to buy its own
land to provide a home for the orphans. If this goal is
reached the children will have a home and enough land to
cultivate crops and be self sufficent to the extent that
they were before.
Costs
The
costs to run the Wakedu Community Development on a monthly
basis are as follows:
Administration (social workers, transport, stationary,
telephones, etc.) - $157.46
Rescue - $94.48
Rehabilitation (clothing, food, medication and home visits)
- $944.77
Missions
Statement
WCDC exists to cater
for street children, orphans in distress, working together
with the community, local authorities and the general
society at large to address social, spiritual,
psychological and developmental issues of these children.
Our
Goal
To
establish a caring environment where street and orphaned
children will have their basic needs met, acquire basic
education, life and vocational skills and finally get
integrated back to their communities.
Objectives
• Provide
basic human needs
• Provide formal, informal education and vocational
training
• Provide counseling
Activities at the
Moment
• Doing Street work to
talk to the children about their needs
• Providing human resources basic needs
• Placing children back to school and vocational training
centers
• Conducting follow-up on resettled children
• Case filing to cater for these children's legal rights
Intended Activities
•
To Invite street children to the centre
• To provide the with basic human needs
• To conduct periodic rehabilitation sessions that will see
them reintegrated back to the community
• To place them in schools and vocational centers
• To provide counseling and follow-up on the resettled
children
• To generate community involvement and participation
• To network with other organizations and relevant
government departments with similar interest
