ABOUT HABITAT AID | habitataidinitiative

ABOUT US

HABITAT AID INITIATIVE is a registered NGO with Kenya NGOs Coordination Board to concentrate its charity and development activities in rural communities of Western Province, Kenya.

Our Vision and Commitment:

Is to alleviate poverty in Western Kenya and assist in developing sustainable communities by networking with government officials, community leaders and other NGO’s both local and international.

OBJECTIVES

Health Services:

To develop a low cost medical and health facility including clinic related facilities such as maternity wards, laboratories, prenatal and postnatal units, and outpatient care facilities.
To promote health education in environmental health improvement and sanitation.
To provide and make available information on HIV, AIDS, Malaria, Typhoid, Tuberculosis and related ailments to all members of the community, irrespective of their religion, background, origin, tribe, race, or nationality.
To build the capacity of rural communities in coordinating and managing preventive health services.

Education:

To highlight priorities and education of girls and women in rural farming communities.
To construct educational physical facilities in schools within rural communities such as dormitories, classrooms, and laboratories.
To provide computers and computer education to learning institutions.
To liase with the Ministry of Education and other providers of education to encourage agricultural training within schools.

Agriculture:

To promote self-sufficiency in the growing of food crops to achieve food security at the household level.
To support the use of tractors and other modern farming technologies for increased output.
To educate farmers on quality seeds, fertilizers and effective transport utilization and farm mechanization.
To help small-scale farmers become organized into cooperative societies for marketing their farm produce.

Water And Sanitation:

To initiate bore-hole well projects in areas with no or poor access to clean drinking water.
To initiate community water management committees for fair water distribution and utilization.
To introduce water treatment and purification projects as well as existing water pump repair.
To promote water utilization for small-scale irrigation for food production.
To promote healthy household practices related to water utilization.
To promote sustainability of clean water supplies through safe sanitation practices.

Gender Mainstreaming:

To promote gender mainstreaming by applying equality of men and women in development and empowering women in community development activities.
To encourage girl education and initiate programs and activities aimed at reducing premature school dropout, teenage pregnancies, early marriages, and child labor.
To fight all other gender imbalances – Advocate for women and children's rights.

Capacity Building:

Training the leadership to be visionary, open to change, and effective.
Training and equipping staff with the necessary and useful skills.
Training in cost effective and economizing project expenditures.
Training in bookkeeping, budget procedures, and project evaluation.

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