PROGRAM AREAS

AGRICULTURE

As part of the Habitat Aid Initiative's mission to address root causes of poverty, we work with families to improve agriculture and conservation.

Our initiatives help farmers increase crop quality through the use of new technologies; thereby, enables farmers to reclaim land that was once unusable thereby producing more food and family income. Families who have lost wage earners to HIV/AIDS, conflict, or migratory labor patterns work with Habitat Aid Initiative to develop new farming skills in order to build more stable and secure futures.

Habitat Aid Initiative works to improve the lives of those who serve through sustainable production, increased incomes, responsible use of resources, and community empowerment. Because most of the world's people living in developing countries live in rural areas, improving agriculture and protecting natural resources is fundamental to overcoming poverty.

HABITAT AID INITIVATE OBJECTIVES:

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.

EDUCATION

Education is at the heart of social economic development and has the power to reduce poverty, improve health and promote democracy. Educated people can make thoughtful and informed decisions which will positively affect their family, their community, and their future.

Our approach to education includes working with schools to identify and remove barriers to education, especially for girls. We mobilize local leaders to invest in education, assist educators in strengthening their capacity to support learning at the primary and secondary level, and partner with local organizations to strengthen their capacity to support education.

One in five adults in the developing world cannot read or write. This problem is especially pronounced for females. Women's illiteracy rates exceed 70 percent in more than 20 nations and over 80 million girls in the developing world do not attend school. Studies show that improvements in education for girls can lead to increased family income, improved health and nutrition, reduced fertility rates, and decreased child and maternal mortality.

The scouting program in Kenya is responsible for teaching good hygiene, healthy behaviors and personal sustainability.

HABITAT AID INITIVATE OBJECTIVES:

To highlight priorities and education of girls and women in rural farming communities.
To construct educational physical facilities in school 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.
To provide financial assistance to the Kenya Scouting Association.
To liase with the Kenya Scouting Association to encourage scouting training and education within the schools.
To construct and administer the Baden-Powell Information Centre and grave site, Nyeri Kenya.

HEALTH SERVICES

Poor health is a key cause of poverty and good health is a key factor in overcoming it. Healthy children are able to grow mentally and physically, becoming healthy adults who are productive members of society. Habitat Aid Initiative takes a comprehensive approach to helping people improve and protect their well-being. This approach promotes healthy behaviors, empowers communities to prevent and manage health risks, and supports local health clinics in providing high-quality health services and supplies.

Nearly all of our work has an impact on health: agricultural innovation means better nutrition, income earning activities pay for food and health care, education projects help people learn to care for themselves.

Each year, more than 8 million children die from preventable or treatable illnesses. We need your support to educate mothers in ways they can protect their children.

HABITAT AID INITIVATE OBJECTIVES:

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 preventitive health services.

WATER & SANITATION

Besides being key to sustaining life, water is vital for all agricultural, industrial, and rural enterprises. To ensure there are sufficient resources to meet all of these needs, Habitat Aid Initiative projects encourage integrated management of water for agriculture and other economic activities, as well as health and sanitation. We work to ensure that the poor have access to water sources and help communities take responsibility for protecting those sources. Bringing safe water and sanitation to communities increases school attendance, improves health, and gives people more time and energy to generate income. This one resource helps create several sustainable solutions to poverty.

Poor people consistently name lack of water among the main causes and consequences of their poverty. By 2025, 48 countries are expected to face severe water shortages, potentially affecting the lives of more than 1 billion people.

HABITAT AID INITIVATE OBJECTIVES:

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.

CAPACITY BUILDING

HABITAT AID INITIVATE OBJECTIVES:

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.

GENDER MAINSTREAMING

HABITAT AID INITIVATE OBJECTIVES:

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 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.
To encourage the scouting program amoung girls.