Leo Community Development Network
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Care & Support for Children orphaned by HIV/Aids and girl Child Capacity Building, Youth & Population Awareness Programmes

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Our mission is to ensure continuous education for the children and expand the possibilities for a brighter future for them.

The initiation for orphan's children program grew out as a result of an increase in the number of orphans in the villages the pathetic living condition due to lack of support once they loose their parents. The organization therefore identified, as a priority to start a child care program center to cater for the orphans and the vulnerable children from the 3 yrs to 12 yrs. This programme is in Nairobi ,Kiambiu slum, Kibera slum and Kogelo Village Siaya District Nyanza province of western Kenya
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Leo Community Development Network (LECDEN-KENYA) is a Project identification figure that has a lot to speak, illustrate and categorically to intervene on community. Leo is a Swahili word Meaning "Today". We not only aim to address today's problems but also tomorrow's (future), to the people we represent.

LECDEN-KENYA began in 2005 as the Kiambiu Self-Help Community Programme in the slums of Kiambiu, Nairobi, Kenya. The program was started by community members and has now grown to include 3 feeding centers (One feeding Centre at riverside, Kiambiu Courtesy of friends and well wishers in the USA, A centre in Kibera Line Saba, Another centre in Siaya District, both courtesy of Eyes on Nature Expeditions tour firm base in Nairobi Kenya), in the care of over 500 children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. The centre in Machakos District, Makueni District, Homabay District still upcoming due to funds constraints / lack of donor funding. Because the services of LECDEN-KENYA have reached beyond the boundaries of the Kiambiu, and Kibera slums and outside Nairobi, it was decided that the name should be changed to reflect its larger scope of services within Kenya, hence the new name, LECDEN-KENYA.

Leo Community Development Network (LECDEN-KENYA) was founded on the principles of community Development leading to eventual economic self-sufficiency. LECDEN-KENYA members, like so many in Africa and the developing nations, need only a “hand-up” (skills, training, expertise and temporary assistance).

LECDEN-KENYA was founded as a response to the death and displacement caused by HIV/Aids/STI and Poverty and the 80% unemployment rate in most informal settlements in Kenya. Encouraged by the industriousness and faith of their neighbours, the founders jointly developed a community based NGO which empowers its members with the maxim: “learn to fish and be hungry no more”. When people are employed, they can buy food, education and medicine. They are also able to pay their house rent and keep their children safe in school. With the hard work of the founders, the LECDEN-KENYA Executive Board, the neighbourhood members they have begun the hard work of economic development. However, the community will need assistance temporarily while they explore and initiate innovative projects to help themselves and others out of poverty.

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THE CURRENT SITUATION:
Hardship situation, lack of effective centre for the target group's support and information issues, likelihood of basic relevant incentive shortage, unhealthy situation, insecurity, lack of employment for the youths, other poverty related problems, weaker laws, attitudes of host population and un-planned future development due to financial constraints.

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Our Key Programmes/Actvities

Key Intervention Strategies

- Care & Support for families infected &
affected with HIV/AIDS
- Care & Support for Children orphaned by
   HIV/Aids and girl Child Capacity Building.
- Environment Awareness, Water &
Sanitation Programmes (Slum Upgrading
Initiatives)
- Poverty Eradication through income
Generating
activities (I.G.A) for sustainable livelihood
- Awareness Campaign on health & Drug
Abuse
- Youth & Population Awareness Programmes
(Reproductive health).
- Campaign against child trafficking
- Campaign against Femal Genital Mutilation
(FGM) and Gender Violence (Women &
   widows)                                 Learn More

- Counseling and Group Therapy Services
- Vocational trainings for older orphans
- Home based care , Nutrition care , Medical
Care

- Community Educational Programmes
through capacity building
- Establishment of Community Based Groups
to sustain development agenda
- Community Mobilization & Advocacy
   Programmes
- Outreach Forums
- Drama Programmes especially for the youth
- Community Resource Person Approach.
- Involvement of Local Administration at the
  community level .
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Our Goals and Objectives
a) The goal and objectives are orientation of health care , creating of HIV/AIDS,STI &
     poverty towards the most prevalent health needs and self reliance
     target area.

b) Control/Reducing of AIDS/STI and poverty existence by providing the necessary services
    to this population i.e. awareness - education , counseling of the already affected people
    / their family and referring of those who have been infected to health and poverty
    control institutions in addition to creating of employment and other self reliant
    options/measures among others.

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Our Challenges

- Lack of Technical Support and capacity
building for our members
- Lack of resources to empower the
most vulnerable through sustainable
projects.
- Lack of donor funding

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