Educated and Confident

ChildFund Kenya emphasizes child protection, children’s rights and school retention for girls, who are at risk of dropping out when they reach puberty. Aflatoun clubs (which focus on age-appropriate financial education) and other children’s groups give girls and boys the opportunity to learn leadership skills and raise issues that affect them, often speaking directly to adults. Also, in Emali, ChildFund collaborated with the local government and World Vision to hold a children’s forum about violence. Finally, to help girls stay in school, ChildFund and local partners provide them with sanitary pads, which are usually too expensive for girls living in poverty and often make them miss school. A local partner in North Rift also built a girls’ dormitory at a school to help address gender inequalities in education.