Advocacy against Alcohol and Drugs harm is at the core of our work at Blue Cross Kisumu specifically as it concerns children and youth who are the most vulnerable.
Blue Cross Kenya - Life Skills Manual Launch
Advocacy against Alcohol and Drugs harm is at the core of our work at Blue Cross Kenya specifically as it concerns children and youth who are the most vulnerable.
Advocacy
We have developed a children and caregivers life skills manual that we use to conduct sessions to children, youth and caregivers in schools and communities as means of alcohol prevention.
Life Skills Education
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Blue Cross Kenya
Blue Cross – Kenya Society (BCK) is an organisation duly registered under the Society Act Chapter 108 working with children and youth on prevention of alcohol and other substance use in Kenya.
Blue Cross – Kenya is a membership organisation with its headquarters in Kisumu City. The members are independent, non-political and non-denominational Christian associations that form the organisation to assist marginalised populations and people harmed by, or at risk to be harmed by alcohol and drugs.
Blue Cross – Kenya implements programs in the field of alcohol and substance abuse prevention in line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda, Africa Union 2063 agenda, Kenya vision 2030 and County Integrated Development Plan.
Alcohol consumption in sub - saharan Africa is on the rise, as manufacturers see a promising new market with a young population, financial growth and poor alcohol regulations.
Advocacy
Advocacy against Alcohol and Drugs harm is at the core of our work at Blue Cross Kisumu specifically as it concerns children and youth who are the most vulnerable.
Digital Literacy
We believe each child should have the opportunity to be Digitally literate and have the ability to access, manage, understand, integrate...
Arts Classes
We use arts in our programmes as a tool to help children and youth express themselves and learn art skills. By teaching children and youth creativity skills their confidence grows and their ability to excel in other educational areas improves.
Base camps/Safe Spaces
We have 6 children and youth safe spaces situated in the major slums and peri- urban communities (Kibos, Railways ward, Manyatta, Nyalenda A,Nyalenda B and Bandani) in Kisumu, Kenya.
Trainings
We have developed a standard children,youth and caregivers Life skills Education Manual which is suitable to use in Africa and other continents in the world.