WORK CAMP INFO & COSTS | INTERNSHIPS| CULTURAL TOURISM | JOBS

PROGRAMMES

DVA 's main sectors of action include:

• Education
• Water
• Health and Hygiene promotion
• Human rights - Women, children and minority rights
• Income Generating Activities
• Capacity Building

DVAs programmes are geared towards the attainment of sustainable community development through participatory bottom-up approaches, collaboration, cooperation, and affiliations with entities alike.

The activities are aimed to improving the living conditions of targeted groups thanks to increased access to water, better educational facilities, more income generating activities, provision of capacity building, enhanced awareness and knowledge of health and human rights, better networks support and facilitation of self help dynamics, establishment of spaces and activities for women and youth. Events on human right, GBV, HIV, Reproductive Health, Life skills

The primary beneficiaries are women, children and youth groups in rural areas of Kenya.

GENDER & WATER

• Creation and support of women’s spaces and activities

• Vocational trainings and income Generating Activities for women

• Establishment of water supply systems for women groups

• Capacity building and training programs addressing the needs of different women groups

• Organization of awareness raising programs on women’s rights.

• Health and Hygiene Promotion (including Sexual and Reproductive Health)

• Psycho social support, prevention and response to Gender Based Violence

CHILDREN & YOUTH

• Establishment and rehabilitation of educational facilities (kindergarten, primary schools, secondary schools), play areas and social halls

• Health, Hygiene promotion and HIV/AIDS training of peer counselors

• Promotion of children’s rights

• Organization of informative and recreational activities with girls.

• Offering psycho-social support to vulnerable children

• Vocational trainings for youth


 



PROJECT ARCHIVE

2003 – Rehabilitation of a social centre in Machakos

2003 – Cleanup at the coast public beach, environmental awareness
workshops with several youth groups, distribution of condoms and sexual health promotion

2003 – Construction of recreational facilities in a nursery school

2004 – Water tank construction in Mogoon secondary school-Nakuru, health and hygiene promotion, production of power point presentation and articles on gender and water

2004 - Kericho construction of a local dispensary, training of HIV/Aids, community health workers, production of promotional material

2004 - Construction of water tanks/chicken houses for women groups, capacity building on water management and IGA

2005 – Kisumu reproductive health workshop/tree planting

2005 - Narok construction of classes and educational/recreational activities with children

2006 – Establishment and rehabilitation of recreational facilities for mother and children

2007 – Travel to Italy to network with potential partners, donors and volunteers, organization of events and presentation

2007 – Distribution of clothes and food to Idp’s social support

2007 – Rehabilitating of an orphanage / workshop on group dynamics and team work