Without integrated communication channels and community resources, marginalized populations continue to be plagued by rudimentary problems throughout Kenya.

FSD's grassroots community development initiatives attempt to arm underserved groups with the information they need to bring about necessary change for themselves and their families.

To read about Community Development issues in Kenya, click here.

FSD interns, volunteers, and donors join efforts with community development organizations throughout Kakamega and Mombasa to:

• Conduct outreach campaigns related to community mobilization, sensitization, and health education.
• Provide technical solutions and general assistance for the construction of sustainable water, garbage, and sanitation systems in marginalized neighborhoods.
• Support orphans and vulnerable children by providing lunch programs, vocational training, and psychosocial support.
• Provide training for peer educators who are deployed into communities to organize informational events, distribute condoms, offer health education, and help their villages develop HIV prevention strategies.
• Develop community resource centers so that individuals can access the internet regarding specific community topics, while making use of multimedia information and CD-ROMs.
• Support outreach efforts to address family planning, mother-to-child transmission prevention, and voluntary HIV/AIDS testing and counseling.
• Conduct home visits to supply HIV/AIDS sufferers with food, pain medication, and transportation to local hospitals.
• Support vocational development programs that include training and resources for community health workers and capacity building for marginalized youth and women.
• Distribute medications and mosquito nets, and make medical referrals to people in need of specific treatments for serious illnesses.

Read more about Community Development programs and opportunities initiated by our Community Partners in Kenya.

For a description of the opportunities available in each development subject addressed by FSD in Kenya, click on the links below:

Microfinance • Environment • Health • Youth and Education
Women's Empowerment • Community Development • Human Rights

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