Family Support

Parents should be empowered to be able providing their children with a home where all their basic needs are covered.

The Help we provide

Every family has its own history. Together with our social work team, they develop individual solutions to regain social and financial independence.

 

Examples:

  • Selling vegetables at the market

  • Agriculture / Farming

  • School education for the children


Reaching the Families

We work with various partners who help us identify families in need. Close collaboration with village leaders and the family department of the social welfare  is important to us, as they know best which families require support.

family visits

During our first visit to a new family, we record all important facts and information. In follow-up visits, we get to know the family members better and gain a deeper understanding. Mutual trust is the foundation for successful collaboration. Together, we develop individual solutions to transform their current difficult situation into a more stable and secure future.

 

Family work is relationship work. It means spending a lot of time with the families involved. It requires a big heart, attentive listening, and compassion. We need patience, empathy, and consistency. Every small step toward a better future is worth it."

- Joy, Founder


EMPOWERMENTS

Vegetable Business

Veronica is a widow and mother of two teenagers.

We helped secure a stall at the local market, provided some of the materials and advised on how to run her very own profitable vegetable business! Veronica goes to the central market in town to buy the vegetables and sells them later at the local market near her home. Her daughter can now go to school to receive an education, and the family has enough money to pay for their basic needs.

CHICKEN BUSINESS

Due to the challenges of having no father and taking care of a disabled brother, Agata is not able to go to school nor is her mother able to work. We financially supported Agata's mother by paying for one month's rent for a room, where she can keep chickens, next to their home. Further, we provided the family with some materials and food for them. Agata's mother  is now able to raise chickens and sell them to restaurants to generate a sustainable income.  


Building resources

As the slideshow shows, we built a shower for a family in a village, using affordable, functional and local materials. In addition, we create safe living spaces by building bathrooms, toilets, roofs, or even rooms and houses, which you can see in the video above. Another example of the help Kipepeo will continue to provide is shown on our story page. We built a house for a family affected by albinism, as it is extremely dangerous for albinos to be in the sun for extended periods of time.