Hold the Child | Our Action. Our Future - Hold the Child | Our Action. Our Future
THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD 2021
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MESSAGE FROM CO-FOUNDER & PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
I am humbled to be part of Hold the Child. As part of the founding team, and charged with strategic development including resource mobilisation, relation’s management, and quality assurance amidst harsh political and economic times.
Work with the team at Hold the Child over the years (now a decade) is an incredible experience. I have witnessed how community bred initiatives and approaches are making a difference and instilling hope in many children and vulnerable communities where we work; this slow and sure process has and continues to refine my character for better service.
Hi, we're Hold the Child
Partnership
Partners are core in achieving our goal as an organization. They help us deliver and change the lives of children.
Children
To us a Child is a unique gift to humanity fully endowed with abilities.
Community
Wherever thy are children are part of their communities. Our work directly involves key community stakeholders
PROGRAMS
Child Protection & Juvenile Justice
As a result of limited access to basic services, cultural practices, natural and man-made disasters, child development is often times challenged with violence, exploitation , abuse,
Community & Child Health
More than half of early child deaths are due to conditions that can be prevented or treated to access to simple, affordable interventions (WHO). The leading causes of death in under-5 children are preterm birth complications,
Education & Life Skills Development
Our Mission
STORIES
Universal Children’s Day 2017
The African Tradition and the customary law have brought un answered questions especially when it comes to the constitutional law. Reconciling the two differences makes one wonder whether the two will marry each other. From the look of things, the way an African child was brought up is slightly...
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International World Water Day reminds me of the debate we used to have in Primary School about ‘’water and fire.’’ Which of the two you would prefer? Back then, I would scratch my head a wonder which one to choose between the two. Its common knowledge though that water is life and that explains...
Continue Reading...World Malaria Day 2017
At an event on the eve of World Malaria Day in Nairobi, WHO called for accelerated scale-up of efforts to prevent malaria and save lives. In sub-Saharan Africa, which shoulders 90% of the global malaria burden, more than 663 million cases have been averted since 2001. Insecticide-treated nets...
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