What we do

Our Humanitarian Work

Is to break the cycle of poverty by providing holistic

development to impoverish orphans and communities in

Mombasa Kenya through meeting their physical, educational,

spiritual and social needs. To challenge and equip children

to live productive and responsible lives.

Enduring childhood in Kenya is difficult enough with a

family to care for them, with one out of five children dying

before age five. After losing their parents, the plight of an

orphan in Kenya is one of hopelessness

Kenya is one of the countries hardest hit by the AIDS pandemic. Children do not need to have HIV/AIDS

to be devastated by it. When HIV/AIDS enters a household by infecting one or both parents, the very fabric

of a child’s life is torn apart. The statistics are numbing with 4 million orphans in Kenya, and 20% as a

result of AIDS alone. Orphans generally represent the poorest segment of a society and suffer most with no parents

to help and guide them in their struggle for survival in an already cruel world.

Education

More than half the world’s school-aged children are not learning. Across the world, the most deprived, marginalised and disadvantaged children are the most affected by this global learning crisis, such as those caught up in emergencies, facing extreme poverty or discriminated against because of their gender, disability, ethnicity or religion.

Education saves lives, ensures that children gain the skills necessary to learn, provides protection, and builds peace and stability globally. Humanitarian Project in Mombasa uses programmes that are proven to tackle the barriers to children’s learning, with a focus on the most deprived children. We influence global and national policy to improve children’s access to quality education, from pre-school care through to adulthood. Specifically, we focus on three areas:

Start early: We will work with families and communities in the years leading up to school to improve child development outcomes and establish the foundations for learning.
Foundational learning: We will strengthen the quality of education so children in the early grades learn to read, write and use numbers in environments that promote their wellbeing.

Uninterrupted learning: We will ensure no child’s learning stops because they are caught up in crisis

Child Protection

Sexually exploited. Millions of children around the world are in danger of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence – at home, in school, in the community or during humanitarian emergencies. Humanitarian Project in Mombasa keeps the most vulnerable children safe from harm.

We bring about lasting changes to ensure children are safe and protected. We influence national and international policy and practices by listening to children, educating parents and mobilising communities. And we work with partners to strengthen child protection systems.

Child Rights Governance

Securing children’s rights underpins all of Humanitarian Project in Mombasa work. By ensuring that governments fulfil children’s rights, we achieve positive outcomes for children.

We are promoting change from the ground up, by engaging children, families and civil society in strengthening child rights systems. And we ensure that governments and international bodies meet their commitments to children’s rights.

One way to do this is by advocating government to spend enough money on all the children in our country and to spend it in the most effective and equitable manner.

We aim to raise the issue and status of children in all societies to ensure that they are treated as the citizens of today not just tomorrow and in doing so push children and their rights up the political agenda.

Child Poverty

Around 600 million children live in extreme poverty globally. These children are much more likely to become malnourished, get sick and to work in dangerous or exploitative conditions. They are also less likely to complete school. We’re working to lift families out of poverty so they can better support their children, even in times of crisis.

When families don’t have the means to invest in their children – such as buy food or clothes, or can’t afford to take their children to see a doctor when they get sick or to keep them in school – we help provide much needed cash, goods and services.

When families live in poverty or are hit by unexpected shocks – such as drought, earthquakes, increased food prices, death of livestock, or conflict – it is often children that suffer most. Families are forced to pull them out of school to work, they can no longer afford nutritious food and if a child gets sick they cannot afford to pay for healthcare. So we will work with poor households to improve their economic resilience and livelihoods through strategies including:

building their assets (cash to invest in businesses etc.)
improving their skills (financial skills etc.)
supporting risk management, and
strengthening systems such as markets, social norms or policies that can weaken livelihoods.

This all helps ensure stable and increased incomes health.

Family Mediation

What is Mediation

Mediation is a co-operative problem-solving process that is simple and inexpensive way of alternative dispute resolution as opposed to court system. In mediation you have the opportunity to negotiate what you really want.

Family Mediation is a way of resolving disputes before or after separation or divorce. In family mediation, couples are assisted to look for their own resolutions

to the conflicts.

Conflict between a parent and child,
Homelessness caused as a result of family arguments,
Parents contact with child/children, and
Disagreements over care for elderly parent.

Humanitarian Project in Mombasa provide culturally sensitive mediation to African clients through highly qualified and registered family dispute practitional.

Counselling

Humanitarian project in Mombasa provide professional counseling to all African clients through qualified counsellors.
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Help families resolve their desputes through qualified family mediator

and Nutrition

Every year, almost 6 million children die before their fifth birthday, mostly from preventable causes such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria and sepsis. Millions of children become ill or die because they lack access to health services or an adequate, nutritious diet. In fact, undernutrition is estimated to contribute to 45% of all child deaths.The world can save these children’s lives. The time to act is now.

Humanitarian Project in Mombasa is a global leader in maternal and children’s health. We use evidence-based approaches to tackle life-threatening conditions and prevent child deaths. We know, for example:

Appropriate care around the time of birth could avert more than 40% of deaths attributable to labour and delivery complications

Appropriate care for small or sick newborns could avert 30% of newborn deaths

Timely and appropriate treatment of pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria could prevent up to 30% of child deaths

Exclusive breastfeeding through a child’s first six months of life could prevent up to 13% of child deaths

The challenge is that these services are not reaching the children most in need. Our project does whatever it takes. By reaching more children, especially the most deprived a

In 2017, we supported more than 1000 Children 500 Widows Through feeding program and in Education

Every child in this world, either from east or west has a right to good food, safe drinking water, shelter, clothing, health care and an education. It is regrettable that the majority of children in developing countries lack most of the above, if not all. Some go without a meal for days on end, while others live in slums where healthcare is unheard of, hence exposing them to a lot of health hazards. No person, let alone a child should be forced to live in these conditions.

The Kenyan child is no exception from the above cases, especially with;

Years of drought has left thousands of people with failed crops and little to no access to drinking water. This has increased malnutrition and mortality in children*.
The 2007 post election skirmishes which left thousands of children orphaned and vulnerable after their parents and relatives were murdered by fighting communities
High levels of HIV/AIDS related cases resulting in young children being left in the care of the aged population, who are unable to look after them
High levels of poverty with nearly 7.5 million people (1/4 of the population) still earning less than one dollar a day*. This has resulted in high numbers of;
- Malnutrition
- Illiteracy
- Street families
- Drug and alcohol abuse
- Teenage pregnancy
- Child abuse, exploitation, neglect and abandonment
- And, early death from preventable diseases, such as malaria, cholera, TB, typhoid and measles. The average life expectancy in Kenya is only 53 years old *.

* Sourced from www.unicef.org

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Developing entrepreneurship skills
Almost twice as many people who regard self-employment as a feasible prospect in the next five years had followed an entrepreneurship course (34% compared to 18%). However, less than half of Kenyan citizens feel that their school education helped them to better-understand the role of entrepreneurs in society (47%) or gave them the skills and know-how to enable them to run a business (41%). Only 28% of Eurobarometer respondents agreed that their school education made them interested in becoming an entrepreneur;

we work together with communities, youth groups, women groups and individual who need more skills on entrepreneurship.

we have developed entrepreneurship education strategies and is an emerging body of knowledge about good and effective practice in learning and teaching. Ministries, institutions and inspirational teachers are working to integrate learning and the acquisition of transversal entrepreneurship skills, knowledge and behaviors; not just into ‘entrepreneurship’ courses but across our program. join us today and make a difference.

Drug Abuse

The work of HPM is built on the principles of universal fellowship and basic human and democratic rights. We believe that working for a drug-free world will promote peace, human development, democracy, tolerance, equality, freedom and justice.

The HPM recognizes that civil society has the right to fact-based information about the risks and damage caused by drugs. All people have the right to be protected from the harms created by drug use; and drug users have the right to the expectation of living drug-free and having the opportunity to lead productive, working lives. Join us SAY No to drugs

Safe Water and Sanitation

Humanitarian Project in Mombasa focused exclusively on ensuring equitable access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education for the world’s poorest communities. we work with local partners, who understand local issues. We provide them with the skills and support to help communities set up and manage practical and sustainable projects that meet their real needs.

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Volunteer placement

Use your skills to make a real contribution

Sharing your knowledge, skills and energy with others makes a huge difference. Our placements are carefully designed with everyone from governments to local community groups to make sure you pass on the right skills to the right people.

This way, people can lift themselves out of poverty, and stop relying on others. And you'll change the lives of many, many people.

Join us and see just how much of a difference you could make

Basic requirements

Have at least experience in your field

Have a degree or equivalent qualification

Be fit and healthy

Pass our criminal record check

Be able to commit to the full duration of your placement

Be willing to adapt to new living conditions. Apply now

Balanced Health & Fitness

Community classes are offered in hygiene, parenting, strength & fitness, proper diet, infant care, etc. We

host teams to offer free health clinics for the community. Children placed in foster care receive an initial physical

exam and are scheduled for checkups. They are also instruction in hygiene, daily chores, education, morality, social

interaction, counseling and community involvement

Educational Excellence

Children are challenged to excel in academics. The Humanitarian challenge each student to

academic excellence, providing personal tutoring as necessary. In addition, we offer English classes to the

community; especially helpful for foster children in writing letters to their

sponsors.

Arts & Entertainment

We strive to awaken the arts in each child. Special instruction in the arts is available to children

cultural Diversity

Children are exposed to foreign cultural experiences through interaction with visitors from other Countries.

countries as they come to work in the HPM .HPM hosts regular teams and volunteers coming to Kenya

throughout the year, staying from a few days to more than a year.

Counseling Support

As children grow, they receive regular counseling from their social worker, their church, and HPM staff.

Social Integration

Foster homes are considered permanent placements for foster children. A child’s relatives are considered first, but if

no family members are available, a child is placed with a qualified foster family and raised as one of their own

children. The child is socially integrated into that community and grows to be a contributing member of that society,

caring for his foster parents as they age (as they would care for their own parents).

Micro Enterprise of Family-based Business or Agriculture

HPM works with families from the community to aid them in establishing a micro enterprise for generating an ongoing,

sustainable income. Farming vegetables, raising chicken or goats, producing eggs, running a salon, or any

number of other local ventures will allow families to produce a sustainable income.

Child Rights Governance

Securing children’s rights underpins all of Humanitarian Project in Mombasa work. By ensuring that governments fulfills children’s rights, we achieve positive outcomes for children.

One way to do this is by advocating government to spend enough money on all the children in our country and to spend it in the most effective and equitable manner.

HPM Talent Nurture

HPM. discover and nurture talent in young people, youths and women whether sporting or artistic. The organization aims to provide the training necessary to allow the young people to improve their particular area of expertise to a level at which they will be able to compete internationally. Anyone skilled at craft-making will be helped to market their products so that they have an income. Young people who can dance or make music and etc will be helped to perform at venues.

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