0n the 31st of October 2015, the Inua Talanta youth group, held their monthly event “Inua Talanta Mtaani”, at the Chiefs’ camp in Mutuini ward. The event usually focuses on showcasing and promoting youth talent in Mutuini. Knowing that the event would attract a youthful crowd, the Sauti Mtaani team from the ward decided to […]
One of the lessons that CEEC has learnt in the course of women’s empowerment work is that failure to engage men often leads to resistance and even backlash. It is in this regard that CEEC invited a group of male allies during the launch of a women’s Income Generating Activity (IGA) Project at PCEA Kamuyu, […]
CEEC recognizes that economic disempowerment of women is a major exacerbating factor in women’s rights violations and this is very true of Burnt Forest as well as other parts of Kenya and indeed the world over. This predicament is worsened by feminization of poverty which refers to a situation where women represent a disproportionate share […]
On 9th October 2015, CEEC carried out a needs assessment at Kamuyu PCEA Church, Burnt Forest to explore further capacity building needs in the context of gender based violence prevention and response. The exercise was informed by an expressed need for enhanced capacity and community GBV prevention and response structures. The participants were representatives from […]
CEEC with support from CPS/GIZ carried out a four days’ gender based violence prevention and response training for Tarakwa village elders from 5th – 8th October, 2015 at Deliverance Church Burnt Forest. This was under the project titled,” Building the capacity of village elders to prevent and appropriately respond to gender based violence”.During the training […]
On the 27th Of March 2015, CEEC carried out an evaluation of theBuilding the Capacity of Village Elders in Burnt Forest to Prevent and Appropriately Respond to Gender Based Violence project. The evaluation meeting took place at Kamuyu PCEA church and the village elders got an opportunity to share their experiences of how the project […]
Between 16th to 19th February 2015, CEEC conducted a training of 31 Village Elders from Olenguse Location. The training was informed by requests made during the implementation of the project Building the capacity of communities in Burnt Forest to prevent and appropriately respond to Gender Based Violence. The Village Elders are the first point of contact […]
On 15th February 2015, CEEC closed the project Building the capacity of communities in Burnt Forest to prevent and appropriately respond to Gender Based Violence with a celebration at Kamuyu Secondary School. The celebration brought together about 200 Community members who included 67 trainees from the eight farms. The chief guest was the Acting Deputy […]
On 14th February 2015, CEEC conducted an evaluation of the project Building the capacity of communities in Burnt Forest to prevent and appropriately respond to Gender Based Violence. The evaluation brought together 35 trainees from the eight farms of Kamuyu, Kagongo, Chuiyat, Kaplalach/Rironi, Ndunglu, Lingway, Rukuini and Barakeiywo in Burnt Forest to evaluate the outcome […]
As part of the Building the capacity of communities in Burnt Forest to prevent and appropriately respond to Gender Based Violence project, CEEC carried out monitoring field visits in the eight farms of Lingway, Kamuyu, Rukuini, Rironi/Kaplalach, Ndungulu, Chuiyat, Barekeiywo and Kagongo. The farm based visits aimed at assessing the trainees’ grasp of what they […]