One More Day for Children Foundation
- A Advocate
- I Implementer
- R Researcher
Description
One More Day for Children aims to ensure a safe and secure society for children to grow in, develop and prosper is achieved. Founded in 2009 as a Community Based Organization in Laikipia District, One More Day for Children is an organization that assists, enables and empowers children, young persons, CSOs, and communities to improve life circumstances. They are currently operating in Laikipia, Meru, Part of Samburu and Isiolo counties where the prevalence of child rights violation and abuse to remain a major concern. Their organizational objectives include:
1. Securing, protecting and promoting the best interests and welfare of children in the republic of Kenya.
2. To empower children in need of care and protection and their families socially, economically and psychologically
3. To promote girl child education and empowerment (especially in arid and semi- arid pastoralist communities)
4. To promote family life in Kenya by way of education, training, instruction, lobbying and advocacy
5. To build internal and external capacity on issues of securing, protecting and promoting children rights in Kenya
6. To create partnership, linkages and networks with other key players
7. To promote innovation and research.
Their mission is to give adequate opportunity to children and young person to realize their full potential by securing, protecting and promoting their fundamental rights.
Primary Functions
- Awareness Raising/Advocacy
- Capacity building/Technical assistance
- Networking/Convening
- Program/Project Implementation
- Research - other
Secondary Functions
- Policy Development/Implementation
- Research - project evaluation
Geographic Scope
- National
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
- Post-secondary
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
- Secondary Enrollment
Other
- Early childhood development
- Transition from school to work
Other skills
- Financial literacy
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Vocational training
Quality
- School facilities
- School-related gender-based violence
Skills
- Civics education
- Literacy
- Numeracy
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Community sensitization
- Early/child marriage
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Empowerment
- Female genital mutilation/cutting
- Gender equality
- HIV and STIs
- Menstrual hygiene management
- Mentorship
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Other cultural practices
- Sexual harassment & coercion
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls’ education funders
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
One More Day for Children Foundation
Headquarters location(s)
- Dol Dol, Laikipia, Kenya
Office location(s)
- Kenya
Contacts
- Hellen Gathogo
- onemoreday4kids@gmail.com
- One More Day for Children Foundation
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
- Kenya