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Kenya
In Kenya, ActionAid Denmark supports a citizen driven development within the themes building local democracy, anti-Corruption and conflict management.
"These seminars should be repeated, because there's stuff in our local authorities, which we do not understand. Now that we have learned more, we can ask our politicians the right questions when things go wrong"
Attendant at a workshop in western Kenya after participating in a seminar about the local government’s management of the public development funds.
Nearly half of all Kenyans are living below the poverty line. Kenya is also one of the most unequal countries in the world with the richest 10% controlling nearly 40% of the national income. More than half of the rural population lives in absolute poverty. The Kenyan society is marred by corruption from top to bottom. The leaders exclude women, poor and the youth from decision making processes.
Our programme, carried out in co-operation with ActionAid Kenya, works for improved accountability at all levels of the society. We work to empower women and the Youth and to help all marginalized people to speak up. The long term goal is to eradicate poverty.
We work to:
- Strengthen the rights-based demand for local accountability on grassroots level
- Influence institutions to respond to citizens demands along democratic values
- Intervene through advocacy and building strategic alliances for sustained policy reforms on a national level.
We facilitate:
- Seminars about management of public development funds.
- Campaigns against corruption aimed at young people.
- Peace and dialogue meetings in conflict-affected areas, especially involving young people.
- Revenue-generating initiatives for youth groups in the slum.
- Seminars for rural women about their rights.
- Campaigns against circumcision (FGM) of girls.
Learn more
Read more about our work in KenyaDocuments
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: Working for peace Peace building and conflict resolution in the Isiolo-Marsabit region of Northern Kenya is a new focus of MS Kenya. Below a sample of articles on some of the causes of conflict. |
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:: Democracy The future focus of MS' activities will be on democracy. Click to read a sample of articles about democracy in a Kenyan context. |
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:: World Social Forum The 6th edition of the World Social Forum begins in Nairobi on January the 20th and runs through to the 25th 2007. |
ActionAid Kenya
AACC Building, Waiyaki Way
P.O.BOX 42814-00100,Nairobi.
Telephone
(00 254) (20) 4440444/4/9
(00 254) (0)722 518 220
Website: http://www.actionaid.org/kenya/
Søren Bjerregaard
Communications Advisor
ActionAid Kenya
Mobile: + 254 (0)734 559 076
Skype: soeren.bjerregaard
soren.bjerregaard@actionaid.org
