Strengthening and supporting families in Kenya
Supporting vulnerable children in their home communities through family strengthening, local adoption, and crisis response.
Family is the cornerstone of what we do
Each week in Kenya, 13 girls and women are murdered, and 130 cases of sexual violence are reported. Eighty-three percent of mothers face some type of obstetric violence during pregnancy, childbirth, or postpartum. Vulnerable individuals with disabilities face challenges in accessing education and other equitable services.
Through our programs in Kenya, we work to protect and empower families, creating safer, healthier, and more equitable opportunities for children, women, and vulnerable individuals.
Children and families served in Kenya
Local solutions, international support
There are opportunities to improve situations for children and families living in poverty and to help create a more equitable environment for girls and women.
Foster care and adoption
Foster care services are offered in Nairobi, Busia, and Kitale. Family members who provide temporary kinship care for blood-related children are able to receive financial support, food, school allowances, health care, and other services through a local Buckner Family Hope Center.
Buckner Family Hope Center®
Children and families can find assistance and community events, financial empowerment education, child and youth activities, spiritual development, and counseling. Family Hope Centers in Kenya also have schools, medical clinics, and water wells to meet very basic needs of families who live nearby.