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Building Peace & Social Cohesion
MDS-Kenya works with communities to promote peaceful relationships, strengthen social cohesion, and address conflicts constructively. Through dialogue, mediation, faith leaders’ peacebuilding trainings, and community-led initiatives, we support inclusive and harmonious communities. We have established strategic peace centres to anchor and coordinate peacebuilding interventions at the local level. Our unique approach links trained Peace Resource Persons to bridge church and community peacebuilding efforts, ensuring sustained grassroots engagement and early response to emerging conflicts. MDS-Kenya has established functional peace structures in Kisumu, Migori, and Narok Counties.
Improving Health & Wellbeing
MDS-Kenya works to improve access to essential health services and strengthen community wellbeing, particularly for vulnerable and underserved populations. Our work includes health education, prevention, community advocacy, and referrals and linkages with the health facilities. A key flagship intervention is the Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health and Care Groups (MCHCG) project, implemented in beach villages of Bondo Sub-County, Siaya County. The project aims to improve health outcomes and economic wellbeing of pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children under five through an integrated approach that combines economic empowerment, health education, and the engagement of household MNCH influencers to improve maternal, neonatal, and child health outcomes at the community level.
Building Resilient Livelihoods
MDS-Kenya promotes women and youth economic empowerment through strengthening self-organized groups using the Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC) model, alongside financial literacy training and capacity building in group governance and leadership. We further support skills development and entrepreneurship training, link groups to financial institutions and markets, promote access to climate-resilient and diversified livelihood options, and facilitate Private Service Providers (PSPs) to ensure quality and sustainable community-led economic empowerment interventions.
Protecting Our Environment
MDS-Kenya supports communities to protect and sustainably manage natural resources for sustainable livelihoods. We promote environmental conservation, climate resilience, sustainable water management, and community-led action for a healthier environment. Our work applies climate-smart agriculture, agroforestry, and ecosystem restoration, alongside locally led adaptation and strengthened community resource governance to build resilience against climate shocks.
Advancing Inclusive Governance
MDS-Kenya supports communities to participate meaningfully in decisions that affect their lives and development. We promote inclusive leadership, civic participation, accountability, and the active engagement of women, youth, and other underrepresented groups in governance processes. This is achieved through situational assessments and capacity strengthening of local governance and management structures to enhance transparency, responsiveness, and inclusive decision-making.
Humanitarian Response
MDS-Kenya provides timely and community-led humanitarian response to support vulnerable populations affected by crises such as drought, floods, conflict, and food insecurity. We prioritize lifesaving assistance while strengthening local systems for preparedness, response, and recovery. Our approach is guided by rapid situational assessments, community-based targeting, and coordination with local structures to ensure efficient and accountable delivery of assistance. We integrate cash and in-kind support, psychosocial support, protection mainstreaming, and referrals to essential services. Drawing from our humanitarian response experience, we strengthen community resilience through early warning and early action mechanisms, contingency planning, and capacity building of local responders, ensuring that communities are better prepared and able to recover quickly from shocks.
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