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contents
Communities. Resources. Prosperity 5
Golfing for Good 8
The Benefeciaries 11
We are Shabaa 12
A Shining Example: MCDA 16
News 18
Nurturing Global Citizens 22
Catching them Early 26
Artists Profiles 28
Who is Who? 31
Communities. Resources.
Prosperity
“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
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­— Mahatma Gandhi
elcome to the inaugural MyCommunity
magazine; the magazine that we hope
will keep all of us connected with what
communities around Kenya are doing
to make life better. This magazine is the
bumper issue that incorporates the Annual
Report for the KCDF fiscal year October,
2008- September, 2009.
This magazine is another step in KCDF’s movement to become
more accessible to more people in more diverse fields. It is another
milestone in strengthening the connection that we all have with
our communities by telling stories of the amazing work that they
do to overcome difficult circumstances they are forced to contend
with everyday.
It is true that many people around the country are plagued by
poverty, disease, hunger and lack of education and opportunity.
Thankfully, that is not the whole story. In the other part of our
people’s story, communities are organising themselves to improve
their lives incrementally one aspect at a time.
Over the last 13 years, we have learnt that rapid and enduring
change is achieved when our people have the knowledge,
confidence and capacity to take control of the issues affecting
them and drive the solutions to their problems. As a public
foundation, KCDF comes in to build on that energy in many ways
and through this partnership, we are able to see prosperity.
Through MyCommunity, we shall regularly tell stories that illustrate
the ways in which Kenyan communities are taking control of their
destiny. In this issue for example, you will have a chance to meet
young people who are making a difference by demonstrating
leadership and social accountability and who are mentoring
their peers to do the same.
You will also meet MCDA, an example of a community
organisation that has consistently built a firm foundation for
prosperity over the last thirteen years and that is now a shining
example of how Kenyans can achieve food security despite
the weather.
In this magazine you will meet the young men and women
who have been supported through the KCDF scholarship
programme and who are going on to shine in university both
in and outside this country. You may forgive the hint of pride
in these pages as we speak of Caroline, Khadija and Mary,
who are now global representatives of the Global Give Back 5
Circle, just one of the initiatives in our extensive scholarship
programme.
All of these stories, show one thing: that the support you
continue to accord to KCDF and our communities goes towards
improving the lives of people right across Kenya. There is so
much more that we would like to show you – far more than
these pages could allow us to. This is why we have developed
our new website www.kcdf.or.ke, to enable you to follow
developments from the communities in real time. From July
2010, you will be able to track the support that you give and
see the impact that your contribution however small goes into
making a big difference.
At the end of it all, through this issue, you will meet the people
who work hard to make it all happen. In the who is who section,
you get to meet every member of the KCDF team – from our
highest organ, the Trust to every last member of staff.
With this issue, all of us at KCDF are saying, “come, let’s give
and work together towards a prosperous nation.”
— The KCDF EDITORIAL TEAM
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 Golfing for good
A different language on the course
On 16th October 2009, KCDF organised
The Community Open, a fundraising golf
tournament towards our food security
initiative (ustawi) at the prestigious
Muthaiga Golf Club.

Despite the early morning showers, the

game couldn’t have been any better: the
sunny atmosphere that followed and the
challenging layout of the course thanks
to the large undulating greens certainly
made a good ingredient for a day well
spent.

NEWS
It was a day that saw the assembly of

SWINGING BACK
captains from all industries: corporate
8 heads, nonprofits executives and 9

government officials among other golf

aficionados. Leading companies, Small
and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), were
also well represented and their banners, placed at
vantage points in the course, proved as much. These
included: Safaricom Foundation, KCB Foundation,
Lion of Kenya, Old Mutual, Commercial Bank
of Africa, Mumias Sugar Ltd, General Accident
Insurance, Octagon Services, Pinnacle Projects,
Amiran Kenya, Kickstart, Serena Hotels, Zucchini
Grocers and Safarilink Ltd.
After hours of enjoying the game, the golfers
assembled at the Muthaiga Golf Club House
for the evening cocktail. They were joined by
representatives of the various sponsors, our
communities, staff and friends of KCDF. True to the
1. Mehul Devani of Kulgraphics 2.The Womens four ball team -
Cheryl Pedersen, Archana Patel, Madhyi Kapila, Espy D’souza 3.The
CBA Team (L-R) Joel Karuhiu, Timothy Kuria, James Abiero.
Mzee Ikumi has taught many business leaders how to golf. On October 15th 2010, at Muthaiga Golf Club,
they will play to give back to communities.
The Community Open is the
main opportunity for golfers
and corporates to show
solidality with communities
and change lives.
Dr. Evans Kidero
Managing Director, Mumias Sugar

Continued to page 10
THE The Community Open is a premier golf tournament that raises funds for food security in Kenya.
community Join us as we golf for good. Register your 4-ball team with Simon at 0722 168480/ 0736 449217.
open www.kcdf.or.ke
A KCDF INITIATIVE
 Continued from page 8

THE BENEFICIARIES:
very objective of the Community Open, the evening function provided Community Open Facts
an opportunity for our communities to reap hugely. The Community Open tagline is: golfing
for good. Good has two meanings: first, it
signifies that the event is a noble activity and
To start with, the winning four ball team that had, Mumias Sugar CEO, Dr.
second, all activities are geared towards
Evans Kidero, Deloitte CEO Sam Onyango, Muthaiga Club Chairman Handing over of the greenhouse to UCAHA
addressing an identified community need
Philip Kungu and businessman Dan Owino, donated a greenhouse In the morning of February 13th 2010, the winning team, represented by Muthaiga Golf Club Chairman Mr.
(food shortage) for good.
that they won to Ugenya Community Against HIV/Aids (UCAHA). Philip Kungu and Mr. Dan Owino, travelled to Sega Market, Ugenya to handover the greenhouse to Ugenya
The greenhouse was sponsored by Community Against HIV Aids( UCAHA). They were joined by a team from KCDF and jubilant members of the
Amiran Kenya, a leading player in community. The day, however, belonged to the very beneficiaries of the project: orphans (some living with HIV/
the agriculture industry. On the other Aids) and malnourished children.
hand, the overall individual winner, Mr.
Mehul Devani, donated a MoneyMaker At noon, Philip and Dan officially handed over of the greenhouse to the elated group. “I was just hitting a ball. I
hip pump that he won to Tembea Youth didn’t know that by playing a game l love would mean so much to a community, more so to these children,”Philip
Centre for Sustainable Development, said.
a group from Kakamega district. The
pump was sponsored by Kickstart, Inside the warm greenhouse, in rows of tomatoes and
a leading local social enterprise that spinach, Dan stood next to Maurice Ochieng, an
promotes small scale farmers, through orphan living with HIV/Aids and a beneficiary of the
affordable technology. project. “Nothing gave me more satisfaction today than
seeing the happy kids who will benefit from this project.
10 Addressing the function, KCDF CEO, This is my motivation to participate in the Community 11

Janet Mawiyoo, called on corporates Open, 2010, “Dan said.

to support efforts geared at making
Kenya a food secure country. She UCAHA plans to have 10 greenhouse installed by 2010,
added that through Ustawi, KCDF a feat that will enable them support orphans in the entire
was working with partners to support division. While this might seem like an incredible target,
Kenyan communities to grow food all indications are that the group is on course to achieve
innovatively, through modern technologies like greenhouse farming, this. It has so far received an extra greenhouse from an
drip irrigation, among others. One of the key note speakers, Safaricom American based organisation; a milestone that shows
Foundation Trustee Nzioka Waita, hailed KCDF’s Ustawi programme initiative from young people.
terming it as the surest way of cushioning farmers from the vagaries of
weather. Like one wise person said:” the essence of life is to help
others win, even if it means slowing down or changing
your own pace.” Every participant in the Community
open is a winner; he or she carries the unspoken hopes
of communities, far and beyond.

Businessman Dan Owino of the winning four ball team stands

next to Maurice, one of the target beneficiaries, inside the
community greenhouse that his team donated to UCAHA

Proceeds from this greenhouse will be used to support Maurice

and many other orphans and vulnerable children like him
THE
community
open
 WE ARE Martin Oloo is a soft spoken lanky
young man from Kisumu town. Calm,
collected and diplomatic, Martin cuts
a poise that easily envelopes his active
role in the post election unrest in Kenya.
either as perpetrators or victims. This
was a difficult moment for a generation
that was used to tranquility.

After deeply interrogating the role

at least 10 young people to participate
in the reconciliation campaign. This
initiative proved successful when KCDF
started receiving inspiring stories of
how the young people under our

SHABAA
Like so many other young people from and the factors that led the youth to programme were showing leadership
the town who were angered by the participate in the violence, KCDF’s in their communities and influencing
outcome of year 2007 election, Martin youth programme, came up with a several of their peers.
didn’t just riot; he was at the centre of leadership initiative to equip the youth
the destruction that the youth carried with skills and a set of values that Working with KCDF, the youth agreed
out in the town. Two years later, he is would make them more focused and to come up with an inspiring identity
a different man, who is focused and actively involved in development. Quest that captures their spirit of dynamism
working to reconcile communities in Leadership Centre (QLC), an authority and vibrancy in the communities. To
in leadership, contributed in the design this end Shabaa was born. Shabaa
of the initiative. stands for One Leader, who observes
one and instills seven values to at least 10
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Kenya after the infamous post election spearhead a reconciliation exercise November 2009, at a Leadership
Integrity, responsibility, humility,
violence. During that ugly chapter young within their localities. They agreed that Convention held in Nakuru. During the
trust, drive, dynamism, initiative people bore the brunt of the violence, each of them would transform and recruit convention over 200 Wanashabaa
 freely shared inspirational experiences of their works as
change makers in their communities.
Milania Wanjiku, a 24 year old young woman from
Murang’a told the participants how she was able to inspire
After the training, I decided to forget the past and play my
part in healing. I have since conducted training sessions in
Eldoret, Lugari and Mt. Elgon, areas that were affected by
the violence.”

WHAT CAN
the youth in her district to start income generating projects. For Joyce Loko,
“I was able to apply the conflict resolution strategies that I who works with
learnt from the leadership forums, to mobilise the youth from Young Professional

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my area to engage in income generating activities. Many of for Development
them are now eking a living from their efforts,” Milania said. (YPD), a non
Through her, young people who previously found solace in governmental
criminal gangs have since dished their underworld past and organisation in
are –making a living by rearing poultry and rabbits, making
wine and growing mushrooms.
Machakos Town,
the
training
leadership
gave
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14 making a difference in the society and proving indeed that to communicate 15

they have a stake in the national agenda. When we held our clearly to the
first training, the youth looked disillusioned by the system and community. I was a very shy person. “After the training, I (It gets me a week of day care.)
concerned that Kenya had sunk into the post election turmoil. have become a confident communicator and a community
I am happy to see them playing their part in rebuilding our mobiliser,” she says.
country,” Sonia, the Youth Programme Coordinator says.
Like a mustard plant, Shabaa has grown from a group of
Diphus Kiprop, a 170 young people to be a movement of the youth giving The KCDF Early Childhood Development
24-year-old man from the youth the opportunity to show leadership in their areas. Programme works with Kenyan Communities
Eldoret, the epicentre of Wanashabaa have since formed regional (provincial)
to ensure that children under 8 years old are
post election violence chapters that are harmonising their activities. With an active
well cared for in safe and secure environments,
and a holder of a presence in social media platforms like facebook and twitter,
Business Management they share their success stories on a daily basis. during this critical stage of their lives. As they
degree from Catholic continue to grow healthy socially, physically
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example of the Shabaa
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since transformed from are making a difference in the www.kcdf.or.ke
a bitter young man to an
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says: “ I became an angry man when I saw my friends dying agenda. I am happy to see them
in Eldoret during the election violence. I cursed my country. playing their part in rebuilding MPESA YOUR DONATION TO: 522 800
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A shining example
Makutano Community Development Association
Ikombe Division, like many other dry
parts of Yatta District, has been vast,
rocky and known for all the wrong
reasons: poverty, yawning illiteracy
rates and biting hunger.
Determined not to live in this desperate
situation, in early 1997, the inhabitants
of the area agreed to start an
organisation that would bring the
people together, inspire self-belief and
enable them to address their challenges.
4
They settled on Makutano Community
3 ... a beacon of
Development Association (MCDA),
under the leadership of Raphael
Masika – who was actively involved in
hope, in an area mobilising communities during his stint
as an agricultural officer working with
NEWS
where 12 years Action Aid, a leading international non
profit organisation.
ago, development
16
That year, MCDA received funding
seemed like a pie in
from KCDF to conduct a self discovery
exercise that would enable the members
of the community to understand their
the sky. role in community development as well
as conduct a survey on its needs. The
self discovery process enabled them
to acknowledge and appreciate the
resources within our locality, define
5
our priorities and device strategies
1. Raphael Masika who provided wisdom and vision behind MCDA. to address them. They identified
2. This year MCDA has harvested more than 1000 kilogrammes of butternut. education, food security, health and
3. One of the more successful programmes at MCDA, where dairy goats are given to youth unemployment as their priority
families caring for HIV/AIDS affected children. areas.
4 & 5. Some of the produce that MCDA has been successful in growing for subsistence
and their local market.
I am happy whenever I receive people
The organisation has become a shining example interested to learn from us. This shows
of development in an area where locals could that we are making progress
only depend on relief food.
Thirteen years later, MCDA has
scripted a story of accomplishment and
hope. It has taken visionary leadership,
community participation and building
partnerships with organisations that
buy into MCDA’s agenda.
The organisation’s structure and roles
are clearly defined. It has a board of
directors and secretariat.
13 years later:
Achievements
Education
In its roll of achievements, the
organisation boasts of a secondary
school, Father Makewa Secondary
School that caters for children from
poor backgrounds. The school reserve
admission places for over 50 orphaned
students. MCDA is one of the partners
in KCDF’s scholarships programme,
through which students that have been
awarded high school scholarships.
Health and sanitation
Through volunteer health officer, MCDA
has been training community members
on sanitation and basic hygiene
measures like washing hands, boiling
water among others. All community
members have dug pit latrines in their
homes – a step that has raised the
standards of hygiene in the area.
Food Security
MCDA is a success story on water
harvesting. The organisation has a
total of 10 dams, 7 shallow wells and
one borehole. It has trained thousands
of Yatta community members on
techniques of harvesting water, for
instance, roof top harvesting and
digging water pans.
To combat hunger, the organisation has
been working with communities to grow
drought resistant crops like sorghum and
millet. MCDA has ventured into value
addition technologies like extracting
sunflower oil. The organisation is a
good case study on how communities
can address the challenge of cereals
glut in Kenya with its community store
that can store 5000 bags of cereals.
Through Ustawi, MCDA has been
growing food innovatively in two
greenhouses donated by KCDF. The
organisation has become a shining
example of development in an area
17
where locals could only depend on
relief food.
Example to others
In the last five years, Masika has been
receiving delegations of individuals
and organisations interested in learning
from MCDA. Some of these include
Members of Parliament who are
keen to see organisations like MCDA
spearheading development in their
constituencies. ”I am happy whenever
I receive people interested to learn
from us. This shows that we are making
progress,” Masika says.
MCDA has since spread its footprints to
Katangi Division as well and is currently
serving at least 85,000 people.
 Safaricom Foundation announces
Kshs. 10m support towards Ustawi
K
KCDF food security initiative, Ustawi, got a
boost when Safaricom Foundation announced
a Kshs. 10M support towards the programme
on 2nd December 2009.
This will enable at least 50 communities to
grow food innovatively through an integrated
18 programme incorporating water harvesting,
greenhouse farming, drip irrigation technology,
conservation and value addition of the produced
food.
The announcement followed the success of
earlier food security programmes implemented
by communities supported by KCDF, through
Safaricom Foundation.
Announcing the support, Safaricom Foundation
Chairman Mr. Les Baillie said that his Foundation
would continue to support initiatives that will
address the challenge of food production in
Kenya in a sustainable way. He termed KCDF’s
African Grantmakers to assemble in Nairobi
T
The African Grantmakers Network, of which
KCDF is a founder member has announced
that it will hold the first Panafrican Grantmakers
Assembly in Nairobi from November 3rd to
5th 2010. KCDF Programmes Director, Tom
Safaricom Foundation
Chairman, Les Baillie (r)
handing over the Kshs
10M cheque to KCDF’s
CEO Janet Mawiyoo
experience with the communities as a case
study that should be emulated in the region.
“We are proud to work with KCDF to ensure
that Kenya becomes a food secure country. A
well fed nation (Kenya) will drive prosperity in
the region,” Mr. Baillie noted.
KCDF CEO Mrs. Janet Mawiyoo thanked
Safaricom Foundation for boosting Ustawi,
noting that more Kenyan communities would
benefit from the initiative. She also appealed
to other corporate organisations to support this
approach, as it enables needy communities to
keep their dignity as they see the fruits of their
labour.
The announcement was followed by a successful
field visit by Safaricom Foundation and KCDF
staff to food security projects implemented by
Makutano Community Development Association
(MCDA) – one of the beneficiaries of the Ustawi
initiative.
Were, a member of the organising team
said that the assembly was meant to set the
agenda and consolidate the voice for African
Philanthropy. “More than 250 participants
are expected to converge in Nairobi and this
A Long Journey together
The Safaricom Foundation is one of the
earliest supporters of the Ustawi initiative.
In 2006, as KCDF opted to investigate
the most effective techniques for more
sustainable practices for food production,
the Safaricom Foundation gave a grant of
Kshs 5 Million that was used to support
communities in Arid and Semi-arid areas
in Kenya.
These included:
1
Nomadic Integrated Development Re-
search Agency (NIDRA) is a commu-
nity based organisation from Kajiado
district. It bought Sahiwal cows to
women, in area where only men own
cows – an initiative that gave them a
voice in the community.
2
Genesis Community Development
Assistance purchased 28 high yielding THE VOICES FOR
NEWS
goats that were distributed to farmers,
in Mwingi district. AFRICAN PHILANTHROPY
3
Mordern Farmers Nguumo supported ARE HERE 19
30 households to grow drought
resistant food crops like cassava and
sweet potatoes in Yatta district.
4
Pastoralist Development Organisation
supported 40 farmers to grow drought
resistant variety of sorghum and millet
in Garissa On November 4th and 5th in Nairobi, Kenya, the African Grantmakers
5
Women and Youth Against Aids and Network will host the 1st Pan African Assembly of African grantmaking
Poverty (WAYAAP), is a community organizations, bringing together at least 250 participants from across
based organisation. Grew food in Africa. The AGN Assembly will set the agenda and consolidate the
community gardens. This supported voices for African philanthropy.
13 schools and more than 300
orphans and vulnerable children from
For more information, please email the Assembly Organising
60 households in Isiolo.
Committee on assembly@africangrantmakers.org
Online registration from July 1, 2010
will be the first step towards more coordinated
philanthropy across the continent,” said Mr.
Were. He encouraged all interested to
visit www.africangrantmakers.org for more
information.
TrustAfrica Lot 87, Sacré Coeur 3 Pyrotechnie x VDN BP 45435, Dakar-Fann, Senegal Tel: +221-33-869-4686 info@africangrantmakers.org www.africangrantmakers.org
 PUMPKINS FOR TROPHIES
Nairobi Hospital CSR team learns from our community

2010, paid a visit to Makutano ordinary community members who

Chandaria COMMITS Kshs. 6.6M for scholarships Community Development Association
(MCDA), a community organisation
genuinely feel they have something to
offer to the society,” she said.

O
supported by KCDF. The Nairobi Hospital
300 children have a reason to smile
team wanted to interact and learn from After the eye-opening presentation,
On 30th April announced Chandaria Foundation’s new education grants of Ksh. 6.6 million that will go towards supporting
a successful community (supported by the team was taken to the field. This
needy students across Kenya to access secondary education. The grant will be administered by KCDF and support a total of
KCDF) that is implementing sustainable became a practical session where they
300 needy students over three years.
projects, so that it can work with KCDF were able to connect the projects on the
to replicate such a model through its ground. Among the projects that they
While announcing the sponsorship commitment, Dr. Manu Chandaria, the chairman of the Chandaria Foundation, called on
corporate social responsibility (CSR) visited were the water dams, boreholes,
more well wishers to support bright students from humble backgrounds. “Education is the most priceless gift that we can be-
Programmes. water pans and Father Makewa High
queath to our children. Unfortunately, it remains a luxury to children from needy backgrounds,” he said.

F
For Carolyne Gathuru, the Marketing
KCDF CEO Mrs. Janet Mawiyoo thanked the Foundation for the support, noting that thousands of children haven’t been able to
Manager of Nairobi Hospital, seeing
proceed to high schools, despite posting good marks in KCPE exams, due to lack of fees. “With support from organisations like
a 5kg pumpkin in the heart of Yatta
Chandaria Foundation, KCDF has been supporting over 200 bright children every year,” Mrs. Mawiyoo said.
district, an area that has for long
depended on food relief, was an eye
Mrs. Mawiyoo further called on more companies to work with KCDF to support more needy students to access education, add-
opener. It changed her perceptions
ing that most of them are wasting away in homes due to lack of fees. “We are particularly interested to support the education
about the region. The Yatta that she
of girls since they encounter countless hurdles in the society,” she noted.
had for long known, was a region
20 plagued by hunger and an area where
Through partnership with Chandaria Foundation and other like minded organisations, KCDF has in the last five years awarded
locals had been deprived hope of living
scholarships to over 1000 students from needy backgrounds.
productive lives due to the vagaries of
the weather. Spending seven hours in
the region made all the difference.
Carolyne was part of a team from
Nairobi Hospital who, on 21st April
School.
Mr. Daniel Mbatha, an official of the
organisation, welcomed the visitors As part of our agenda of sharing our
and took them through the history, learnings, KCDF has been organising
mission and vision of MCDA. From the field visits targeting key players in
presentation, it was obvious that MCDA, community development. We expect
like all successful communities, has been that through these insightful visits,
keen to have a vision that is bought by all organisations will learn from our model
its members – a key tenet in community and promote sustainable development.
development. Dr. Mary Kisingu, the 21
Chief Pharmacist at Nairobi Hospital
was particularly impressed
by the fact that MCDA “When I look at this team (MCDA),
governance is an organisation
driven by ordinary people in
I see ordinary community members
the community. “When I look who genuinely feel they have
at this team (MCDA), I see something to offer to the society”

1&2. Carolyne Gathuru and

Dr Mary Kisingu happily hold
up their prizes of Prosperity.
3. Lilian Sang (right), Customer
Dr. Manu Chandaria, Chandaria Foundation Relations officer of Nairobi
Chairman (Second Left) presents a dummy cheque
to KCDF CEO, Mrs. Janet Mawiyoo (third right). On
Hospital prepares to enjoy
the bounty of the harvest. 2 3
the far left is Hirji Shah and Sunil Chandaria (third
left) from Chandaria Foundation. Also there were
Catherine Kiganjo (second right and Simon Wachira
(far right) from KCDF.
 Nurturing telling their own stories, living their dreams
The aim of our education programme is to help young people on towards a better future
through access to uninterrupted education. In addition to the Global Give back Circle,
we continue to collaborate with The Chandaria Foundation to provide scholarships and
bursaries to over 200 students in various institutions all over Kenya.
THE CONVERSATION
By Mary Mwende Alex

GLOBAL CITIZENS
Listen, Watch and Listen…
And now we are going to tell you our story…..
Looking at the impact that these scholarships are making in the lives of girls, one gets
convinced that given equal opportunities, girls can realise their drives. Esther Nyambura‘s We are honoured to converse with you today in our shoes,
story articulately capture this. Esther comes from a humble background. She always Which came with our high school sponsorship,
wanted to be in Investment banker. After graduating from Starehe Girls Centre, she Shoes that we chose to walk in,
decided to pursue a career in finance. She has since qualified for a Higher Education And to choose the best in them.
So our hopes were ignited,
Loans Board (HELB) loan and will pursue a Bachelors of Commerce degree at Kenyatta
And we could walk with pride and dignity.
University and will graduate in 2015.

Four years on,

A very similar experience to Esther’s is Rosemary Kimengele’s. She loves working with And my shoes got worn out,
children and has always wanted to be a teacher. She qualified for a three-year Diploma Although I had been mentored to have dreams,
programme at a Kenyan teacher’s college after finishing her high school studies in 2009. I could not make them happen,
She will graduate in 2013. Rosemary and Esther are not very different from Josephine. So I had to stop walking.
Raised on a farm in Central province, Josephine loves putting her green thumb to good
use. She has always dreamt of pursuing a profession in agriculture. She will be starting Then From heaven came a haven of great hearts,
a Diploma Program in Agricultural purchasing at Jomo Kenyatta University of Science And made me walk and dream again,
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ATE Bank, Equity Bank and Microsoft.

These girls are a shining example of the unquantifiable benefits of a structured scholarship
For I have learnt to give,
and mentorship programme for girls from disadvantaged backgrounds. When Caroline
Even though I have no money,
Macharia, Mary Mwende and Khadija Said joined Starehe Girls Centre, they had
I have a secret…
no idea what the future held in store for them. They were selected to be a part of That I learnt from the book ‘GIVING’
the Global Give Back Circle’s scholarship programme, which in addition to providing
full scholarship support for the girls, provides mentorship and offers life skills training President Bill Clinton made it clear,
opportunities for all its beneficiaries. That you can give your time and talent,
So we have a commitment to undertake,
Caroline, Mary and Khadija, all from poor backgrounds, are now the programme’s And in our shoes we will do it!
global representatives, shuttling from international meetings such as the Clinton Global
Initiative in 2009, where GGBC secured funding support from the ATE bank of Greece, Now I keep on walking,
and their University studies in the American University in Dubai. Caroline is pursuing a From being a girl to being a mentor of other girls,
From accepting aid, to giving trade for aid,
Bachelors of Business Information Technology; Mary is pursing a Bachelors of Commerce
With skills to follow my dreams.
degree while Khadija is pursuing a Bachelors degree in Business Administration.

But in my shoes I still worry,

Will I walk alone? Am I freed alone?
Thousands of girls are poverty stricken,
But where do they get the shoes?

As for us, we choose to GIVE BACK,

For we are Global Citizens.
Poem presented by Khadijah Said, Mary Mwende Alex and Carolyne Macharia at the 5th C linton Global Initiative in New York, USA
 Image courtsey of CGI & GGBC

My Story:
My dream and beyond
My name is Rogers Walubengo. I was born 17years ago at Kaimosi
village, Vihiga district. My parents separated when I was just two
years old. The task of bringing me up was therefore left to my
unemployed mother.

I grew up with so many unanswered questions wondering what

happened to my father and where he was. My mother did all sorts of
menial jobs to cater for our needs. It was challenging.

Despite the challenges, my mother believed in a higher purpose for

me. She wanted me to excel in school and pull the family out of
poverty. This made me work very hard in school. Though my mother
struggled to raise school fees for my education, I was always the best
in my class.”

I sat for my KCPE exams in the year 2006 and as expected, I

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GGBC and KCDF: Fast Facts
1 Since 2009, The Global Give Back Circle (GGBC), through KCDF has supported 77 students from Starehe
Girls Centre, St. Martins Centre and Blessed Generation School. So far 26 of these girls have gone to pursue
university degrees while 9 are pursuing diplomas.
2 Guided by the Five Dimensions of Mentoring, all mentors go thorough a selective recruitment and preparation
procedure before being paired with one of the girls. The girls and their mentors are in constant communication
through letters. The appointed social worker follows up the Mentorship relationship.
3 Microsoft (EA) sponsored the set up a computer lab at the Starehe Girls centre to enable the girls to take
computer courses and sit for online exams more conveniently and without having to relocate outside their school
compound.
emerged the best student in my class - getting 411 marks out of the possible
500. There was celebration in my family. I was, however, aware how hard
life would be: raising school fees and catering for my needs. This fact
wore me down. I felt helpless, despite having a flowery result slip and an
admission letter. It was just another piece of paper with good grades that
didn’t mean much if I couldn’t continue with my education. I didn’t know that
good performance could leave me with such mental torment. The future was
so near yet so far.
As I was struggling to find a solution, strange enough, my father - a man I
hadn’t seen for many years resurfaced. He was frail and suffering from a life
threatening heart complication. This only added to my worries and pain in
my heart. I had to take care of him, which meant forgetting my education,
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that I would be considered for scholarship! I have never
been that happy.
What then started was a journey of hope, a schooling
career that initially seemed too far now became a
reality. I joined Chavakali High School and continued
with my outstanding credentials. In 2009, when I was
a candidate, at a function that Edumed Trust had
organised, I was lost for words when I met officials
from KCDF, the organisation that funded my education,

4 The girls are learning to be financially responsible for themselves by preparing and holding themselves accountable
for their personal allowance expenditure, under the supervision of their mentors and social workers.
as you know, blood is thicker than water. All this time, I saw my mother through Edumed Trust.
defeated.
I sat for my KCSE exams in the year 2009. When the
5 In 2008, ATE Bank of Greece gave a commitment of US$ 300,000 towards the GGBC initiative
Fortunately, a family friend known as Rose who lived results for year 2009 were announced I was overjoyed
in Nairobi came at the eleventh hour. She had heard when I learnt that I got grade A-. I am hoping to be
6 All the girls have identified and are currently carrying out their give back commitment in various institutions in
Nairobi with the help of the appointed social worker.
of Edumed Trust, an organisation that to gives partial an actuarial scientist and help many other
scholarships to needy high school students. She needy children. I know mine was a chance
encouraged me to apply, which I did. I was overjoyed of a lifetime; I will never let KCDF down.
7 There is constant communication amongst the girls, the school administration, the social workers and KCDF’s
implementing officer to ensure that the girls’ needs are sufficiently met.
when I was later called for an interview by the
organisation. I passed the interview – this meant Thank you KCDF.
Rogers Walubengo
8 The girls are empowered to realize their goals through a mentoring model based on remembering Gratitude,
Articulating Goals, and actualizing successes while also Giving back.
 Malindi Education and Development
Association (MEDA) is one of the local
organizations supporting the implementation
of quality education and Early Childhood
Development programmes in Malindi district.
MEDA is an active member of Star of Hope
network of organisations in the district.
In 1987, Al-Islam society took the initiative of
establishing the first integrated ECD centre
known as Al-Islam in Malindi town. MEDA,
just like most organizations and institutions in
Kenya, was supporting the ordinary nursery
and pre-school programmes for children
4-years where emphasis was on increasing
enrolment and promoting the physical and
cognitive aspects of development but also
ignored other key areas of child development.
Children continued attending Madrassa
classes where they learnt Islamic religious
practices and learnt to recite the Koran before
joining the ECD programme.
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After a visit to the Madrassa Resource
Centre in Mombasa and other organizations
CAT CHING THEM implementing integration of ECD and
Madrassa, MEDA realised that children who
were spending their early years in Madrassa
system, tended to join ECD and primary
early
schools at a later age in life, which contributed
to high school dropout rates.
Where the two systems were allowed, they
usually took place in different venues at different
times. This was a burden to most children.
Some community members had also realised
Reducing school drop out rates that Muslim parents were straining to provide
resources and related support to maintain
the two programmes. There was a need to
combine the two systems for effectiveness,
improved performance, discipline which
would then lead to the reduction of age at
which children joined primary schools.
When MEDA through the support of KCDF
started intensive community sensitisation
campaigns focussing on the importance of
integrating ECD Programme and Madrassa
system, they faced strong resistance from the
Muslim community who felt that the secular
nature of the ECD Programme would interfere
with the positive development of children and
water down the Islamic community values.
Through meetings with Islamic religious
leaders and conducting other awareness
campaigns to support the idea, MEDA
managed to increase their understanding of
the effort and soon gained support for the
initiative. Exchange learning visits to promote
learning and experience through sharing with
organisations that were already implementing
similar projects were also conducted.
The system worked so well that within a
few months, the increase in demand for
space led to MEDA coming in to support the
integration process. The integration strategy
is a combination of secular and religious
teachings. Integration is encouraged in the
early years of life because it is the most critical
period for child’s holistic development and
when growth in all ways takes place first.
Currently, there are 30 integrated ECD centres,
which are feeder centres to various primary
schools in Malindi district and Tahdhib Muslim
Academies. 8 out of 30 centres have outdoor
play equipment such as slides, see-saws,
swings and climbing frames. This was born
out of MEDA’s collaboration with other ECD
partners.
There is attitudinal change in Madrassa
Maalims (Madrassa male teachers) and
Maalimas (Madrassa female teachers)
evidenced by the speed at which they
have embraced the integration system of
education and are actively advocating for
its implementation in all Madrassas. ECD
teachers have come together and formed the
integration ECD teachers Association where
they meet once a week to share ideas and
resources.
An integrated ECD teachers college started
in Malindi this year 2009, and it has started
offering its services first to Madrassa Maalims
and Maalimas. Many parents are now
enrolling their children in the integrated
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Programme and are willingly supporting the
integration initiatives.
The first lot of 25 pupils from the first integrated
primary school sat for KCPE examination in
November, 2008. The performance was good
with the highest pupil scoring 423 marks while
the lowest had 278. The Malindi community is
now actively contributing towards the initiative
and has already contributed Kshs.4.1 Million
towards the construction of an integrated
secondary school.
 Artist: Wanuri Kahiu
Project: Pumzi
Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Wanuri is an acclaimed film director
with extensive experience in the film industry both locally and
internationally. While attaining her Masters of Fine Arts degree
in directing at the School of Film and Television, University of
California, Los Angeles, she received the Motion Pictures of
America Associates Award and the Hollywood Foreign Press
Award for distinguished director.
Wanuri has evolved into a visionary director, whose impressive
film roll is a testament of her powerful skill in the use of film as
a tool for the expression of societal issues. While studying in
the in the United States, Wanuri had the opportunity to work
as a Production intern in Pinewood Studios, London and later
as a Producer’s assistant in Alexandria Productions, Virginia.
Her experience in the Motion Picture Industry was gained while
working as a Director’s Intern in Paramount Studios during the
“Italian Job.”
Wanuri directed a behind-the-scenes documentary “The Spark
28 that Unites” for the film “Catch-A-Fire” directed by Phillip Noyce,
starring Derek Luke and Tim Robbins. She is the talent behind
“Ras Star,” a short film for M-Net, released in June 2007.
Pumzi is futuristic; science fiction 21 minute film set in East
Africa 35 years after World War III when water is on the verge
of extinction and going outside is banned because it’s too toxic.
The story is told through the eyes of, Asha, (portrayed by South
African actor Kudzani Moswela) who is living in an enclosed
space in a community that relies on urine purification as the
sole source of water.
My first concern is making films for
and about Africans; films that are a
celebration of people, traditions and
the land that are the life-source of art
and culture.
— Wanuri Kahiu
www.dadaproduction.net
A curator at the natural virtual museum of the Maitu
Community, Asha receives a package containing a non toxic
soil sample, in which she plants a seed. The germinating
seedling proves to her that life does exist outside. She
escapes to the outside world to prove that life exists outside
the sanitary utopia like world of the inside.
Pumzi is indeed a ground breaking short film; not only
because it is the first science fiction film directed by a
Kenyan, but also because of the cinematography employed
in its production. Its was shot using old but rarely used film
techniques such as matt painting technique, which allowed
for the exploration of creative story telling techniques on a
small budget. Shot in South Africa, its story line tackles the
consequences of destroying nature, to the point where we
are forced to recycle our own water.
Pumzi has since won worldwide recognition since its launch
in October 2009 at the Kenya International Film festival. In
2010, where it was , for instance, selected for the Sundance
Film Festival 2010.
Pumzi was produced with finding from Focus features, The
Goethe Institute and the Changamoto Arts Fund.
Additional info from www.focusfeatures.com
www.wired.com
Artist: Sitawa Namwalie of corruption and politicising characteristic of leaders in our
Project: Cut off my tongue
In Cut off my tongue, Sitawa Namwalie
has injected freshness and creativity
into the way we experience poetry,
verse, and the spoken word in the
Nairobi urban arts scene. A holder
of a degree in Botany and zoology
from the University of Nairobi, and
a Masters degree in Environmental Studies
from Clark University in Massachusetts USA, Sitawa is not your
typical run-of-the-mill poet.
She writes with a playfulness and from a perspective that those
of her generation and younger have described as breathtaking
and mind blowing in its simplicity. Her hugely popular book
“Cut Off My Tongue,” is a collection of poetry and choral verse
that explores who we are and why we do the things we do as
Africans.
Story Moja Africa, a leading publisher, developed it into a stage
performance with support from the Changamoto Arts Fund. The
result was simply amazing. Cut off My Tongue was made into
a dramatised poetry performance with song and dance. The
performances would have you breaking into song and dance,
laughing at the colourful and satirical portrayals of the state
society.
Sitawa Namwalie is famous for writings that explore how
we define ourselves as Africans in our current modern
society. Her work was ignited by the ethnic violence and
political turmoil that followed 2007 general elections. The
book focuses on the highly ethnicised political and social
situation in Kenya. First performed at the RAMOMA arts
gallery in June of 2008, In Cut Off My Tongue she tackles
various themes, most notably politics, tradition, the individual
identity and love. The dramatised performance continues to
be showcased to audiences locally and abroad.
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Fast Facts
The KCDF Arts Programme supports exciting and
innovative creative projects that find new ways to
amplify the voices of Kenyan artists, reach new local
audiences, and expand the role and value of the arts in
Kenya so that they become better rooted as an important
part of modern life. The hope is that, seeds of innovation,
new directions, new insights, borne from the projects,
will steadily germinate in the mainstream and
contribute to a dynamic, regenerating,
exciting arts and culture sector.
 Artist: Intensecities Group
Project: Urban Concrete Beauty

WHO’S
Graffiti art is among the most popular urban modes of expres-
sion. It is a form of expression used by young people to cel- The process was challenging a revelation for the team. It also

ebrate hope and triumph over struggles.
Trained in a variety of arts oriented disciplines, such as graphic
design and interior design, a group of twenty young people
passionate about graffiti art from Kibera recently gave their
neighbourhood a facelift. Their intention was to make the slum
much more beautiful and in the process lift the cheer of the resi-
dents, and make them think more positively about life.
The Intensecities group is a coming together of various graffiti
artist crews in Nairobi’s urban informal settlement localities. The
crews range from three to six members, and artistic competition
amongst them is stiff, bringing out more vibrant and new designs
and concepts from the graffiti artists.
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allowed them a unique opportunity to interact with the commu-
nity, who helped them prepare the walls for the art by washing
of dirt and painting of the base coat for the artwork. They had
to interview various proprietors, consult on the message the re-
sulting artwork would take on before starting the process. The
four-day project was also a test of skill for the artists, who are
accustomed to one day projects, on a much smaller scale with
teams that usually do not range beyond six members.
WHO
In this inaugural issue of MyCommunity magazine, we
are happy to introduce you to everyone at KCDF from the
Trustees and the Directors to Management and staff. All
of these motivated and passionate individuals spend their
days and considerable energy for the betterment of our
communities lives.
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With funding support from KCDF, Intensecities group took the

arts to the people of Makina in Kibera, showing them that beau-
tiful artwork is accessible and easy to apply.

Such was the success of the project that many residents of the
area wanted the artists to go and beautify their premises as
well. Local children also tend to hang around the artists, eager
to learn a trick or two. According to Esen, a graffiti artist in the
group and graphic designer by profession, by the time they had
completed the project, quite a number of children had tried their
hand on the spray cans. This was just a sign of how much artistic
talent and interest there is in the new generation.
 Eng. Isaac Wanjohi
Chairman of the KCDF Trust
He is the founder of Wanjohi Consulting,
the first indigenous civil engineering
consulting firm in Kenya and a chartered
arbitrator. He is the Chairman of
Gateway Insurance Ltd. In the early
70s, Eng. Wanjohi was the Director
of Housing Development in Nairobi
City Council where he influenced the
construction of low cost housing which
benefited people with low incomes.
Eng. Wanjohi currently serves on several
boards of a number of secondary
schools and has particularly been
involved in advancing and advocating
for education opportunities amongst
rural communities.
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Mr. Donald Kaniaru
Trustee
He is an advocate and the managing
partner of Kaniaru & Kaniaru Advocates,
a leading law firm in Nairobi. He
is a specialist in International and
Environmental Law. Mr. Kaniaru has
worked in the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and and Ministry of Environment
and Natural Resources in Kenya and
the United Nations Environmental
Programme (UNEP) – where he served
for close to 30 years. In 2009, he
was the laureate of the prestigious
Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental
Law. Mr. Kaniaru is a past Chair of the
Board of Alliance High School and an
active member of several philanthropic
organisations.
Dr. Vijoo Rattansi, OGW
Trustee
Dr. Rattansi heads the Rattansi
Educational Trust, an organisation
that awards scholarships to needy
students in universities. She also serves
in the Board of Governors of Highway
Secondary School, Slums Information
and Development Resource Centre
(SIDAREC), Michael Blundell Trust,
Daisy Eye Cancer Fund (DECF) Centre
for Africa Families Studies (CAFS),
Northern Kenya Education Fund (NKEF),
Flying Doctors’ Society of Africa and
Allavida.  She is also the Vice-Chair of
East Africa Association of Grantmakers
(EAAG). She received an honorary
doctorate from Moi University in 2006
and Order of Golden Warrior (OGW)
in 2005 from the President of Kenya for
her philanthropic initiatives.  
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Mr. Kibuga Kariithi
Trustee
Mr. Kibuga Kariithi, a banker by
profession), is the immediate former CEO
of City Finance Bank Ltd and a founder
of Baraka Africa Fund. He is also a
Director of Afrika Investment Bank, a
member of the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(NSE. Up to April 2005 he was the Chief
Executive Officer of the Nairobi Stock
Exchange. He is the Chair of Church
Army East Africa (the missionary arm of
the Anglican Church in Kenya) and Life
Ministry, Board member and Treasurer of
Action Aid International Kenya, Mathare
Youth Sports Association (a slum youth
programme),Jamii Bora Trust (a micro
finance organisation), and Christians
For Just Society (a regional social justice
grouping).
 Mrs. Eunice Mathu
Trustee
Mrs. Mathu is the Editor-in-Chief of
Parents magazine, the Chief Executive
Officer of Stellan Consult Limited and
the director of Bodywise Health Club
Limited. A recipient of Order of the
Grand Warrior of Kenya (OGW), Mrs.
Mathu is also a founder member of
Media Owners Association, Association
of Media Women in Kenya, Kenya
Women’s Finance Trust, Public Relations
Society of Kenya amongst others.Mrs.
Mathu serves as a Trustee and a founder
member of Starehe Girls Centre. At KCDF,
she chairs the Resource Mobilisation and
Communication Committee.
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Ms Atia Yahya
Board member, Trustee
She has  worked in senior positions at
Aon  Minet Insurance  Brokers  and APA
Insurance and has vast experience in the
insurance industry.  She was a member of
the advisory committee of Association of
Kenya Insurers (AKI) – Health insurance.
She is currently  engaged by General
Accident Insurance  as Management
Consultant to develop its Health Division
as a profit centre.  Atia has been a
very active Rotarian since 1998 and
even served as Vice President in the
year 2005/06 and is also a Trustee
for Friends of Spinal  Injury Hospital in
Nairobi.
Prof. Mohammed Said Abdullah
Chairman, Board of Directors, Trustee
He is a Faculty professor of Medicine
and a specialist physician at Aga Khan
University Hospital, Nairobi and is a past
chairman of a number of government
boards including Kenya Medical
Research Institute (KEMRI), National
AIDS Control Council, National Health
Research and Development Centre,
and  National Council for Science
and Technology. Prof. Abdullah is a
member of the Board of Trust of the
Ummah Foundation (a community
development organisation), a trustee at
Malindi Education and Development
Association (MEDA), founder member of
NUSRA Technical Institute (a vocational
training institution) and the Chairman
of the Board of Directors of KAMMP (a
community healthcare and education
organisation).
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Mr. Edmund Mudibo
Board member
Mr. Edmund Mudibo is the Chief Executive
of Forward Vision Communications, an
advertising/PR agency founded.  He has
also been a freelance news anchor with
the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
(KBC) since 1989. Mr. Mudibo has been
a member of the Rotary Club of Nairobi
North where he served as the Club’s
Secretary in 2006 and a Trustee of the
Palmhouse Foundation, a trust that offers
scholarships to needy secondary school
students.
 Ms. Nuriya Farah Mrs Janet Mawiyoo
Board member CEO and Ex Official Board member
Currently a businesswoman, Ms. Farah Having worked in the development sector
has vast experience in the education for over 20 years, Janet is an expert on
sector, having served as a Senior community development- knowledge
Assistant Director of Education, head that comes handy when she is mentoring
of Admissions Section, Secondary staff members and providing strategic
Education division at Ministry of direction at the organisation. When she
Education headquarters, Nairobi.  She is not in the office, Janet likes to spend
has played a key role in the promotion at her farm.
and development of Girls Education in
North Eastern Province.  At KCDF, she
chairs the Programme Committee.

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Mr. Arthur Namu

Tom Were
Board member
Programmes Director
Mr. Namu holds a Bachelor of
Tom heads the programmes docket
Commerce degree and Masters in Public
and is the sort of person who takes
Administration from University of Nairobi
programmes like a duck takes to water.
and Harvard University respectively.
He articulates strategies, outputs, targets
He is a retired banker and securities
with gusto that the Programme team
and corporate finance expert and has
direly needs. In his docket, coordinates
served in various high profile roles in
all the programmes, develops
the corporate sector. Mr. Namu has
fundraising concepts and proposals and
a strong passion for volunteerism and
also coordinate the implementation and
philanthropy. He is the Vice Chairman
monitoring aspects of the programmes.
and Trustee of Wanjiru Kunyiha Asthma
He has also been driving the Ustawi
Trust Fund, Secretary of GCA Savings
programme. His consuming desire and
and Credit Cooperative Society and
dream is to see Kenyan communities
founder member of Embu Development
growing food enough to feed this
Forum.
country and therefore end dependence
on relief.
 Al Kags
Head, Marketing and Partnerships
His belt has every notch of creativity: a poet, actor, writer and marketer.
Kags is armed with a galaxy of skills that he needs to drive KCDF’s
marketing and partnerships agenda. He is the Author of the Book - Dennis Gitari
Gladys Miriti Judith Mulinge
Living Memories (http://living.alkags.com), a collection of true stories Accounts Assistant
Programme Officer, Early Childhood Development Communication Intern
narrated to him by ordinary people who lived in the extraordinary times His work involves ensuring that finance procedures are followed,

THE KCDF TEAM

of the 1950s. Kags has published the Quarterly Colour Series of Poetry,
a series of ebooks since 2009. He has over 10 years experience in
marketing. When he is not with his pen, you will find him at theatres or
meet ups of the creatives.
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Gladys is known for her passion in serving children and fighting for the
facilitating payments by scrutinising every document against the laid
rights of vulnerable children. She is a recognisable face in children’s
procedures. When he is not working with the figures, Dennis plays
advocacy circles. Gladys loves travelling and reading current affairs
badminton and has won many awards for his prowess in the court.
magazines.
Judith is a budding poet. She is a creative writer and debater. She
is a meticulous event organiser. Judith is the key plank that links the
Marketing and Partnerships team( MARK Team) with the communities.
She loves travelling and reading thought provoking books.
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Catherine Kiganjo
Programme officer, Institutional Development and Governance
Aunty Cathy, as she is fondly called by the girls supported by KCDF’s girl
child programme, is a caring person, with an infectious warm personality.
She is also an ardent football fan, who will not miss a vantage seat
during national football tournaments at Kasarani or Nyayo Stadium.
At KCDF, she drives the agenda of scholarships and girl child – causes
that she is very passionate about. She also coordinates Governance
activities of the Board of Directors in addition to Human Resources and
the overall administration function at the Secretariat. Having been at
KCDF since its inception, Cathy is the person who literally shows the
way and orients other staff members to the organisation procedures
and history.
Francis Kamau
Finance and Investment Manager
Lynnette Gacheri
His office looks like a finance library – a resource with anything from
Programmes Intern Mercy Maneno
books, newspaper cuttings, magazines to journals. He oversees all the
Lynnette, a psychology graduate, is keen in demystifying what drives Executive Assistant
financial matters at KCDF and also carries out administration duties.
people to think and act the way they do. She prefers to sit at her desk Mercy is known for her warm personality and the smile that she always
Francis is also the link between the endowment funds service providers
and research on a wide array of topics. Through this, she is able to wears while welcoming guests to KCDF offices. She is also known for
(fund managers, custodians and administrators. When he is not battling
bolster the programmes team with a repository of information. Lynnette her culinary prowess, especially African cuisines.
figures at KCDF, he likes to spend time at his farm.
also mentors young girls during weekends.

Mutheu Mbondo
Programme Officer, Arts and Culture
Nothing captures Mutheu than the array of talents under her sleeve. She
is a musician, guitarist and a writer; perhaps this explains her versatility
in dealing with artists from different genres. Mutheu attended Berklee
College of Music in Boston—USA.
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Sarah Munyua
Grants Management Accountant
Sarah is known for her ability to go through complex figures with a
toothcomb. At KCDF, she oversees and participates in the budgeting
process of all the grantees, builds the capacity of grantees on financial
matters and also prepares all finance journals. She is a soft spoken
person, who loves travelling and reading fashion magazines.
Oliver Konya
Logistics Officer
Oliver is the sort of person who will drop everything when any staff
member is stuck. He ensures that we are supported to work smoothly.
He is also a good debater with a warm smile. When he is not at KCDF,
Oliver likes to participate in community projects in his church.
Peter Wechuli
Programme Assistant, Youth Programme
Peter is an amiable person, known for his determination to get things
done. His work involves supporting the Youth Programme by providing
linkages with the community organisations and individual young people.
When he is not traversing the country, Peter plays rugby and also sings
in his church choir.
Simon Wachira
Communication Officer
Known for his sense of humour and creative one liners, Simon is the
sort of person who tames the pressure in the office. At KCDF he drives
the communication docket, ensuring that KCDF is well profiled in
the media, publications and online platforms. He is an avid debater
with keen interest in international affairs. He is a gifted writer and a Sonia Rasugu
Coordinator, Youth Development Programme
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cartoonist. A passionate supporter of what he calls “the cause of the
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 tegrate with a mentor to realize their funding to support IT skills training, Environment (KEPAWAE) Total Funds Disbursed: Kshs. ••••• Boys (4), Girls (0)
full potential, develops the girls to be- tuition and examination fees to the Boys (0), Girls (7) 1,855,865. Genesis Community Develop- Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
come a mentor and benefactor for the various colleges, hostel accommoda- Grant Amount: Kshs. 260,811 Total Number of Boys: 26 ment Assistance •••••
next generation of girls and provides tion, transport and clothing allowance, ••••• Total Number of Girls: 41 Boys (2), Girls (2) Malindi Education Development
an opportunity to develop valuable stationery and pocket allowances. Total Number of students: 67 Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
Makutano Community Develop- Association (MEDA)
skills necessary in meeting the various •••••
challenges in their future career. The Grant Amount: Kshs. 1,805,549 ment Association (MCDA) ••••• Boys (2), Girls (2)
beneficiaries are from two institutions Boys (1), Girls (2) Good Samaritan Children’s Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
namely Starehe Girls Centre and St Grant Amount: Kshs. 71,700 Chandaria Foundation Support Home •••••
EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS
Martins Girls Secondary School in The following is a summary of benefi- Boys (3), Girls (1)
Purpose: The grant provides an chance Edumed Trust
Kibagare Slums. The commitment for Malindi Education Development ciaries students funded directly each Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
for needy boys and girls in Kenya who Boys (4), Girls (2)
the support of this work is U$ 300,000 Association (MEDA) student received a partial grant of
are orphans or destitute to attend sec- ••••• Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
donated by ATE Bank of Greece as a Boys (4), Girls (3) Kshs. 12,000 per annum as a contribu-
ondary school and therefore have an Support Activities in Poverty •••••
Clinton Global Initiative commitment. Grant Amount: Kshs. 235,731 tion to the secondary school fees;
equal opportunity. Eradication and Health (SAIPEH)
••••• Form 1: Girls: 2 Boys: 3 Boys (2), Girls (2) Total Funds Disbursed:
Starehe Girls Centre KCDF partners with local community- Masaai Aids Awareness Pro- Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000 Kshs. 1,111,500.
Form 2: Girls: 2 Boys: 3
Starehe Girls has 24 beneficiaries in based organizations, NGOs and gramme (MAAP) Total Number of Boys: 46
Form 3 Girls: 2 Boys: 3 •••••
the programme. 22 of the beneficia- schools that offer mentorship to stu- Boys (1), Girls (8) Total Number of Girls: 41
Form 4: Girls: 9 Boys: 16 St Martins Girls Secondary
ries have received additions to the dents who meet the set criteria through- Grant Amount: Kshs. 231,643 Total Number of students: 87
public nuiversities to study various pro- out Kenya. ••••• School
grams. 2 students are pursuing college ••••• The following organizations each re- Boys (0), Girls (4)
education. During the period under KCDF Scholarship Support Omega Child Shelter ceived partial scholarships to disburse Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
review the institution received funding Boys (4), Girls (3) to student. Each student received Kshs.
•••••
34 Grant Amount: Kshs. 235,731 12,000 per annum. 35
to support the Gap period i.e., the pe- Actina Initiative Self Help Group Makutano Community Develop-
riod before admissions to the university Boys (0), Girls (3) •••••
Kenya Network of Women with ment Association (MCDA)
to train on ICT skills, accounting, busi- Grant Amount: Kshs. 100,134 Soin Integrated Development Boys (2), Girls (2)
ness skills and life skills. In addition Project – Bomet. AIDS (KENWA)
••••• Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
the funding provided accommodation Boys (0), Girls (3) Boys (0), Girls (4)
facilities and a renovated a laboratory Edumed Trust •••••
Grant Amount: Kshs. 94,801 Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
which was equipped with computers to Boys (5), Girls (4) Lake Region Community Devel-
Grant Amount: Kshs. 234,010 ••••• •••••
provide a first class facility for training opment Programme
••••• Rabour Sinaga Area Develop- Kenya Professional Association
at the institution. Boys (2), Girls (2)
Genesis Community Develop- ment Trust of Women in Agriculture and
Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
Grant Amount: Kshs. 4,875,947 ment Association Boys (1), Girls (2) Environment (KEPAWAE)
Boys (0), Girls (4) •••••
••••• Boys (2), Girls (2) Grant Amount: Kshs 36,827
Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000 Turkana Basin Institute Limited
St Martins Girls Secondary Grant Amount: Kshs. 96,791 ••••• Boys (2), Girls (2)
••••• Starehe Girls Centre •••••
School Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
St Martin’s has 6 beneficiaries in the Kenya Orphans Rural Develop- Boys (0), Girls (1) Edumed Trust
Boys (2), Girls (2) •••••
programme, who were admitted to Grant Amount: Kshs. 65,000
ment Programme Rattansi Education Trust
various colleges to undertake diploma ••••• Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
Boys (4), Girls (0) Boys (2), Girls (2)
courses in Hotel Management, Com- Grant Amount: Kshs. 155,263 Support Activities in Poverty •••••
Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
munity Development and Accounting. Eradication and Health (SAIPEH) Pastrolist Integrated Support
••••• •••••
These courses take a period of 2 to 3 Boys (4), Girls (3) Program (PISP)
years to complete. During the period Kenya Professional Association Streetnizers Ministry Transfor-
Grant Amount: Kshs. 108,501 Boys (3), Girls (1)
under review the institution received of Women in Agriculture and mation Centre
••••• Grant Amount: Kshs. 48,000
 programmatic focuses and undertaking
an Arts & Leadership camp. This proj-
ect aims to reach at least 40 youth and
10 teachers directly and about 2000
others indirectly. It is expected that rel-
evant organizational systems and pro-
cedures shall be set up set up inclusive
of the strategic plan, Human resource
and Financial Manual as well as office
equipment.
Grant Amount: Ksh 938,250
(USD 12,853)
•••••
Trans Nzoia Sports Association
(TYSA)  organization registered as a CBO in
TYSA was established in 2001 and
is registered as a Community Based
Organization (CBO). TYSA mission is
to inspire and empower youth through
sports. TYSA is implementing a 12
month project dubbed ‘Tunaweza
Girls Project’ that aimed to enhance
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girls’ active participation in their
growth and development through
sports and equipping them with rel-
evant skills, knowledge and informa-
tion so as to make informed choices.
Key interventions include provision of
mentorship and follow ups for girls,
training in child, youth and women’s
rights, reproductive health, peer edu-
cation, business development skills
and career counseling. They will also
conduct an exchange visit to Moving
The Goal Post (MTG) in Kilifi with an
aim of broadening perspectives and
networks of young girls and women.
Key expected outcomes include rein-
tegration of teen mothers into forms
of discipline and learning processes,
intergenerational community based
support for vulnerable young women,
confident and empowered girls/young
women to face the future and make
informed choices and broadened per- youth group established in 2003 in
spectives and networks of girls/young Busia District. The group works with
women so they don’t feel alone with an aim of empowering members both
their problems. The project targets to socially and economically. The group
reach 200 young women directly, 6 is implementing a 12 month project
primary schools youth and 3 second- dubbed ‘Kijana Poa Project’ that aim
ary schools. to improve the livelihoods and well
being of young people in Busia district
Grant Amount: Ksh 1,366,800 by building their capacity to respond
(USD 18,723) to national development and cohesion
••••• needs. Key project activities include
training programmes on entrepreneur-
Youth Agenda Consortium (now
ship, leadership & governance, lobby-
Youth Consortium Kenya), Uasin ing and advocacy and creative talent
Gishu District  promotion, talent promotion festival
Youth Consortium Kenya is a youth-led and enterprise development. Through
the project, it is expected that the ca-
2006. The Consortium’s mission is to pacity of member youth groups and
bring youth together by tapping their
individual youth will be developed and
talents and skills and involving them in
that their interest in national develop-
the development activities in and out
ment and participation will be bol-
of the community. They achieve this
stered. They will also be able to apply
include through sports and provision
principles of active non-violence to lob-
of capacity building training, undertak-
by and settle conflicts as well respond
ing research, lobbying and advocacy
effectively to accountability demands
on issues affecting young people.
by local leaders. The youth will also be
Youth Consortium Kenya received a
economically empowered as by apply-
top-up grant to enable it implement its
ing for credit facilities in their localities
activities following successful applica-
as well as expand their enterprises.
tion to HP-UNIDO application GET
The project targeted at least 4000
IT programme in which it 22 laptops
youth in Busia dstrict directly.
and laptop stands, computer software
and wireless connectivity accessories
Grant Amount: Ksh. 967,500
worth approximately Ksh. 3.5 million.
USD (13, 253)
This was to enable it equip its training
•••••
centre to promote entrepreneurship
and IT skills development among youth
in Eldoret and its environs. This project GIRL CHILD FUND
targeted 160 young people in its initial FUNDED BY THE FRIENDS OF
phase. KCDF - USA
  Purpose: This is a national initiative
Grant Amount: Ksh 200,000 aimed at providing a permanent ap-
(USD 2,740) proach to addressing the many chal-
lenges encountered by the girl child in
•••••
Kenya. This initiative born out of the
Dhamira Moja Youth Group  enhance protection of the girl-child
Dhamira Moja Youth Group is a recognition that the girl-child is in many
instances not able to exploit their full
potential mainly due to inhibitive cultur-
al practices and beliefs; among other
factors. KCDF received a grant from
the friends of KCDF USA amount to U$
22,000, as their contribution to this
initiative. This grant aims at supporting
pilot, innovative and creative girl-child
initiatives that have a high likelihood of
being replicated or scaled up, in three
selected marginal provinces in Kenya
over a period of one year. The follow-
ing are the grantees who received the
funds;
Yang’at Girl Child Potential Sen-
sitization Group – Kapenguria,
West Pokot
The organization tackles the challenges
of negative cultural practices that affect
the girl child in Pokot areas. It utilised
the funds to disseminate information
on girl child rights through commu-
nity mobilization and sensitization,
established a rescue system to help
young girls who fall victim of negative
cultural practices, i.e, victims of FGM
and early marriages and conducting
workshops and trainings on the effects
of negative cultural practices and HIV/
AIDS. Through a grant from KCDF,
Yang’at: mobilised and trained 12
leaders(chiefs, church elders, elders
and women leaders), 784 school go-
ing children, 297 community members
on HIV/Aids, dangers of FGM, early
marriage and the need to take care of
the girl child.
Grant Amount: Kshs. 500,000
(USD 6,849)
•••••
Hope for the Girl Child – Malindi
The organization focuses on empower-
ing the girl child to participate and en-
joy equal opportunities for their devel-
opment in Watamu Location, Malindi
division in Malindi District. The girl
child faces challenges of early/forced
marriages, child trafficking, Child par-
enthood, child prostitution and missing
school during the menstruation period
due to lack of sanitary pads. Poverty
and ignorance have played a signifi-
cant role towards this destruction. The
organization utilized the funds to train
trainers on gender education and the
importance of girl child, capacity build-
ing of management/board member
on management, financial and report
writing skills, hold forums with girls in
schools and those outside school and
provide them with sanitary towels,
sensitization meetings on gender edu-
cation and the importance of girl child
and programme support.
Through this grant, Hope for Girl Child
trained 20 Trainers of Trainers (TOT)
on gender education and the need to
protect the girl child, organised 7 dis-
cussion forums on children’s rights in
Gede, Dabaso and Watamu Primary
Schools whereby 1838 school girls,
286 out of the school and 30 teachers
were reached. The organisation also
managed to distribute sanitary towels
to 915 girls within the region. It also
sensitised 826 community members on
gender education in Watamu’s Chief’s
camp, Timboni, Chembe and Jimba
trading centres, Watamu, Dongokundu
and Kanani villages.
Grant Amount: Kshs. 480,000
(USD 6,575)
•••••
Child Welfare Society – Mom-
basa
The organization objective was to
especially those that are vulnerable
and likely to join commercial sex trade
due to poverty in Kaa Chonjo area in
Mombasa. It also aimed to empower
the girls through skills development so
as to be self reliant and empower the
community through educational aware-
ness on issues of health and environ-
ment; counselling and project identifi-
cation and sustainability.
The organization utilized the funds
to undertake capacity building of lo-
cal community volunteers towards the
elimination of commercial sex exploita-
tion, the production of IEC materials
campaigning against commercial sex
exploitation of girls and withdraw,
rehabilitate, reintegrate girls aged be-
tween 6 – 18 years from venturing into
commercial sex. Through this grant,
the organisation: identified, enrolled
and admitted 16 girls to Tudor and
Mary Cliff Primary Schools (this also
included school uniforms), equipped 33
17 girls with computer skills. 97 par-
ticipants (girls, community leaders and
parents) were equipped with knowl-
edge on life skills, adolescence chal-
lenges and children’s rights,
Grant Amount: Kshs. 488,000
(USD 6,685)
•••••
FUNDED BY Global Give Back
Circle
Purpose: The program focuses on Tran-
sition of Post-secondary school gradu-
ates, to College or University through
to societal launch. The grants supports
identified destitute girls with a will be
break out the circle of poverty so that
they no longer return to a life of destitu-
tion after high school graduation.
It gives the girls an opportunity to in
 leviating poverty through job creation
and environmental conservation. Its
current activities include sericulture
farming; trout fish farming, tree nursery
establishment and training in sericul-
ture. The group is implementing a 12
month project, ‘Sericulture Farmer
Recruitment’, that aims to create em-
ployment and generate income through
silk worm rearing – “sericulture”. It
will directly benefit 30 households and
increase interest in young people in silk
worm rearing as well as increasing the
number of out-growers to 30. The youth
participants will benefit from expert
knowledge on sericulture processing,
marketing, cooperative development,
eco-tourism and business planning to
boost their entrepreneurial skills.
Grant Amount: Ksh 956,600
(USD 13,104)
•••••
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House of Talent (HOT)
HOT is a community based organiza-
tion formed in 2004. It is led by young
people from Mnarani in Kilifi District
and works to explore and nurture tal-
ents through performances. The group’s
mission is to empower youth in Kilifi
District economically through school
out-reach programmes, organizes fam-
ily shows, educating the community on
HIV&AIDS, drug abuse, consequences
of early marriages, unplanned preg-
nancies, and importance of education;
and road shows for promoting com-
modities for a fee. HOT is implement-
ing a 12 month project whose main ac-
tivities include: group dynamics, train-
ing on leadership and governance,
financial management, resource mo-
bilization & documentation, business
plan development, communication,
procurement of equipment, produc-
tion of organizational IEC materials &
manuals, etc. It is anticipated the HOT
would emerge a stronger community
based youth group that can positively
and effectively impact on the lives of
over 3000 youth in Kilifi District.
Grant Amount: Ksh 613,000
(USD 8,397)
•••••
Moving the Goal Post (MTG)
MTG is a community based organiza-
tion formed in 2001 in Kilifi District to
provide an opportunity for young girls
to fulfill their potential through sports.
Its current activities include promoting
football for girls, developing leader-
ship through football, training coaches
and training girls in First Aid, provision
of reproductive health and HIV/Aids
information and services to adolescent
girls and provision of access to educa-
tion to girls through leadership award
schemes. MTG is implementing a 12
month project ‘Tumanyane’ that aims
to increase the level of parental finan-
cial and moral support to their girls
who are involved in MTG activities in
Kilifi and Kaloleni Districts by building
partnerships and providing information
about MTG Goals and activities. The
project targets to reach at least 300
parents, 59 heads of schools and 200
MTG girls household. It is expected
that there shall be increased support
by parents, guardians and teachers in
the greater Kilifi District to girls and
encourage their participation in sports
and other self empowering initiatives.  education at all levels. MEDA is imple-
Grant Amount: Ksh. 1,269,800
(USD 17,394)
•••••
Eco Ethics International
ECI is an NGO registered in 2002,
working investigate, demonstrate,
promote and enhance harmonious
relationships between human communi-
ties with their natural environmental re-
sources building on the principle of sus-
tainability. The group is implementing
a 12 months project “Youth Enterprise
Development and Skills Building(YED)
in Peri Urban  and Informal Settlements
of Mombasa ” that aims to build skills
and capacity of youth in Peri-urban
and informal settlements in Mombasa
in order to initiate, develop and sustain
socio economic development interven-
tions at the individual, local and na-
tional level. The project targets to reach
at least 10 youth groups and over
400 individual youth in Mombasa. It
is anticipated that there shall be an in-
creased appreciation of young people
of environment friendly enterprises and
linkages of youth and youth organiza-
tion to financial agencies to fund eco-
enterprises and ultimately funding for
youth led eco-enterprises for improved
economic livelihood.
Grant Amount: Ksh. 1,165,700
(USD 15,968)
•••••
Malindi Education and Develop-
ment Association (MEDA)
MEDA is community-based organiza-
tion whose mission is to promote the
recognition and appreciation of the
importance and the role of education
in development by working together as
residents of Malindi to ensure access to
menting a 12 month project “Building
our Nation, shaping our communi-
ties, youth in development in Malindi
District.” This project targeted at least
5000 young people (3000 women
and 2000 men).Specific project activi-
ties included public motivational talks
by successful youthful young women in
the society, inter generational dialogue
forums, mapping and zoning of youth
(serving )organizations in Malindi and
publication of the same and documen-
tation of MEDA’s work over years with
young people
  
Grant Amount: Ksh. 962,000
(USD 13,178)
•••••
Pastoralist Girls Initiative (PGI) 
PGI is an NGO registered in 2008. It
works with marginalized pastoralists
in North Eastern Province in an effort
to promote sustainable development
by enhancing pastoralist capacities
through integrated development ap-
proaches. The organizations focal
areas include; education, health,
campaigns and advocacy. PGI is
implementing a 12 month “Pastoral-
ist Youth Empowerment” project that
aims at maximising the full potential
of the youth through participatory
engagement that serves their needs,
aspirations and above all ensuring
sustainability of their programmes and
building a better future. Key interven-
tions include leadership and life skills
training, training on entrepreneurship
and promoting and harnessing ethnic
diversity to enhance cohesion among
the youth. This project targets to reach
to at least 200 youth directly by the
end of project period.
Grant Amount: Ksh. 945,250
(USD 12,949)
•••••
Gem Youth Network 
GYN is a newly registered network of
youth groups from the wider Gem Dis-
trict. Established in 2009, it currently
has a membership of 13 youth groups.
Its mission is to enhance cooperation
and networking among Gem Youth
Groups to foster integrated service
delivery and to ensure a common ap-
proach towards development and gov-
ernance issues in the district.
GYN is implementing a 12 month
“Youth Empowerment and Leader-
ship” project will improve leadership
skills and to encourage better, efficient
and result oriented service provision by
the respective member youth groups.  is expected that the organization shall
The Network will facilitate a Training
of Trainers(TOT) training sessions to
build skills in facilitations, team Build-
ing, leadership, conflict resolution,
report writing; strategic planning,
monitoring & evaluation;, proposal
writing training, communication and
lobbying skills. The grant will enable
the member youth groups improve their
institutional structures as membership
organizations. It is anticipated that
through the groups, the project will
reach 4,000 youth in Gem District.
Grant Amount: Ksh 809,370
(USD 10,377)
•••••
Tears Group Kenya  then ministry of Gender, sports culture
Tears Group Kenya is a youth-led,
youth-serving organization registered
in 2003 in Nakuru District as a cultural
group.  The organization’s mission is
to ‘create awareness and involvement
of the youth in creation of sustainable
solutions through socio economic em-
powerment’. Tears Group uses creative
arts and drama as its main means
of intervention. The Group provides
training in creative arts, youth groups’
capacity development, mentorship
and life skills; conducts community
outreaches, peer education and focus
group discussions on reproductive
health and civic education. Tears
Group is implementing a 6 month insti-
tutional strengthening project dubbed
‘Pambazuko’ that aims to strengthen
its institutional systems and structures.
Core project activities include: strategic
plan development, business plan devel-
opment and development of operation-
al manuals (financial, human resource,
procurement, volunteer policy as well
as monitoring and evaluation tools). It
be more strengthened and serve young
people more efficiently with all systems
in place.
Grant amount: Kshs 786, 700
(USD 10,777)
•••••
Genesis Arts Creations (G.A.C) 
GAC is an artistic driven initiative
based in Nakuru town which address- 31
es social, economic, health and gover-
nance issues in the community through
use of Art and Theatre in Participatory
Interactive Forums Model (P.I.F.M).The
organization was founded in 2006
and registered in June 2007 under
the department of culture with the
and social services as a Community
Based Organization (CBO). The or-
ganisation is implementing a 12 month
project dubbed ‘Zinduka’ that aims
to strengthen organization’s institu-
tional and programmatic development
through putting in place and revising
necessary Policies which affects day
to day running and long term plans
of the organization. Key interventions
include revision/ formulation of poli-
cies, strengthening of organizational
systems, exchange visits with different
organization with similar
 teachers, ECD and school manage-
ment committees on successful transi-
tion, supporting large “model” ECD
centers to acquire child friendly chairs
and desks, supporting supplementary
feeding of children in identified large
6 ECD centres, training on resource
mobilisation for community groups
and ECD committees, supporting the
process fo documentation and sharing
ECD programme’s work through an-
nual newsletter and a website and set
up of demonstration plots to educate
community on food security issues. The
organisation has also been coordinat-
ing ECD/Child rights network’s activi-
ties in the larger Mwingi district and is
also currently supporting 35 ECD cen-
tres which are directly serving 2,104
children from 568 households.
Grant Amount: Kshs 1,633,540
(USD 22,377) inclusive of Mwingi Net-
28 work support grants.
•••••
Appropriate Sustainable Pasto-
ralist Empowerment for Com-
munity Transformation (ASPECT)
Project Garissa/Lagdera
Grants to ASPECT Project have sup-
ported the enhancement of community
and stakeholder’ capacities towards
promotion of smooth and successful
transition of children at all levels in
Daadab, Jarajila and Liboi divisions in
the larger Garissa district now referred
to as Lagdera district.
Some of the key activities supported
by this grants include: capacity build-
ing of ECD, lower primary school
teachers, head teachers, ECD and
school management committees on
successful transition, training for ECD
and primary school teachers on child
centred methodologies and emerging
approaches in ECD, supplementary
feeding in supported ECD centres, sup-
port of “model” ECD centers to acquire
child friendly chairs and desks and wa-
ter tanks so that the children get safe
drinking water, support ing ECD Cen-
tres to develop learning and playing
material ECD teachers, *duksi teachers
and committees, There is intensive com-
munity mobilisation to improve men’s
participation in ECD programmes. AS-
PECT is currently supporting 18 ECD
centers where 1,080 children from
293 households are directly benefiting
from various ECD programmes.
Grant Amount: Kshs 1,055,720
(USD 14,462)
•••••
Woman Kind Kenya (Wokike),
Garissa
The grants received supported the
promotion of smooth and successful
transition of children at all levels in Ga-
rissa Central division, Garissa district.
Some of the key activities implemented
include: Community mobilisation and
capacity building of key programme
implementers to promote smooth and
successful transition of Children at all
levels, training of ECD and primary
school teachers on child centred meth-
odologies and emerging approaches
in ECD, supporting supplementary
feeding of large ECD centres, support
“model” ECD centres to acquire child
friendly desks, chairs and water tank
so that children can get clean drinking
water, supporting ECD centres to de-
velop learning and playing materials
for ECD teachers and duksi teachers
and committees, supporting the organ-
isation to articipate in the Day of the
African Child commemoration event
and monitoring of programme’s activi-
ties. WOKIKE is currently supporting
12 ECD centres where 728 children
from 186 households are directly ben-
efiting from ECD services.
Grant Amount: Ksh 943,580
(USD 12, 926)
•••••
Forum for Orphans- Malindi
(FOM), Garissa
Grants received supported the promo-
tion of successful transition of children
at all levels in Malindi rural, Marafa
and Lango Mbaya divisions in the
larger Malindi district. Some of the
key activities undertaken include:
community mobilisation and capacity
building for ECD, lower primary school
teachers, head teachers, ECD and
school management committees on
Successful transition, training the youth
on life skills, child development and
transition, training functional HIV/AIDS
support groups on income generating
activites management and support
establishment of the same, supporting
supplementary feeding programmes
for children in identified ECD centres,
supporting “model” ECD centers to
acquire child friendly desks and chairs,
supporting children health outreach
campaigns on immunizsations, growth
monitoring, prevention of mother to
child transmission of HIV/Aids and
supporting vitamin A administration,
setting up demonstration plots to
educate community on food security
issues, resource mobilisation and
monitoring of programme’s activities.
FOM is currently supporting 28 ECD
centers where 1869 children from 404
households are directly benefiting from
various ECD services provided.
Grant Amount: Kshs 1, 258,830
( USD 17,244)
•••••
Women Concern Kenya (WCK),
Garissa
The organization’s utilised grants re-
ceived to promote smooth and success-
ful transition of children at all levels in
Sankuri and Central divisions, Garissa
district. Some of the key activities
undertaken during the stated period
include: community mobilisation sensi-
tisation to support successful transition
initiatives, supporting supplementary
feeding for 7 ECD centres, supporting
the development of play and learning
materials, support equipment of model
ECD centre, supporting integration of
ECD Programme and Duksi system,
enhancing child participation and
resource mobilisation for endowment
fund building with KCDF. Currently,
WCK is supporting 15 ECD centres
where 638 children from 183 house-
holds are directly benefiting from ECD
programme’s services.
Grant Amount: Kshs 1,092,480
(USD14,965) inclusive of Garissa
ECD/Child Rights network grants.
•••••
Mission for Community Initia-
tive and Development (MICODE),
Malindi
ECD grants for the period under
review to MICODE supported com-
munity initiatives towards promotion
of successful transition of children
at all levels in Magarini divisions in
larger Malindi district. Some of the
key activities undertaken include: com-
munity mobilisation and sensitisation
on successful transition issues and
clarification of their roles, resource
mobilisation trainings for ECD com-
mittees and Training of Trainers(TOT),
supporting supplementary feeding
programmes in selected 5 ECD cen-
tres, supporting 2 large ECD centres to
acquire water tanks and child friendly
desks and chairs, Training of Trainers
on documentation and reporting of
ECD/child rights issues, supporting the
process of documentation and sharing
information on success stories and best
practices in ECD programme. MICODE
is currently supporting 37 ECD centres
where 2669 children from 548 house-
holds are directly benefiting from ECD
services
Grant Amount: Ksh 1,064,400
(USD 14,581)
•••••
Muungano CBO, Kilifi district.
Grants were utilized in supporting com-
munity initiatives towards promotion of
successful transition of children at all
levels in Vitengeni division, Kilifi dis-
trict. Some of the key activities under-
taken include: Support 4 ECD teach-
ers undergo Dicece course training,
Capacity building for ECD teachers,
TOTs, committees and lower primary
school teachers on smooth and suc-
cessful Transition, Intensify community
health education campaigns, Support
equipment and provision of safe water
to selected large ECD centers, support
feeding programmesin selected 7 ECD
centres, supporting the documentation
and dissemination process on the suc-
cess stories and best practices in ECD
programme through annual newsletter
and streamlining and carrying out rou-
tine monitoring and supportive follow
up of ECD programme activities. Mu-
ungano is currently supporting 18 ECD
centres where 1275 children from 278
households are directly benefiting from
ECD services.
Grant Amount: Ksh 866,600
(USD 11,871)
Duksi in the Northern Kenya is the
same as Madrasa in Coast province,
a programme in Islam where every
child from Muslim family is supposed
to learn and understand the Koran and
the Islamic religion. This takes about 3
years meaning that without integration,
children join formal ECD programme
at the age when they are supposed to
be in primary school.
•••••
Youth Development Pro-
gramme
Purpose: The grants aim to strengthen
inclusion, participation and empower-
ment of young people at the commu-
nity-level and national development
processes in Kenya.
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Kamuga Youth Group
Kamuga Youth Group, a registered self
help group, works in Murang’a South
district to create opportunities and jobs
through value addition in agri-business,
specifically poultry, mushrooms, fruit
juice production and banana wine
production and sale. KYG got a grant
from KCDF that benefited 40 young
people directly, providing them with
work and income. It is anticipated that
Kamuga will improve its governance
structures (emerge a better managed
organisation) with clear investment
strategies and plans.
Grant Amount: Ksh 579,600
(USD 7,932)
•••••
Kimahuri Youth United Self Help
Group
Established in 2006 with an aim of al
 movement led by twelve self-pro-
claimed “soldiers” who use hip-hop
music as a tool to wage war against
social injustice and inequality in Ke-
nya. Kichaja (Kioo cha Jani) was a
platform for showcasing upcoming
artists and talent in the area through a
two day music concert event flanked
by the performing and visual arts
Grant Amount: Kshs 300,500
(USD 4,116)
•••••
Wanuri Kahiu: Pumzi
Wanuri Kahiu is a Kenyan filmmaker
who has directed various films includ-
ing “Ras Star”. Her latest show “From
a Whisper” is her first feature film.
She has also done a behind-the-scenes
documentary for “Catch a Fire”; an
American feature film released last
26 year by Universal Pictures Inc. Pumzi
is a futuristic science-fiction short film
about East Africa in the future. The
script was work-shopped in both South
Africa and New York and the film was
selected as one in 10 from Africa by
Focus Features, America. Pumzi pre-
miered as part of the official selection
at the Sundance Film Festival 2010.
Grant Amount: Kshs 350,000
(USD 4,795)
•••••
Michael Wambua Soi:
Dishing Out
Michael Wambua Soi is a well known
Kenyan artist with 14 years experience
with numerous solo and group exhibi-
tions both locally and internationally.
He is currently working on work that is
political and satirical. Dishing out was
a series of two exhibitions in which the
artist gave away half of the work cre-
ated to the audience for free and the
other half to local organizations
Grant Amount: Kshs 237,500
(USD 3,253)
•••••
Teto Tetuma – Ormoti the Musi-
cal
Teto Tetuma was a finalist musician at
the Spotlight on Kenyan Music and
best actor Nairobi Province colleges
drama festival in 2006/the show
as created in conjunction with Kevin
Chagala, a percussionist and musician
and Adam Chienjo, a dancer and cho-
reographer. “Ormoti the Whole Story”
is a story of a community’s journey told
through music, dance and drama in
poetry
Grant Amount: Kshs 274,000 9
(USD 3,753)
•••••
Dance into Space: Contempo-
rary dance film scenarios
Dance into space is a 10 year old con-
temporary dance and theatre group
with several choreographies that have
been presented both locally and inter-
nationally. Contemporary dance film
scenarios are a collection of choreo-
graphic pieces staged in unconvention-
al spaces (CBD & estates) and filmed
at same time. Films were edited into 5
minute pieces for TV and DVD.
Grant Amount: Kshs 252,600
(USD 3,460)
•••••
Intensecities Group (ICG) : Graf-
fiti Project – Concrete Beauty
IGG is a graffiti movement which has
been running for 2 years now and has
a total of 30 members around East Af-
rica. The Concrete Beauty project was
for the beautification of a slum (Kibera)
by creating graffiti and other art works
on the exteriors of 25 houses
Grant Amount: Kshs 223,500
(USD 3,062)
Sitawa Namwalie – Cut Off my
Tongue
Betty Wamalwa Muragori is a former
worker in development for the last
15 years, who 2 years ago, allowed
herself to explore her dream and has
become an excellent writer and poet.
Sitawa Namwalie, ‘Cut off my tongue’
is a show of dramatized poetry that
incorporates spoken poetry, music,
dance and movement distilling the es-
sence of life in Kenya.
Grant Amount: Kshs 348,000
(USD 4,767)
•••••
The Imagine Company – next
Level
The Imagine Company is a coalition
of writers, artists and professions work-
ing to transform society using modern
technology. They run www.kenyaimag-
ine.com, a site on art, opinion, analy-
sis and debate.
The Next Level project was to host
quarterly artistic event that exhibits
either works in progress or finished
progress- showing artistic experiments
that people are making.
Total Grant Amount: Kshs 199,500
(USD 2,733)
•••••
Kenneth Mwingi – Junk Arts
Trash Bins
Kenneth works with junk metal to cre-
ate furniture and sculptures. Junk art
trash bins is a collection of 5 trash
bins suspended on life size junk art
sculptures themed around issues of
nationalism and the Kenyan littering
culture.
Grant Amount: Kshs 334,600
(USD 4,584)
•••••
Undone Theatre projects: Gen-
eration Firimbi
Undone theatre projects is a group
of experienced artistes who stage
only local and African work in a
bid to build audiences and cultural
appreciation for the arts sector.
Generation Firimbi was devised from
the books: “It’s Our Turn to Eat” (Mi-
chela Wong) and “Africa Kills Her
Sun” (Ken Saro-Wiwa).
Grant Amount: Kshs 349,700
(USD 4,790)
•••••
Stereotypes Three: (John Ka-
micha, Peterson Kamwathi,
Michael Soi, Anthony Okello,
Thom Ongonga, Sam Hopkins)
A group of 6 well-known visual
artists came together to work on a
series of exhibitions that they titled
“Stereotypes”. They have since suc-
cessfully completed Stereotypes I
and Stereotypes II which both gener-
ated great interest in the arts scene
and were attended by about 300
people. Stereotypes III is the third
part of a visual arts interrogation of
stereotypes and the roles they play.
Grant Amount: Kshs 349,750
(USD 4,791)
•••••
Story Moja Africa – Matatu
from Watamu that drove into
the Sea – stage adaptation
Storymoja Africa was formed by a
collective of five writers committed to
publishing contemporary East Afri-
can writing of world-class standard.
Their mission is to grow Kenya’s
reading culture. Matatu from Wata-
mu is a stage production based on
Muthoni Garland’s children’s book
by the same title. The book aims to
raise the awareness amongst our
children on the environment within
the sea. The stage production is an
interactive show that incorporates
art, dance, music, and stage perfor-
mance performed by children within
ages of 5 and 10.
Grant Amount: Kshs 350,000
(USD 4,795)
•••••
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAMME (ECD)
Purpose: The 2008/2009 grants
were aimed at supporting commu-
nity initiatives towards promotion of
smooth and successful transition of
children from home to ECD centres/
pre-schools and to primary schools.
This is in efforts to contribute to
the improvement of the situation of
young children in Kenya through
ensuring their high enrollments, re-
tention and completion of both ECD
and primary school educational pro-
grammes.
Malindi Education
Development Association
(MEDA), Malindi
MEDA utilised grants received
from KCDF to support smooth and
successful transition of children
at all levels in Malindi urban and
Magarini divisions ,Malindi district.
Some of the key activities imple-
mented include: Capacity building
for head teachers, Madrasa and
ECD teachers, committees and lower
primary school teachers on smooth
and successful transition, support
large, model ECD centres to acquire
child friendly facilities like chairs
and desks,. Other activities included:
support the development of teach-
ing, learning and play materials,
training ECD and primary teachers
on child centred methodologies, sup-
porting the process of documenta-
tion and sharing information on the
impact of ECD, success stories and
best practices in ECD Programme im-
plementation, coordination of ECD/
Child Rights network’s activities in
Malindi district and monitoring and
supervision of ECD work. MEDA is 27
reaching out to 124 ECD Centres
where 7,440 children from1,498
households are directly benefiting
fom ECD services.
Grants Amount: Ksh 1,579,910
(USD 21,643) inclusive of Malindi
district ECD/Child right’s network’s
support grants.
•••••
Omega Child Shelter (OCS),
Mwingi
Omega Child Shelter used the
grants received from KCDF to sup-
port smooth and successful transition
of children at all levels in Migwani
and Mwingi Central divisions of the
larger Mwingi district. Some of the
key activities implemented include:
capacity building of ECD, lower pri-
mary school teachers, head
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October 1st 2008 to September 30th 2009
NB: Exchange rate: Kshs.73 to 1 US $
Food Security Programme
These grants are given to communities
demonstrating innovative food produc-
tion initiatives that can be replicated
in other parts of the country. These
include: greenhouse farming, drip irri-
gation, water harvesting, conservation
and value addition.
Makutano Community Develop-
ment Association (MCDA)
Makutano Community Development
Association is a community organisa-
tion based in Yatta District. Formed in
1997, its current focus areas include
education, health, food security. With
a grant from KCDF, MCDA was able to
construct 10 earth dams and 5 shallow
24 wells. The organisation also purchased
and distributed 10 ox-ploughs, make
and distribute 50 bee hives.
Under the Ustawi initiative, MCDA
grew water melons, tomatoes, spinach
and kales in two greenhouses.
Grant amount Kshs. 731,000
(USD 10,014)
•••••
Omega Child Shelter
Omega Child Shelter is a commu-
nity organisation based in Nzeluni,
Mwingi. It was founded to address
the needs of children, especially those
under the age of 8 years. The group
received a grant from KCDF to grow
tomatoes, spinach and kales. The
food will support 210 care givers and
about 2,500 orphans and vulnerable
children.
Grant amount Kshs. 543,000
(USD 7,438)
•••••
Women and Youth Against HIV/
Aids (WAYAAP)
This is a community based organisa-
tion based in Isiolo, Northern Kenya.
It undertakes awareness creation
initiatives on HIV/Aids targeting
women and youth in the district. It also
implements food security programmes
including growing food in community
gardens, water harvesting, dairy cattle
farming, turkey rearing, dairy goats
keeping and fish farming. WAYAAP
received a grant from KCDF to grow
tomatoes, spinach and kales through
modern technologies that would en-
able it to support 13 schools and more
than 300 orphans and vulnerable chil-
dren from 60 households in Isiolo.
Grant amount Kshs. 525,540
(USD 7,200)
•••••
Genesis Community Develop-
ment Assistance (GCDA)
Genesis is an NGO based in Mwingi
and supports development activities in
Migwani division. Apart from it long
term engagement in Early Childhood
Development (ECD) and related areas,
the group has undertaken an improved
goat farming project aimed at cross-
ing of local goat breeds to improved
breeds with the aim of increasing milk
production both for domestic consump-
tion and sale of surplus. The group
obtained bucks which are multiplied
by selected households and passed to
the next group, with a final aim of as-
sisting the whole community to improve
their animals. 28 high yielding goats
we distributed to 28 farmers. Under
the Ustawi initiative, GCDA grew
tomatoes and kales through modern
technology.
Grant amount Kshs. 618,688
(USD 8,475).
•••••
Sustainable Health Education
for the Disadvantaged (SHED)
A Kajiado based NGO registered in
2001 with the purpose through income
generating programmes, education
and health programmes. It works with
women, youth and mixed groups with
a focus on the arid and semi arid ar-
eas. The organisation received a grant
from KCDF to implement dairy goats’
projects, grow food and fruits. It pur-
chased and distributed more than 300
dairy goats to orphans and vulnerable
children and women, especially those
affected by the HIV/Aids scourge.
Grant amount Kshs. 385,600
( USD 5,282)
Pastoralist Development Orga-
nization (PDO)
Based in Garissa, PDO is a CBO that
works in 3 divisions with a focus on
promoting Education and Agriculture.
The group advocates for adoption of
crop farming as an alternative liveli-
hood option to the traditional pastoral-
ist way of life of the residents, which
has failed to address their food needs.
Through support from KCDF, PDO ven-
tured into rain fed farming of drought
resistant sorghum variety among target
households in Dagwardei location
of Bura division – a programme that
reached 40 farmers directly.
Grants amount Kshs. 352,500
(USD 4,829)
•••••
Arts and Culture
Changamoto Arts Fund
Purpose: The grant supports the
development of innovative ideas by
upcoming artists that target new audi-
ences for Kenya art and improving
the livelihoods of artists and their com-
munities.
Abila Creative Centre: Cultural
Renaissance Street Festival
Abila Creative Centre is a Kisumu
based community based organisa-
tion whose objective is to create an
interactive and participatory commu-
nity learning environment especially
for youth and women. The Cultural
Renaissance was a one day street fes-
tival to celebrate the arts showcasing
various art forms.
Grant Amount: Kshs 274,000
(USD 3,753)
•••••
Hot Sun Foundation: Stories
from Kibera
Hot Sun Foundation works with youth
for social transformation through
media and art in Kibera. Stories from
Kibera project invited storytellers from
Kibera entered their stories into this
competition and shared these with
residents in Kibera in an innovative
participatory way.
Grant Amount: Kshs 182,000
(USD 2,493)
•••••
Lakareber Atokena Abe: Prison
Sex II Video Installation
Lakareber Atokena Abe, popularly
known as Ato Malinda is a visual
artist who works to amplify voice of
African female through the mediums
of painting and conceptual perfor-
mance. Prison Sex II was a 3 video
performance installation at Fort Jesus.
The installations featured a perfor-
mance done by the artist in June of
this year on the plight of a woman
imprisoned at the Fort during the 19th
century to obtain freedom from her
marriage vows.
Grant Amount: Kshs 241,483
(USD 3,308)
•••••
Kistretch Theatre International,
Kayole: Umoja Drama Fest.
Kistretch Theatre International sup-
ports and coordinates theatre arts in
Kenyan communities by providing art
groups with information, knowledge
and skills in creative and performing
art. The Umoja Drama fest provided
drama and creative skills to slum the-
atre grassroots organisations and sup-
porting them to stage quality produc-
tions that will attract new and large
audience.
Grant Amount: Kshs 228,300
(USD 3,127)
•••••
Maryanne Muthoni; Beautifica-
tion of City Council Dust bins
Muthoni is a full time professional
visual artist doing own studio work,
community arts projects I addition to
having exhibited in various art gal-
leries. The project added artistic in-
volvement into the Nairobi City Coun-
cil beautification efforts by painting
council dustbins with environmental
messages that beautify the bins and
educate the public.
Grant Amount: Kshs 308,292
(USD 4,223)
•••••
Patrick Mukabi; The Blank Can-
vas Show
Patrick is a fine artist working mostly
as a painter who also does a lot of
teaching of art. The Blank Canvas
Show was an art project where artists
created their work out in public space
– in the City Centre – Aga Khan
Walk. It was aimed at helping the
audience to understand the creative
process, enable interaction between
artists and art consumers, audience to
understand use and application of art
materials.
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Grant Amount: Kshs 249, 750
(USD 3,421)
•••••
Kevin Oduor: Tuko Works
Kevin Oduor is an excellent sculptor
with experience in various community
arts projects. He is famous for his
Dedan Kimathi sculpture in Nairobi’s
central business district. Tuko Works
project was for the creation of a giant
size plasticine mosquito and flip flop
in the centre of town with talented
youth.
Grant Amount: Kshs 258, 080
(USD 3,535)
•••••
Ukooflani: Kichaja
Ukooflani (Upendo Kote Olewenu
Ombeni Funzo La Alietuumba Njia
Iwepo) is a revolutionary hip-hop

Income Statement
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2009
2009 2008
INCOME NOTE KSHS KSHS
Grant income 3 70,365,911 77,915,937
Endowment Income 3A 2,504,124 —
Donation income 4 134,122 1,344,592
Other income 5 71,844,625 78,994,418 Grants received by the Kenya Community Development
Total 103,865,093 71,844,625
Expenditure – (APPENDIX 1 )
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Administrative expenses 13,474,677 11,566,308
Donor funds disbursed to partner organisations 37,168,401 34,824,146
Capacity building 38,773,551 33,460,621
Fund-raising and communication 4,487,230 1,841,806
Transfers to the Endowment 3A 2,490,637 —
Total 96,394,496 81,692,881
Operating Surplus/Deficit 6 7,470,597 9,848,256
Finance Income – net 8 2,985,623 2,939,332
SURPLUS/DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR 10,456,229 6,908,924
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2009
1. Accounting Policies
The principal accounting policies adopted in the prepara-
tion of these financial statements have been consistently ap-
plied to all years presented, unless otherwise stated.
2. Basis of Preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with the international financial reporting standards under
the historical cost convention.
3. Revenue recognition
Foundation for specific (donor funds) projects and non-spe-
cific (general project costs)
a) Specific grants:
Grants received for specific purposes are treated
as unexpected grants payable and credited to the
income and expenditure statement when the activities
for which they were provided for have been under-
taken.
Specific grants supported by signed funding agree-
ments which have not been received, but costs have
been incurred are recognised as grants receivable.
The excess of expenditure over receipts are recogn-
ised as revenue and included in the financial state-
ments as grants receivable.
b) General Grants
Non-specific grants are recognised as income when
received
4. Interest Income
Interest income is recognised for all interest bearing instru-
ments on an accrual basis taking into account the effective
yield on the asset.
5. Investments in Unit trusts
Investments in Unit trusts are held for trading and stated at a
fair value
6. Endowment Funds
Endowment Funds Comprise amounts set aside for perma-
nent restricted community development activities. These are
transferred to the KCDF Trust established for this purpose,
and invested in interest earning assets. The distribution of re-
turns on investment is done on the principal amount invested
and is done after the endowment is audited.
7. Translation of Foreign Currencies
Transactions in foreign currencies during the period are
translated into Kenya Shillings at the rates ruling at the
transaction dates. Assets and Liabilities at the balance sheet
date, which are expressed in foreign currencies, are trans-
lated into Kenya Shillings at the rates ruling at that date. The
resulting differences are dealt with in the income statement 23
in the year in which they arise
8. Deferred Income
Assets donated as donations in kind are deferred and rec-
ognised as income over the expected lives of the respective
assets
9. Property and equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated
depreciation and accumulated impairment losses where ap-
plicable
10. Leasehold Land
Payments to acquire leasehold interests inland are treated
as prepaid operating lease rentals and amortised over the
period of the lease.
11. Taxation
The company is exempt from tax
 ENDOWMENT AMOUNTS
Community Fund Developers upto 300000000
250000000
September 2009 200000000
150000000 Financial Overview: 2008-2009
Hope Trust Fund 100000000
ACK Eldoret region CCS 50000000
A bright year: Grants income increase by 40%
Good Samaritan
South Imenti Development Association (SIDA) 30th 30th 30th 30th 30th
Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept
Othaya Bursary Fund 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
he events preceding 2007 general elections did set a depressed mood in the economy, which was
Starehe Girls Centre Fund
83,618,074 255,230,323 worsened by external factors: persistent drought and high energy costs. The global financial melt-
Makutano Community Development Trust
118,399,868
down exacerbated the already challenged local environment.
Omega Child Shelter Fund 229, 559,298
Genesis development Fund 258,975,982
Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) is mainly supported by grants sourced locally
Kenya Professional Association of Women in Agriculture
and globally. The grant income is meant to supplement community resources through small grants
and Environment (KIPEWAE)
and capacity building. During the year under review the grant income increased by 40% from
Women Concern
$0.938million to $1.314
Education and Medical Trust Fund
Kirima Education Support Project
Other than the increased funding from the traditional development partners, i.e, Ford Foundation,
Ngolonya Community Aid Programme
30% Japanese Social Development Fund through the World Bank, Bernard van Leer Foundation and
Maasai Girls Education Fund
20 KCDF FUNDS
Chandaria Foundations, KCDF received new funds from Safaricom Foundation, Global Give Back 21
Othaya Bursary Fund
Circle and the KCDF Friends in the US. This enabled us to support more communities all over the country.
Lake Region Development Association COMMUNITY FUNDS
Support Activities in Poverty Eradication and Health (SAIPEH)
Malindi Education Development Association
Women Concern

70%

T
During the same period, the expenditure increased by 18% of which 79% was direct grants to communities and capacity
building. The audited accounts also allude that we were able to improve our bottom line from a previous year’s deficit of
$92,119 to a surplus of $139,416. This is commendable.
Yahya Family Fund
Dr. Julia Gitobu Education Fund
Investment
Kirima Education Support Project
As the Foundation experienced a revamped impetus, the Trust which receives the Fund builders’ contributions and invests them
in an endowment fund, experienced a further down turn through fewer injections of new capital and the fall in book value of
the asset. However, since the Trust policy on investment is long term, the short term change in value was temporary.
COMMUNITY FUNDS 69,366,301
GRANT INCOME GROWTH
KCDF FUNDS 160,192,997
Looking forward in 2010, we expect that the first half of the financial year 2010, will see an improved investors’ confidence
120000000
that will reverse the loss in the endowment value. The government investment in infrastructure and absorption of the economic
TOTAL 229,559,298 100000000
80000000
stimulus programme funds is expected to renew optimism and improve the economy.
78,994,418
60000000
40000000 71,844,625 From the Trust angle, the future of investment is bright and promising. The Foundation looks forward to sustaining the momentum
20000000 103,865,093 generated in the last year, both in supporting communities and mobilising resources to realise this goal. We remain positive
that the country will smoothly go through the referendum process and that the political climate will remain calm and ideal for
30th 30th 30th investments.
Sept Sept Sept
2007 2008 2009
Francis Kamau
Finance and Investment Manager
 Community Asset Building:
Weathering the Challenges of Market Downturns
s an organisation that
champions self sustainability,
KCDF’s greatest aspiration
is to be a resource that
permanently supports
grassroots organisations
in facilitating their local
community development in
ways that demonstrate a
longer view. To achieve this
18 and with support from its
funding partners, KCDF has
in the last 13 years, continued to invest and steadily grow a
portfolio of funds whose yields are used to address various
concept and have established legacy funds for community
support on issues that they are passionate about.
This arrangement does not take away the uniqueness and
individual nature of the challenges, as they are owned by
the communities or families. Every year, we all have our
expectations of earnings from the funds that guides the way
we invest and plan. .
To minimise resource constraints and risks attributed to the
external factors in the financial market place, like the recent
global credit crunch, KCDF with guidance from leading
investment experts has prudently diversified the portfolio
therefore minimising the shocks of such eventualities. The risks
During the period 2007-2008, Kenya experienced a vibrant
financial market place that saw significant growth in value
and yields of our investments. However, the post election
violence that followed, the prolonged drought and overlap
with the global financial melt down, negatively impacted on
our investments both in the local market and abroad. The net
effect was that our yields reduced by 25%. This eventuality
called for adaptation of various survival mechanisms – local
solutions.
As part of capacity building of our communities in the past
three years, KCDF has embedded local resource mobilisation
as the primary means of encouraging ‘community give
back’ in addressing challenges that they experience. Such
challenges include: lack of school fees for orphaned and
vulnerable children and quality learning materials and
facilities for children under 8 years, among others. This came
in handy, during the period 2008-2009, where community
fund builders were able to look beyond their expected
earnings to meet their regular financial requirements.
Migwani district (Mwingi North), implemented a food security
project that supported a feeding programme targeting 30
ECD centres in that region.
Without the continuous persuasion by KCDF and the need
for attention to long term planning, proactive responses by
communities would not have been realised. By depending
on their anticipated incomes and not the yield from their
endowment funds enabled the community organisations to
only seek support to meet their funding gaps. Leveraging
on local resources, therefore, enabled all of us to meet our
regular development obligations to our communities without
which we would have experienced set backs.
Looking forward, KCDF and its
collaborating community fund 19
builders are hopeful that the

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community challenges such as access to quality and safe
drinking water, better food production methods, education
to our fund builders are therefore minimised through pooling
and diversification of investments. We saw communities take early initiatives and negotiate
with the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) committees

markets will respond positively

scholarships for orphaned and vulnerable children and other
issues prioritised by communities i.e.
endowment funds building.
Over the last five years, KCDF has shared
its learnings from the endowment building
strategies and encouraged more than
20 community organisations, originally
beneficiaries of its capacity funding
support to identify their priority areas
of development and establish their own
funds to address those challenges in the
long term. Several individuals, families
and companies have also bought this
and other local bursary programmes to fill anticipated gaps.
Others benefited from government programmes such as “Njaa
To minimise resource constraints and risks Marufuku Kenya,” a programme of Ministry of Agriculture to
attributed to the external factors in the financial address funding deficit in addressing food security issues.
Some also received support from the private sector to fill
market place, like the recent global credit gaps in their scholarship programmes while others benefited
from shared arrangements with local NGOs in addressing
crunch, KCDF with guidance from leading their children’s and girl child programme requirements.
investment experts has prudently diversified
A case in point was South Imenti Development Association
the portfolio therefore minimising the shocks (SIDA) that successfully negotiated for bursaries to support
more than 800 orphaned and vulnerable children to pursue
of such eventualities secondary school education. With support from KCDF,
Omega Child Shelter, a community based organisation from
to the investments now that the
government and other global actors
are putting in place, as corrective
measures for recovery.
Over the years, we have learnt that planning ahead and
recognising local opportunities must be is the way to go.
That way, we take advantage of the available opportunities
to help us pursue long term sustainability, fully aware of the
risks.
Tom Were
Programmes Director
 Early Childhood Development Contd from page 11
All our partners reinforced their governance and accountability
structures. This made some of them to attract additional
funding from various organisations. These included: Omega
Child Shelter’s, an organisation from Mwingi, that received
support from Safaricom Foundation, Ngolanya Community
Aids Programme’s that was supported by the Government
to intensify food security initiatives, Malindi Education and
Development Association (MEDA) continued to receive
support from the local Muslim community and Coastal
APHIAII project as well as other partners.
We also documented our work and also trained our
partners to do so. We now have a rich repository of reports,
materials, photographs, case studies and emerging models
of best practices. As we look forward to 2010- 2011, we shall
ensure that this knowledge is shared widely. We shall also
scale up the transition of project’s activities currently going
on, and prepare partners adequately for the phase out of the
programme, so that they can run it on their own.
16 Our partners also built structures aimed at helping them
address their challenges in a sustainable way. Two of our
partners have already established their own endowment funds
with KCDF while Omega Child Shelter is now addressing
the challenge of nutrition by growing food in a greenhouse
donated by KCDF.
We are glad that five years later, we can look
back and see communities that appreciate
that ECD programmes are integral and strong
foundations that defines holistic children’s
development.
Gladys Miriti
Programmes Officer
Early Childhood Development
Food Security Contd from page 8
Elderly and middle aged women grow 80% of the food
that is produced in Africa. This means that the youth, who
have the energy that can be harnessed to address food
insecurity, are generally apathetic to farming. Through
Ustawi, KCDF supported the youth to participate in this
technology driven farming. A case in point is a group
from Sega, Ugenya district known as Ugenya Community
Against HIV Aids(UCAHA). Through the Community
Open(our fundraising golf tournament) KCDF liaised with
the winners of the tournament to donate a Farmer’s Kit to
this youth group. UCAHA started growing food that fed
children orphaned by HIV/ Aids.
THE
We shall be reaching giving out 100 more farmers kits to
communities early next year. What is encouraging is to
see more people replicating the technology in areas that
we have helped communities to install Farmer’s Kits. We
believe that Kenyans are very hardworking people who if 66
supported, can drive the country from food relief to food
security.
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Tom Were
Programmes Director

Girl Child
Programme
Opportunities for the girl child
Girls in Kenya face many challenges that hinder the realisation
of their full potential. These include: female genital mutilation
(FGM), discrimination, early marriages, sexual harassment,
among others. The KCDF’s Girl Child Programme works
with various actors promoting the agenda of the girl child
in Kenya.
PROGRAMMES: GIRL CHILD
The programme’s approach is two pronged: first, through the
14 Girl Child Fund established in the year 2006, KCDF has been
growing funds that will address the girl child challenges in
perpetuity. Second, through grant making, the organisation
supports initiatives that are effectively addressing these
challenges.
In 2008/2009, with support from KCDF Friends in the USA,
KCDF funded innovative girl child initiatives in West Pokot,
Malindi and Mombasa districts. The partner organisations
addressed a wide range of challenges including: early
marriages, female genital mutilations, child prostitution
and poverty. A case in point is Yang’at Girl Child Potential
Sensitisation Group, a community based organisation from
West Pokot that mobilised leaders, school going children
and parents to seek a permanent solution to the challenges
of early marriages and FGM as well as work together to
rehabilitated girls rescued from these vices. Hope for the Girl
Child (Malindi) and Child Welfare Society (Mombasa), on
the other hand, tackled child prostitution and also provided
sanitary towels to girls in the two districts. These initiatives
directly reached at least 3,000 girls.
Working with The Global Give Back Circle (GGBC), KCDF
through grass root partners facilitated scholarships for girls
and also supported mentoring and transition programmes
for post secondary school graduates. This was intended at
supporting the girls to break out of circle of poverty and
to cushion them from returning to a life of destitution after
graduating from high schools. Our partner organisations
included: Starehe Girls Centre (Nairobi), St. Martins Girls
Secondary School (Kibarage Slum, Nairobi) and Blessed
Generation Schools (Ruiru).
GGBC in partnership with ATE Bank of Greece, provided
US $ 300,000 to support a five year transition process of
This was intended at supporting the girls to
break out of circle of poverty and to cushion
them from returning to a life of destitution
after graduating from high schools.
identified beneficiaries through post secondary phase i.e
gap period training(period before admission to universities).
This was intended at enabling the girls to attain professional
qualifications that will adequately prepare them for labour
market or self employment, build their leadership qualities
(Give Back Ethos) and become responsible citizens.
In 2010, KCDF will seek partnership with donors to grow
the Girl Child fund to ensure a long term source of funds to
tackle the girl child challenges. We shall also be looking for
more partners to reach more girls through our grant making
component as well as strengthen the capacity of partner
organisations to improve their responsiveness on girl child
challenges.
Catherine Kiganjo
Programme Officer,
Institutional Development and Governance
Early
Childhood
Development
The most critical period of
human development is in the
first 8 years of life. During this time,
the brain undergoes its most dramatic
growth and development. Children acquire the ability to
think, speak, learn and reason. For this to happen, they need
to grow in a supportive environment.
Apart from improving children’s health and nutritional status,
Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes, give
the children a head start in subsequent education levels.
The programmes also promote their smooth and successful
transition to primary school and other advanced levels of
education.
Rationale behind KCDF investment in ECD
Programmes
In the year 2004 KCDF entered into a partnership with
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, to support communities in
Malindi, Kilifi, Mwingi and Garissa to implement community
based ECD programmes targeting children from the age of
0-8 years. For many years, children from these areas, faced
challenges growing up due to poverty and age old traditions
as well as ignorance among the inhabitants of these regions.
These factors hindered the holistic development of children.
KCDF ECD interventions in 2008-2009
Having supported the 9 partners for five plus years, KCDF
made deliberate efforts to help them implement their
sustainability strategies to ensure that all targeted children
continue to receive ECD services without external support.
This will also make room for other needy children in other
areas to be supported.
Year 2009, was the critical period that our programme
with BVL came to a close. This,
therefore, made our efforts to
be geared towards supporting
our partners to transition to
dependency and to be
strong, well grounded
organizations that
would continue to
implement ECD
PROGRAMMES: EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
programmes in a
sustainable manner. This, we did, by training them on
various strategies of resource mobilisation to support their 15
initiatives, building partnerships with other stakeholders in
the country, documentation, strengthening their governance
structures, just but a few.
KCDF also continued to support the scaling up of the
initiatives implemented by 9 community based organisations
in the aforementioned districts. Through these interventions,
at least 80,000 children from the age of 0-8 are directly and
indirectly benefiting from the programme. This represents a
20,000 rise in the number of beneficiaries. As a result of
this, 25 more ECD centres were established raising the total
number to 328. Enrolment of children also grew from 12,283
in the previous year to 14,627 in 2009.
Milestones of the year
In the year 2009, we saw increased development and usage
of local materials for teaching, learning and playing in many
ECD. The model of our communities was recognised in the
year 2009, at an ECD partner’s conference in Senegal.
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Food
Security
In recent years, Kenya has been
experiencing cyclical food shortages,
jeopardizing livelihoods and slowing
economic growth. The response has been
predictable: frantic appeals by organisations and
individuals at the local and international level, which is but a
PROGRAMMES: FOOD SECURITY
short term measure.
12 As a response to this, in early 2007 through Safaricom
Foundation support, KCDF supported communities in the
dry parts of the country to implement pilot projects aimed at
shifting the response of food shortages in Kenya from relief to
food security. The pilot programmes, implemented in Mwingi,
Kajiado, Yatta and Garissa were very successful. Buoyed by
this success, KCDF started the Ustawi initiative, which aims
at supporting Kenyan communities to grow food innovatively
despite the vagaries of weather.
Through Ustawi, communities adopt modern
technologies like greenhouse farming,
drip irrigation and water harvesting and
conservation, to grow food for subsistence
and commercial. The greenhouse that has
the drip irrigation system, a 600 litre storage
tank, seed and fertilizer.
Our communities are providing
valuable lessons and inspiration
that Kenya can grow its own
food despite the vagaries
of weather. A case in point
is Makutano Community
Development Association, an
organisation from the dry Yatta
plateau. The prolonged dry spell
that the country experienced
in 2009 decimated livestock
and left the farms bare. Through
Ustawi, KCDF donated a Farmer’s Kit
(greenhouse, fertilizers, seeds, drips irrigation system, 600
litres tank) to the group.
Within two months of its installation, members of the
community, who were used to buying food from Matuu
town (located 50 Km from the area), got a relief when they
started buying vegetables and tomatoes at their door steps.
The nearest town, Kithimani, once sleepy town, became a
busy market, with a good number of young people selling
tomatoes.
In Nzeluni, Mwingi, Omega Child Shelter is now growing
food and supporting children through a wholesome nutrition
process thanks to Ustawi. Further South in the district,
Genesis Community Development Assistance is supporting
women self help group to venture into this smart farming and
therefore cement their contribution to the society.
Women and Youth Against Aids and Poverty (WAYAAP) –an
organisation based in Isiolo, is growing food through the
Ustawi initiative and serving hundreds of orphans and elderly
women. WAYAAP’s story epitomise a case of a community
changing its culture to be food secure, since Isiolo is a region
inhabited by Cushitic communities who are pastoralists.
Continued on page 12
In recent years, the Ministry of Education has
been allocating some funds to subsidize tuition in
high school education. While this has been hailed
as a step in the right direction, parents are still
feeling the burden of covering the other costs like
accommodation, meals, uniforms, construction and
many others. For students from poor backgrounds,
high school education is still a pie in the sky.
Working with various partners, KCDF has
been awarding scholarships to bright needy
students through secondary education
every year. The scholarships are given
through credible organisations that can
transparently and ably manage bursary
schemes.
In the year 2008-2009, a total of 171
needy students benefited from the
scholarships. Out of these, 100 were
supported by Chandaria Foundation,
the philanthropic arm of Comcraft group
companies while 71 were supported by
KCDF. The two organisations committed Kshs.
1.2m and 1.86 Million respectively. The number
of girls and boys that were sponsored was 89 and 82
respectively.
In the last two years, concerns have been raised about
the frequency of riots, unrests and reports of indiscipline
in secondary schools. This has been attributed to general
indiscipline, lack of mentorship programmes targeting
Working with various partners, KCDF
has been awarding scholarships
to bright needy students through
secondary education every year.
Education
Scholarships
Programme
students, among other factors. Our
partners demonstrated a degree of
responsiveness when they organised
PROGRAMMES: EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS
mentorship and life skills camps for our
students. We commend them for that. 13
We are proud to report that none of our
students was caught in the web of unrests
and indiscipline.
As we look forward to 2010, we will increase
the number of female students benefiting and
achieve our desired balance in ration of girls
to boys to 60:40. This target is informed by
our concern that education of girls among many communities
in Kenya remains low due to the tendency to give preference
to boys over girls where a choice has to be made, particularly
in relation to education opportunities. More prohibitive
cultures like early marriages and female genital mutilation
(FGM) continue to make education among a dream too far.
We shall also put more emphasis on identifying students from
marginalised communities in the country especially from the
Northern frontier. Our corporate outreach will be intensified,
aimed at to invite more partners to bolster this programme.
Catherine Kiganjo
Programme Officer
Institutional Development and Governance

Youth
Development
Programme
Youth show leadership in their communities
The year 2008- 2009, was the year that Kenya was rising
from the ashes of post election violence. This was the period
when the country was rebuilding and putting up structures to
foster cohesion. All these attempts were made with the candid
realisation that the youth were at the centre of
the violence that rocked the country, either as
perpetrators or victims. The rebuilding efforts • Livelihoods
PROGRAMMES: YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
were therefore aimed at fostering integration
• Participation
10 among young people as well as addressing the
predisposing factors that made them take such • Leadership
a frontline role in the violence.
• Accountability
KCDF’s Youth Development Programme focus
for year 2008-2009, was largely informed by
the need to have focused, inspired and responsible young
people who would be change agents who would be willing to
lead and build cohesive communities. To accomplish this, the
Youth Programme launched a leadership training programme
targeting the whole country. A total of 170 young people
were trained on leadership, responsible citizenship, peace
building and conflict resolution. This programme led to the
birth of an inspirational initiative known as “Shabaa”. Coined
out of Swahili words Saba and Shabaha, meaning seven and
focus respectively, Shabaa reminded the graduates of the
programme on the need to be focused and to be guided by
7 leadership values that they learnt.
Through this initiative, the inspired Wanashabaa, as they
came to be known, traversed the country, preaching hope and
rallying their fellow young people to join the movement.
They also shared valuable case studies of their success
with the communities. Working with respected national
figures, the Youth Programme continued to inspire and
mentor them, even after they had demonstrated they
were putting the training into practice. There is no doubt
that Wanashabaa will continue to play a pivotal role in
building their communities.
The Youth Development Programme also made
tangible milestones in building youth serving and youth
organisations. As a matter of fact, the number of partners
grew from 31, in the previous year, to 42 in the year 2008
– 2009. The programme reached at least 200,000 young
people across the country, out of which 60,000 benefited
directly from training and grants. Our challenge remains the
lower participation of young women in
community initiatives.
In June, the Youth Development
Programme’s partners and grantees
reflected on the impact of the Programme,
looking at both grant administration and
outcomes since 2007. The general view
was that KCDF was a good partner,
providing mentorship and capacity
building support that resulted in stronger youth organisations
and empowered youth.  Partners urged KCDF to increase the
support for institutional and core costs.
In 2010-2011 we will focus on training youth people to
enable them participate in the audit of funds and projects
within constituencies and local authorities, in their areas of
residence. The Youth Programme will also support youth
programme aimed at increasing the participation of girls
and women in community development.  This, we shall
do, by supporting community organisations working with
women and women led organisations, especially from the
marginalised regions of the country.
Sonia Rasugu
Coordinator,
Youth Development Programme
KCDF places great value on the arts and the
many roles they play in our lives: as an expression of our
identity as a people; a career; a way through which we can
grow Kenyan audiences to be consumers of our country’s rich
and multicultural heritage. As part of our Arts and Culture
programme, we partner with the GoDown Arts Centre to
implement the Changamoto Arts Fund.
In year 2008- 2009, we have had the great opportunity to
support very interesting art projects under the Changamoto
Arts Fund. The work supported was groundbreaking in
introducing new art into the Kenyan arts scene. The futuristic
film Pumzi, Prison Sex II, Contemporary Dance Film Scenarios;
potentially controversial exhibitions such as Michael Soi’s
Dishing Out and the deeply community rooted Kayole-
Umoja Drama Festivals, Kichaja and Ormoti the full story are
examples of the new and refreshing works supported.
All projects were aligned to the objectives: new; authentic;
experimental; public and engaging. In the year 2008-2009
we received the most quality applications in five years, out of
which we made 19 grants and impacted approximately 250
artists in the year.
We also increased the capacity building aspect of the
programme. To add to that, we supported our grantees to
improve on their organisational development capacity by
linking them with professionals who supported them in this
process. We also facilitated business planning sessions with
artists and began challenging the way that the arts community
looked at itself in the past by introducing the concept that
artists should be entrepreneurs, who ekes a living out of their
works.
We also managed to bring artists and the media together
to begin making links between these two sectors in a bid
Arts and
Culture
to make the artists more visible. The programme also took
a more business minded approach. This was informed by
the need to make arts valuable and significance in various
sectors of the economy.
PROGRAMMES: ARTS AND CULTURE
The year was not without challenges. We received the largest
number of applications in our history in the four calls for 11
applications that we made. This increase meant that we could
not fund all the worthy projects presented due to the limited
funding. This experience justified the need to find ways to
grow our local resources for the future in order to be able to
support more projects.
The focus for the coming year will, therefore, be to increase
our resources for the fund so that we can have a larger
kitty from which to make grants and run other programme
aspects. We shall also be keen to broaden the programme’s
focus areas. Whereas in the past year we have worked
almost exclusively with bringing new and innovative art and
projects to the Kenyan public, we would now like to introduce
support for projects that have more of a community-focused
slant. 2010 will be a year focused on growth for the Arts and
Culture programme.
Mutheu Mbondo
Programme Officer,
Arts and Culture

KCDF Programme Overview:
2008-2009
Tom Were
Programmes Director
8 of results and impact. This period witnessed the birth two very innovative
he year 2008-2009 was arguably the most challenging period for KCDF in its programming and
capacity building support to communities in Kenya. During this period, the country experienced
a prolonged drought that saw many communities depend on relief food as well as decimation of
their livestock. This was also the period when the country was gradually recovering from the effects
of the 2007 post election unrests. Due to this, our programmes had to be adjusted accordingly to
respond to those new challenges. Through this, we demonstrated internal organisational flexibility
to respond to emerging urgent issues of national interest.
At the start of the programme year 2008-2009, KCDF had the following programmes: Youth
Development Programme in partnership with World Bank, Changamoto Arts Fund in partnership
with Ford Foundation (East Africa Regional Programme Office), Early Childhood Development
Programme, in partnership with Bernard van Leer Foundation (Netherlands), Scholarships
Programme in partnership with the Chandaria Foundation (Kenya),Girl Child Support Programme in partnership with Global
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Give Back Circle(GGBC, USA) and funding from the AteBank(Greece) and Food Security Programme Support to Communities
in partnership with the Safaricom Foundation (Kenya). In total KCDF had more than US$1.025 Million to provide as scholarships
and grants to children and community organizations across the country respectively.
Targets for 2009-2010
Our programmes targeted to reach at least 350,000 youth (direct and indirect), over 60,000 children aged below 8 years,
at least 200 education scholarships to orphans and children from poor families and education and gap period (18 months
1500
from completion of secondary education and reporting to college or university) Households supported
support to at least 100 girls from poor families. In the same year KCDF supported for Food Security
at least 1,500 households across the country to adopt new food production
technologies that embrace water harvesting, conservation and drip irrigation in
response to the vagaries of global warming and weather changes.
Achievements and targets for 2009-2010 –
US$270,000
Despite the difficulties associated with this period, KCDF was able to achieve its set In support of Peace building
targets. As part of our contribution to peacebuilding and reconciliation initiatives,
the organization identified strategic partners in the most affected regions (mainly
Rift Valley, Western and Nyanza) and provided grants support to the tune of
US$270,000 dollars to support peace building and local economic recovery. 123
In addition, more than US$60,000 was given to communities to address food
security challenges in the most affected regions of Eastern Province and Southern Total Grants given
Rift Valley. Overall, KCDF made a total of 123 grants to communities across
Kenya and provided 235 scholarships.
KCDF continuously carries out research and documents learning from its work 235
with communities. As a result, our programmes continue to adapt to emerging
demands and effectively respond to the need to achieve the highest levels Scholarships given
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programme initiatives i.e. the USTAWI Initiative, which is the new brand name
for KCDF’s Food Security Programme, now embedded with modern agricultural technologies and water and environmental
conservation concepts; and Shabaa Youth Initiative, a new and creative way to mobilize and stimulate mentorship and
leadership development among young people..
KCDF also broke ground into new regions in the Northern frontier. These included West Pokot, Marsabit and Turkana among
other remote and marginalized districts in the country.
As we start the New Year 2009-2010, KCDF is optimistic that the opportunities and support to community development
projects can only grow in leaps and bounds despite receiving new information at the start of the period from some of its
donors indicating strategic changes to their funding policies and sectors in the coming years.
The programme team will continue to mobilize new partnerships and prepare communities for possible separation in ways
that address their resource mobilisation diversification and income generating activities. The target is to reach at least 3,000
food insecure households, 450,000 youth, 70,000 children below 8 years, 400 scholarships and 100 girls. To accomplish
this, the programme team is currently in discussion with at least 5 possible funding partners across its programmes with the
aim of raising an additional US$500,000 annually towards capacity building and grant making for community initiatives.
Congratulations to the programme team and to the rest of the KCDF staff for all the support.
 This year, I witnessed more than ever before, the
joy in the faces of our board members, my team
and our partners (such as the ones above from
Nairobi Hospital and Safaricom), celebrating and
marvelling at the impact that we are delivering to
our communities. Together, we celebrated with
our communities who saw bumper harvest, after
a long time because of having adopted modern
technologies to grow food. There are many stories
in our office about the size of those pumpkins, the
This year, I witnessed more
than ever before, the joy
in the faces of our board
members, my team and our
partners celebrating and
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marvelling at the impact
that we are delivering to our
communities.
juiciness of the succulent tomatoes, the richness of the sukuma wiki,
how hot the red chillies were, the onions, the dark green maize... and
they go on.
I can clearly say, that the Ustawi programme has been a raving success.
NURTURING
Our challenge is to ensure that this work is sustained and expanded,
rather than lost with the onset of heavy rainfall in many parts of the
country. Through this, Kenyans will say kwaheri to famine and to food
relief.
At the same time, we celebrated with the orphaned children that we
PROSPERITY
have been supporting through secondary school in the last 4- 5 years
as they graduated to join various colleges and universities. Their success
proved that the investment has been worthwhile. Going forward, We
plan to continue to encourage the formation of alumnae associations
of students in each of the schools or groups we work with who are
supporting students, to provide an opportunity for them to support
other needy children benefit in future.
PROGRAMME DIRECTOR
This year we were also able to take our new brand to another level, by
articulating in a more coherent manner about how we present ourselves 7
across the board, in all our functions, and in ALL our communication.
We also raised our profile through closer interaction with a larger
number of companies who are interested in pursuing different ways
of working with us through their CSR departments, to support needy
communities in a more sustainable manner.
We are very much aware that increased awareness by the public
about our work in transforming the lives of vulnerable people
in our country, will also lead to a greater demand for more
accountability, as more people become engaged in not just
hearing about what is happening, but in supporting these
efforts financially. In 2009/2010, we shall take this effort
a notch higher by increasing opportunities for all types of
beneficiaries to show the impact of our work. The year 2008-2009 was the year when our focus was to nurture
the structures of prosperity, despite the economic challenges that
I trust you will enjoy going through these pages as they take you
deeper into the life of the communities that we work with. the world had to face and the extreme challenges that many of
our communities were faced with due to a prolonged drought.
Thank you so much for all your support and encouragement.
Thankfully, we were able to achieve our targets.
 Revamping Accountability
Governance FOR Prosperity
Dr. M.S. Abdullah
Chairman, KCDF Board With the financial down turn especially in the North in 2007-2009,
many funders have had to review their strategic areas of work as they
grapple with fewer resources for their ever growing funding portfolios.
KCDF has not been spared of this challenge. In such a situation, our
accountability is to the communities that we support to progressively
increase their individual knowledge about the work of the Foundation, better their lives and we have been consumed with one major question:
elcome to MyCommunity, the
therefore enabling them to be better placed to sell the organisation to when shall we have our own money, as Kenyans, so that we can decide
bumper publication for 2010. This is
all stakeholders that they encounter in their daily assignments. our priorities and fund them?
a publication that we are committing
ourselves to publish at least twice
The process has reduced duplication of the two entities’ functions and It has been a common experience for us to sit in various meetings
a year for the express purpose of
increased their strategic engagement in the affairs of the Foundation. with donors (an increasing number of whom are Kenyan companies),
ensuring that we keep you closely
Both will now be better placed to increase their connections to the justifying what we must do and how we must support our communities
appraised on the progress that we
major role that KCDF is playing in transforming Kenyan communities and then turn them to grantees and work with them to rationalise their

Ware making and the impact that we are delivering

every year.
and enabling them to take charge of their lives.
Janet Mawiyoo grants – sometimes working with them to increase their confidence to
CEO handle more resources and do more.
From a governance and accountability perspective, the KCDF Board
I have worked in the non-profit sector in various
4 will henceforth be responsible for ensuring the strategic direction of the To one group we have to explain what communities need and how they 5
capacities and some of the key issues that have
operations of the Foundation by overseeing the work of the Management should be empowered to fulfill their needs. To the other group, we have
dogged the sector for a long time are accountability
in supporting Kenyan communities to push their ecently, while reflecting on the to balance expectations and increase their confidence to deliver more
and transparency. The lack
own development agenda. achievements and challenges of the last and better. All along, we must constantly be aware of the of the large
of these two values has over Our reorganisation has
year, I came across this quote that vexed number of requests that we are forced to regret.
time reduced the interest and
increased efficiency... The Board will structurally be able to be more me:
trust of many of our people in
articulate and accountable to the KCDF Trust My team and I, (who you will meet in the who is who section) are ever
volunteering and contributing to diligence...accountability
who will, among other roles, focus in ensuring “We philanthropy professionals are so conscious of the humongous ‘cloud of witnesses’ whose faces are
good causes.
in realising our vision and that the resources raised and invested for probably working in the only industry that real and known to us, the communities we work with, whose struggles
are our struggles and whose success we share.
In an effort to bolster KCDF’s
commitment to good governance
mission. the work of the Foundation are used in an
accountable and credible manner in perpetuity.

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is essentially accountable to NO ONE other than
our Boards of Trustees”
The reorganisation has therefore served to increase efficiency in KCDF’s While working hard to be accountable to our communities, we are also
and accountability, the Board of Directors and
ability to ensure the mission and visions are better realised with more This statement could not be further from the truth in accountable to these international organisations, private companies
Trustees saw the need to increase efficiency and
diligence and accountability. my experience. For instance, over the past year, my and individuals who stand with us to support communities at their point
effectiveness by reorganising the two entities
team and I have fully engaged with the demands of need. To these, we endeavour to show that we have been prudent in
which were established in an effort to ensure a
In the coming months, we have committed to take our accountability of being responsive and accountable to an ensuring that we stretch every cent to cover more and achieve greater
check and balance system is reinforced in this first
to the next level by institutionalising an inbuilt mechanism which will increasingly large group of ‘invisible’ stakeholders, impact. With this group, we go to the communities and work with them
Kenya’s Community public foundation.
ensure we are more accurately and promptly able to show you the who despite their relative ‘silence’, are ever present and when they succeed, we all celebrate together.
impact we are making with the resources bestowed to us by our donors in our lives, thoughts and conversations.
The reoganisation has, among other things,
and especially the Kenyan public.
resulted in full maximisation of the skills and
talents that exist among the individuals in both.
Thank you once again for walking with us in this journey and for your
This reorganisation has also been extended to
support and encouragement especially to our team on the ground.
the Board and Trust Committees to ensure that we

contents
Supporting Communities in Perpetuity 3
Revamping Governance 4
Accountabilility for Prosperity 5
Nurturing Prosperity 7
KCDF Programmes Overview: 2008-2009 8
Youth Development Programme 10
Arts and Culture 11
Food Security 12
Education Scholarship Programme 13
Girl Chid Programme 14
Early Childhood Development Programme 15
The Numbers 17
KCDF Grantees 24
Supporting
Communities
in perpetuity
his is the first time that the Chairman of the
KCDF Trust is writing to you in the annual
report. The KCDF Trust was created in year
2004 as the custodian for the Foundation’s
properties and funds to specifically ensure
that the resources available to KCDF continue
to grow and are managed in the most prudent
manner, in trust for Kenyan Communities. It
Twas an effort to ensure that a credible check and
balance framework is instituted for Kenya’s first
public foundation.
However, the organisation is not a
stranger to you, I dare say. 2010 For every shilling that you
is the 13th year since KCDF was
and I raise, Ford Foundation
formed by visionary people who
worked in the both development will commit three.
world and the private sector, and
whose interest was one: to see Kenyan communities
take control of their fate in an organised and
sustainable way.
We have grown over the years, and currently have
reached more than 300 communities around the
country. Together with these communities, we have
in particular been able to touch the lives of more
than 200,000 needy children under the age of 8
years, more than 60,000 young people and we
have seen more than 1000 students through high
school and beyond. Such impact is very rewarding
for us and for our community partners who have
proven that, if we work together as Kenyans, and
exploit fully the resources within our grasp, we can
be able to make great progress. In addition, we
shall be able to attract other partners who will seek
to support our work.
Eng. Isaac Wanjohi
Chairman, KCDF Trust
In a country categorised as poor, KCDF is a pioneer organisation in
demonstrating that an endowment is also possible in Africa! After six
years since the registration of the Trust, KCDF through collaboration
with communities, friends and willing donors, has been able to grow
its endowment from about US $ 1 million to close to US $ 4 million.
Even with the downturn of the global economy, we have been fortunate
to maintain a reasonable return on the investments that we continue
to make towards the sustainability of our communities through good
business practice and prudent investment. Our Trustees meet with our
professional investors (Old Mutual Asset Managers) on quarterly basis
to monitor and advise on the growth of the fund. We have also engaged
a Custodian (Barclays Securities) and an 3
Administrator (Octagon Pension Services) to
ensure efficiency in fund management.
The Ford Foundation, an organisation that
has been close to KCDF since the beginning,
in support of our commitment to vulnerable
Kenyan communities agreed to provide a Challenge fund in 2006.
They committed US$ 3 Million on condition that we came together with
Kenyans of all walks of life to raise US$ 1 Million (which is about Kshs.
75 Million). This means that for every shilling that you and I raise, Ford
Foundation will commit three. So far, we have made good progress by
raising about a half of the required amount and are left with the task of
raising the difference.
As Chairman of the KCDF Trust, the organ that is working hard to
grow the endowment for Kenyan communities, I appeal to you as an
individual, as a friend of KCDF and especially as a fellow Kenyan who
loves this country, to join hands with us to raise these funds and ensure
that our disadvantaged communities have the funding they need in
perpetuity to uplift their lives from poverty and other social injustices.
Thank you to all those who are already part of this effort.
God bless you.
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ANNUAL REPORT