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Solution Overview & Team Lead Details

Solution name.

ANGELS OF HOPE SPECIAL CHILDREN`S CENTRE

Provide a one-line summary of your solution.

Improving communication between care givers and children with moderate intellectual disability with aim of reducing sexual abuse and preventing early teen age pregnancies.

What specific problem are you trying to solve?

Research done by UNFPA shows that person with disability below the age of 18 years are four times to be victims of violence and abuse young person with intellectual disabilities especially girls are at the risk .

ANGELS OF HOPE SPECIAL CHILDREN`S CENTRE took the initiative to dig dipper in the settlement of Mathare and to our finding 200 children with intellectual disability have inadequate knowledge on sexual reproductive health and are victims of sexual abuse. with this information we look dipper and identified that communication was a major problem because they was limited awareness on how to pass information on sexual education and prevent sexual abuse . they feel left out and mis understood.

One of our team member named FLORENCE DOREEN specialized in community development she was able to target 3 special schools and out of the three schools five intellectual teen fall to be a victim of sexual abuse and 89% of the student are not aware of sexual education .

we work to impact the moderate intellectual children with this life skills sexual education to help them be aware on their sexual reproductive health and rights. More to that we would love to boost the relationship between care givers to enable them interact freely with the society around them.

What is your solution?

ANGELS OF HOPE SPECIAL CHILDREN`S CENTRE has come up with a communication channel known as the FABULOUS training model this model helps the care givers to communicate effectively with moderate intellectual children with the aim of reducing sexual abuse and preventing teen pregnancies .

Aside from the FABULOUS training model , ANGELS OF HOPE SPECIAL CHILDREN`S CENTRE offers the FABULOUS book for moderate intellectual children providing education on sexual reproductive health and rights.

ANGELS OF HOPE SPECIAL CHILDREN`S CENTRE incorporate the use of technology in providing the FABULOUS BOOK available online and create animated HOPE YOU tube videos that will help the children interest in learning .

Who does your solution serve? In what ways will the solution impact their lives?

Target Group:

1,Children with special needs: we have focused mainly on children with moderate intellectual disability in odder to build a good communication network and educate them on sexual reproductive health .

2,Care givers: this are the parents ,guardians and teachers that are closely related to the children one way or the other due this we may need them to help us.

3,communities:we are engaging the community to provide safe and conducive environment

4,schools: Mapping out special schools we are able to identify where the children are and how to effectively carry out our project.

Outcomes:

1)Improved Livelihoods.

2)Increased access to Quality Healthcare.

3)Empowered and Inclusive Societies.

4)Peaceful Existence, cohesion and Stability.

5)Conservation and Sustainable use of the Environment.

6)provide access to sexual reproductive health education to person with moderate intellectual disability.

How are you and your team well-positioned to deliver this solution?

We are ANGLES OF HOPE made up of five members namely.

ADELHEID ACHIENG a student in telecommunication and electrical engineering at Multimedia university of Kenya equipped with great managerial skilled able to lead The organization to its best.

CHARLEEN KHANIZA is a counsellor and a psychologist student in Daystar university. Her expertise is to help identify and understand children with deferent intellectual disabilities leading to an improvement of the communication between caregivers and the children with moderate intellectual disability.

SAMUEL SOMBE Our IT expert with his 4 year work experience in the field his able to keep track of our organization activities and also as we scale up we are also able to develop our book into an APP that will help all intellectual disable person.

FLORENCE DOREEN is studying development studies in Mount Kenya University. Her skills helps the ANGELS OF HOPE on understanding how various community relate with children with moderate intellectual disability and how can develop to improve in the relationship communication regarding sexual reproductive health.

MOUREEN ATITWA is specialized in the field of community health nursing with her on board she ensures that all the legal sexual rights are look into.

Our aim as a team is to bring change in society and provide a safe environment for caregivers and children with moderate intellectual disability .

What steps have you taken to understand the needs of the population you want to serve?

During the exposure in one of my voluntary service at BOX GIRLS KENYA I was at session teaching young girls on sexual reproductive health and rights but I realized a gap that young girls with the ability to think for themselves are the beneficiary to the education and intellectual disabled children are left out.it then made think of what way can they to have a benefit of the sexual awareness.

In implementing our work we have therefore forged an alliance with the help of the following organization.in terms of support and partnership

-Green Dada

-KISE(kenya institute of special education )

-THE Fabs

-Dadashi

-Billian Centre for parents

Which aspects of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Improving learning opportunities and outcomes for learners across their lifetimes, from early childhood on (Learning)

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Growth: An organization with an established product, service, or business model rolled out in at least one community, which is poised for further growth

In what city, town, or region is your solution team located?

Mathare, Kenya

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?

Adelheid Achieng Omondi