Families in Nairobi's informal settlements face extreme poverty and daily hardship. Our Family Support Programme helps families overcome crisis, build resilience and achieve long-term independence, keeping children safe, healthy, in school and with their families.
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Families in Nairobi’s informal settlements face overlapping challenges - from high unemployment and soaring costs to HIV, trauma, and systemic neglect. To break this cycle, our Family Support Programme provides essential life skills, emergency resources, and long-term tools to build resilience. We have helped hundreds of vulnerable households find stability, stay together, and escape extreme poverty. However, thousands of families still desperately need our support to survive and thrive.
We support families using a structured four-phase model: immediate crisis resolution, family stabilisation, independence training, and graduated self-reliance. We deliver tailored support - including school fees, healthcare, and psychosocial counselling - alongside community-based foster care for urgent safeguarding. By addressing immediate trauma while equipping caregivers with business tools, we build lasting economic resilience, keep families together, and end child institutionalisation.
