Skilful parenting and economic strengthening promotes early childhood development and reduces child maltreatment in Kenya

Start Date: 01/10/2018- End Date: 31/03/2020

This project targets families living in poverty in Kenya with no access to credit facilities, to provide them with age-appropriate parenting education and to connect them with economic support in agribusiness and social protection. Five thousand families will benefit from this unique combination of skilful parenting and economic support, which aims to break the cycle of poverty, promote positive early childhood development, and reduce child maltreatment.

Innovation Overview
	Program Saving Brains
	Institution Investing in Children and their Societies (ICS) Africa
	Institution Country Kenya
	Implementation Country Kenya
	Implementation Region Sub-Saharan Africa
	Priority Addressing Neglect, Breastfeeding, Caregiving Environment Outside of Home, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics, Creating Nurturing Environments for Child Development, Domestic Violence, Economic, Equal participation & decision-making, Food and Nutrition, Food security, Gender Equality, Home Environment for Child Development, Injuries, Interpersonal Violence, Malnutrition, Newborn Conditions, Social Justice, Social Protection, Violence
	Platform Accountability and Transparency of Systems, Behaviour Change Communication, Community Health Worker Training, Non-health provider training, Nutrition, Peer education, Public-private partnership, Service Delivery

Innovation Overview

Program

Saving Brains

Institution

Investing in Children and their Societies (ICS) Africa

Institution Country

Kenya

Implementation Country

Kenya

Implementation Region

Sub-Saharan Africa

Priority

Addressing Neglect, Breastfeeding, Caregiving Environment Outside of Home, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics, Creating Nurturing Environments for Child Development, Domestic Violence, Economic, Equal participation & decision-making, Food and Nutrition, Food security, Gender Equality, Home Environment for Child Development, Injuries, Interpersonal Violence, Malnutrition, Newborn Conditions, Social Justice, Social Protection, Violence

Platform

Accountability and Transparency of Systems, Behaviour Change Communication, Community Health Worker Training, Non-health provider training, Nutrition, Peer education, Public-private partnership, Service Delivery

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