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SAFETY NET

Vulnerable families lifeline

Construction of a resource centre for people living with disabilities.

he Ministry of Youth and Gender, Gender Office in collaboration with the is expected that it will be replicated at
through its safety net programme, Ministry of Education have taken up the the sub-county levels.
Tis constructing 65 houses, toilets sponsorship of disabled students who
and restocking charity homes with non- have completed high school and at- A gender-based violence clinic will be
food items. tained grades B and C+. A high school established at the Accident and Emer-
student is also among the beneficiaries. gency centre of the Mandera County
Under the project,116 vulnerable fami- A disability resource centre under con- Referral Hospital. The clinic will be run
lies identified following a public par- struction is at final stages and it will be by healthcare workers from the hospi-
ticipation exercise attended by elders, equipped and operationalized this fi- tal, the social workers from the ministry
Shamsa Mohamed religious leaders, chiefs, women and nancial year. in collaboration with the security team.
CECM, Gender youths are expected to receive 10 Income generating activities such as Plans are underway to form a women’s
and Social goats each tanning of leather for the production of peace movement across the county to
Services Beneficiaries from Mandera East will handbags, wallets, shoes and belts will increase awareness against sexual-
get 16 houses while 28 families will get be created for PWDs. based violence and domestic violence.
ten goats each. Eight houses will be The ministry also plans to buy mobility Women leaders, businesswomen and
built in Mandera North and 14 families kits for persons with disability this finan- the youth will be incorporated into the
will receive 10 goats each. Lafey will cial year, the kits that will be procured programme.
benefit from a similar number of houses include wheel chair, tricycle with carrier
families in Mandera North will receive a and crutches. Various women’s groups will during this
similar number of goats. financial year benefit from income gen-
Nine houses will be built in Mandera On gender issues, the ministry is in the erating equipment for tailoring and the
South and 18 families will get ten goats process of formulating a Gender-based provision of machines such as fridges
each, while seven houses will be built in Policy to be submitted to the County for storing milk and yoghurt, packag-
Kutulo and 14 families will get ten goats Assembly for adoption. ing and branding materials for women
each. Eight houses will be built in Man- In collaboration with the national se- who make Nyirnyir, yoghurt and those
dera West and 15 families will get 10 curity team, prosecutors, teachers, who harvest honey. The women will be
goats each. civil society a gender-based technical trained on entrepreneural skills, book-
On persons with disabilities (PWDs), the working group has been formed and it keeping, marketing and value addition.