Project will focus on Msambweni Sub County of Kwale county as a main
tourism hub areas where CSEC and drug abuse and other predisposing factors of
CSEC are rampant .Msambweni Sub-county consists of 4 wards with an approximate
population of 182,120 with 33,051 households. Over 30% of children have fall
victims or are vulnerable to CSEC and drug abuse in this tourism hub area of
Diani and Ukunda town and its environs. This has been due to due negative
social impacts of tourism as Children are exposed to night life in the ever
mushrooming night clubs in Diani beach 11km stretch filled with hotels and
beach restaurants/nights clubs.. Other factors include wide spread poverty,
high level of school drop out with less than 20 % transition from primary to
secondary schools , poor parenting and retrogressive cultural practices that
expose children especially overnight wedding
dances (tarabu nights, kigodoro dances) and funerals (disco matanga)
among others.
2.0
Background information of the region
The commercial sexual exploitation of
children in coastal areas of Kenya which is the main tourism regions with years
of development and investment in the sector with minimal mitigation of the potential
social negative impact of this sector. Today there are reported shocking
violation of their children rights which are a reflection of the profound risk
potentially faced by all children in Kenya.
Some ten to fifteen thousand girls living
in coastal areas of Malindi, Mombasa, Kalifi and Diani are involved in casual
sex work – up to 30% of all 12-18 year olds living in these areas. A further
two to three thousand girls and boys are involved in full-time year round
commercial activity. Many full-time child sex workers have migrated to the
coast from other parts of the country, and have often been inaugurated into sex
work before they arrive. The sexual exploitation of children is not limited to
coastal areas or to tourists, but can be found in communities across Kenya.
About one in ten children involved in sex work are initiated before they reach
puberty. But coastal zone in particular Kwale County – Msambweni Sub county
with home to the famous Diani beach ranked the beach destination in Africa, has
experienced an increasing investment in tourism which remains a breeding ground
for drug abuse and Commercial sexual exploitation of children.
MSAMBWENI –
SUB COUNTY IN KWALE COUNTY
3.0 General
Objectives
To stop child exploitation through commercial sex
4.0
Specific objectives
a.To identify children victims of CSEC and those
vulnerable to CSEC
b. To reintegrate children victims of CSEC and
those that are vulnerable to primary, secondary schools and vocational learning
institutions.
5.0
Envisaged activities to be carried out
Identification
of Children Victims and those vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation of
children – thise will be done through the following activities;
Hotspots
visits (e.g night clubs , beach areas, drinking/drug dens, discos, beach party
sites e.t.c
Home
visits to the household vulnerable to CSEC
Vetting
of identified CSEC victims and those vulnerable to be selected and supported
through the project
Referral services
and provision of safe space/place
Counseling
services support for victims of CSEC
Medical
screening
Medical
screening
Referral
Diary productions
Rent
house to serve as a Girls Hostel/Safe House care service
Re integration to educational and vocational
institutions/school levies (target – 104 ;M -23;F – 81)
Enroll into primary school
Enroll into secondary school
Enroll into vocational institutions
Business Development support services
(BDS) –This service
will target parents of Victims and those children who are supported that
graduate from vocational institutions to start up income generation activities
Production
of Information Education And Communication Materials (IEC)
Income
Generation Activities support (IGA)
Entrepreneurship
training
Business
Mentorship sessions
Business
startup Funds
Advocacy and Lobbying – these
activities at awareness creation on the CSECto rally support to end the vice
Radio
Talk Show
Ball
game tournaments
Road
processions
6.0
Beneficiaries of the project;
Direct
beneficiaries of this project will be children that have fallen victim to
commercial sexual exploitation and those that are vulnerable to CSEC due to the
nature of areas they stay, family status
and other predisposing factors of CSEC, The following are the numbers of direct
beneficiaries of this project;
Identified and verified victims of CSEC – 30
Identified and verified
children Vulnerable to CSEC – 74
Total number children Victims and those that vulnerable to CSEC – 104
(M- 23; F – 81)
Parents of victims of CSEC whose receives support IGA and positive
parenting knowledge – 30
30 IGAs supported
Indirect
beneficiaries :
Residents of Msambweni Sub county in particular – residents population – 100% –
And the entire kwale County at large
– 50%
7.0
Implementation: Supervision and reporting
The project
structure: The project will a project director/program Manager who will provide project over site including M & E function to ensure the
implementation in based on set targets in the Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP)
The project will
have a sub county project coordinator in charge of MsambweniSub County which is
the project sites who will be reporting directly to the project director/program
manager.
The sub county
project coordinator will be in charge of
2 field offices who will work with him and 4 Volunteer field assistance mainly community health workers (CHVs) at to
existing Health facilities with the project
A data clerk will
part of the to ensure quality and efficient
field data entry and referrals data
The project account
will provide prudent financial reporting
Boundary Partners the
project will seek to influence and work;
The project will
work closely with local and county administration team and the Ministry of
Health, Ministry of Education and the Children department including the Area
Advisory Council (AAC) and the security
arm on the National and County government including the DPP (Judiciary)
