The Institute of Youth Studies (IYS) has networked with an Italian NGO (Fondazione L’Albero della Vita – FADV) in order to develop a training manual for use in the 26 Kenyan government run statutory children institutions. The training will target over 120 staff who are employed in the juvenile remand and rehabilitation institutions, so as to build staff capacity in offering psycho-social support to their wards.FADV approached IYS to carry out a needs assessment in collaboration with the University of Padova, and to develop the training manual. The NGO has offered a sum of Ksh.250,000 to IYS for this consultancy service.
The trainings will be also carried out by IYS, funded by CEFA – another Italian NGO that works with the Kenya government in the Children Services.
I have the been key person in this project on behalf of the IYS.