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Kiwohede runs counseling , support and care , rehabilitation and alternative program for child prostitutes, domestic workers, trafficked girls and those sexually abused and other vulnerable children and youth. Kiwohede provides a youth oriented training and skills enhancement , which teaches reading and writing skills, tailoring, tie and dye, embroidery, food processing, cookery, carpentry, sculpturing, weaving, hatchery, gardening, beekeeping, animal keeping (Goat and Pigs) and other important vocational skills. The program also teaches life skills and works on the prevention of HIV/AIDS through sex education, out reach program and theatre art and primary and secondary abstinence promotion for young people ages 12-18. Kiwohede also runs a credit scheme that teaches the means and skills in production activities that can sustain children and youth upon graduation. Marketing and employability skills has been the most focus The centers also have a child psychosocial counseling program (22) and a reproductive health education program for young people at the age of 7-18 years in 10 districts. The organization also works with orphan children, who because of their condition and their vulnerability have found themselves working in prostitution, have been trafficked and in hazardous domestic work.

Child Domestic Workers Project

Sunday, 11 July 2010 13:11 | Written by Administrator |

The project aimed at protecting and preventing children with the age of 7 – 17 years old not being employed in hazardous domestic work. It operates at Kinondoni District in Dar es Salaam, especially in high density populated urban areas of Manzese and Tandale wards.
The strategies used to reach the target beneficiaries are as follows:-

Through the use of local community leaders within the respective ward, together with responsible person within the project they identify children who work in hazardous domestic work and rescue them.

Through the established child rights committees within the street; Members of the committees have the task of identifying and report to the centre for the withdrawal process.

Establishment of Association of Responsible Employers of child domestic workers. The e employers’ act as role model to their fellow employers, also help in identifying children work in hazardous situation hence refer them to the centre for help.

Use of peer educators, child domestics themselves identify their fellow in hazardous work and refer to the centre for help.

SERVICES PROVIDED

Psychosocial counseling
Life skills trainings
Shelter for those in crisis and need immediate withdrawal
Informal education to those child domestics who are never been to school
Family reunification
Recreational facilities

Under WORTH UJANA project

Sunday, 11 July 2010 13:10 | Written by Administrator |

Since July 2009, KIWOHEDE in collaboration with Pact – Tanzania implement the worth Ujana project.
The overall goal of this project is to adapt and support the implementation and monitoring of an integrated economic empowerment and HIV prevention education intervention for vulnerable young women (15 – 24) living in Tanzania

Objectives

- To prepare for and support the implementation of the economic empowerment and HIV prevention intervention related to partner identification, stakeholder meetings, project orientation, initial technical assistance, and group formation.
- To build HIV prevention knowledge and skills to support 1,500 vulnerable young women and 1,800 community members in Dar es Salaam(Ilala and Kinondoni) and Iringa (Kilolo and Iringa Rural) to reduce their risk of HIV infection.
- To build literacy and economic skills among the same 1,500 vulnerable young women in Dar es Salaam and Iringa in order to improve their livelihoods and reduce their vulnerability to HIV infection

Activities Done So Far

Recruitment of Empowerment workers (12)
Introduction of Worth Ujana in District and ward levels
Orientation training on Worth Model and Dada wa Leo activities to Empowerment workers
Formation of Worth Ujana groups in all districts
Empowerment Workers and Assistant coordinator visit the groups on weekly basis to give technical support.

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