AFIFA ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ( ORGANOGRAM)
AFIFA ORGANIZATIONAL Q & As
- Registered as Non-Governmental Organization, under the Kenya NGO coordination act,1990 on 8/07/2022 REGISTRATION NUMBER
OP.218/051/22-026/12580
- Kakamega, Vihiga, Bungoma, and Busia Counties
- Families (Women and Children) of the incarcerated
- Advocacy for incarcerated families (AFIFA), arose from observations noted in the course of interacting (as educators) over seven years with families seeking education for their children noting that parents whose spouses were incarcerated faced associated incapacitating adverse effects. Then was mooted the initiative to collectively advocate for uncuffing the affected women and children from the resultant double retribution phenomenon and with the aim of making them productive members of the development process.
- Palliating the backlash of incarceration on the family (women and children) through improvement of access to quality education, welfare ,relief from poverty, promotion of human rights and good governance.
- Resilient community-incubated families with innovative approaches to absorb and positively adapt to the adverse effects of incarceration and participate actively in nation building.
- Compassion ,justice, integrity, collaboration, transparency.
- Sustainable Development, Human Rights, Equality and Equity, Child And Adult Education, Women empowerment.
- Influencing policies through advocacy.
- Child education support through sponsorship and supply of school uniforms.
- Networking through partnership with like-minded organizations,
- Monitoring and evaluation through intervention research,
- Participatory planning and implementation,
- Capacity building and awareness creation through Community Based Organizations, Faith Based Organization and Self-help groups,
- Food security through improved Agricultural productivity and livelihood together with host school lunch initiative,
- Psychosocial support through peer support-groups and psychological counseling
- Connectivity and belonging through pen-pals and exchange programs.
- Family economic empowerment through income generating activities
- Talent identification and development through the after school program.
- Defending rights of the incarcerated families through legal representation.
- Counselors
- Social science experts
- Educators
- Community social workers
- Psychologists
- Spiritual leaders,
- Accountants,
- Human resource experts
- Researchers
- Mediators
- Health Personnel
- Legal experts
- Hospitality personnel
- Security personnel
- Information Technology (IT) experts
- Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA)
- Mediation Training Institute (MTI) East Africa
- Department of Gender and social services
- Child welfare services
- Human rights Agencies
- Ministry of Education
- Association of Counselors
- Department of correction services
- Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
