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Alternative Care – We give children a loving home

When it is in the best interests of the child, suitable and agreed with the relevant authorities, we provide alternative care.

We have 70 years of experience in offering longer-term alternative care, which we call family-like care and other alternative forms of care such as foster care, tiny group homes and supervised independent living arrangements. To find the best possible alternative care option for each child, we constantly innovate and improve our work with our families and use our experience to explore relevant care solutions together with partners.

If it is in the best interests of a child to return to the Family of origin, we actively support and carefully accompany this process. We also support adopting other forms of alternative care as stipulated in the UN and Kenya Alternative Care Guidelines. We ensure that a child has access to care, accommodation, education and skills, protection and social inclusion, food security, physical health, livelihood and social and emotional well-being. Cumulatively, the alternative care program has impacted 979 children and young people.