Improving lives of 1000 girls in Nairobi's slums

Due to the ever rising and the huge volume of sexual and GBV cases occurring and being reported to the attention of VAP’s customer care desk and counselling department, VAP has deployed a mitigation plan by enrolling two of its coaches to attend further studies for counselling and guiding at Amani counselling centre. The two candidates, Mbinda and Linda will join Elizabeth who has been at the forefront of rapidly responding to GBV cases, getting in touch with other local referral institutions, giving them all the necessary support and making follow ups of the victimized youth and individuals. The three will be expected to form a strong unit that will adequately handle and reduce a backlog of GBV cases being reported as well as teach other coaches basic counselling and guiding topics. They will be expected to create a hotline number that would be at the disposal of the community, embark on educating everyone involved on early signs of Gender Based Violence cases and other important prerequisite for child protection in the organization: coaches code of ethics, rules, regulations and policies. Equally important is the hand-in-hand working collaboration between community volunteers, community leaders, parents, teachers and authorities, which VAP would really want to bank on as it drives on this important agenda. Additionally, they will work closely with HIV testing partners during Kick N Test football tournaments.