One of Project Accelerate’s outputs is to increase availability and uptake of quality, multi-disciplinary, efficient, inclusive and user- friendly GBV prevention and response. In May and June 2022, GVRC facilitated the training of 286 Health Care Providers from 20 sub-counties on the clinical and forensic management of GBV. This training was done in two 2-day…
It’s a 20 day campaign aimed at raising awareness on GBV in the community and raising funds for GVRC and a Gender Based Violence Recovery Centre (GBVRC) at the Eldama Ravine Sub County Referral Hospital. During the March and April 2022 out-of-school period, GVRC successfully trained 285 teachers from 150 schools spread across 10 project…
It’s a 20 day campaign aimed at raising awareness on GBV in the community and raising funds for GVRC and a Gender Based Violence Recovery Centre (GBVRC) at the Eldama Ravine Sub County Referral Hospital. GVRC has partnered with Solian Athletic Club based in Eldama Ravine, Baringo County who through athletics, raise awareness on issues…
GVRC and TSC have been conducting joint activities targeting in school children and teachers focused on gender and child protection. Implementation of these activities has been ongoing over a span of eight years. On 29th June, GVRC and the Beacon Teachers based in Mombasa held a child protection awareness festival. The Guests of Honor were…
The Day of the African Child has been celebrated on June 16th every year since 1991 when it was first initiated by the organization of African Unity (OAU).It honors those who participated in the Soweto uprising on 16th June 1991. On June 16th every year governments and all stakeholders involved in child protection gather to…
It takes courage for a survivor of gender based violence to share their story. Never underestimate your power to affect the course of a survivor’s healing journey. Here are some tools—words, actions, and resources—that can help you support someone who shares their personal experience with you. You don’t have to be an expert—you just have to be your…
Think! More than one in three (1 in 3) women worldwide (an estimated 35 percent) will be beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in their lifetime. What if you were told that no place is less safe for a woman than her own home? Are you OK with that? Of course, not! And that…
His round eyes, glisten with tears as he looks up at his parents, shaking his head to indicate that he will not sit down. They acknowledge his pain by assuring him that he does not have to sit if it hurts to do so. He is only 3 years old and he has experienced gruesome…
This is not our regular awareness strategy because let’s face it, child abuse is NOT regular. It’s not normal, it’s not safe, it’s not friendly and neither is it consistent! So why should we stick to older models of raising awareness and expect different results? It’s time to Get Moving! GVRC is proud to partner…