Vision, Mission, Objectives
Vision
A consciously functional society supportive of the well-being of Youth, Women, and Vulnerable groups
A consciously functional society supportive of the well-being of Youth, Women, and Vulnerable groups
Mission
To create socio-economic empowerment of adolescents, youth, and women via the promotion of dialogue, partnerships, and rights advocacy
To create socio-economic empowerment of adolescents, youth, and women via the promotion of dialogue, partnerships, and rights advocacy
CORE VALUES
Professionalism: Consistently achieving high standards both in work and how you work that results in high-quality results. There are core characteristics such as competence, knowledge, consciousness, integrity, respect, emotional intelligence, appropriateness, and confidence. Our staff are encouraged to exhibit these values in practice whenever they conduct organizational duties.
Integrity: The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. All staff are encouraged to be morally upright building honesty and trust in all their engagements.
Transparency: The availability of accurate information about issues and commitments and the performance of actors. Our partners, our community, and our staff should expect accurate information as this builds trust and a sound basis for decision-making.
Accountability: Holding institutions, staff, and other actors accountable for commitments and performance. All community engagements between staff, duty bearers, and the community should be guided by holding people to account for actions and resources availed to them.
Respect for human rights: Upholding the bill of rights as enshrined in Kenya law that promotes enjoyment of human rights (legal capacity - everyone has the inherent right and obligations to make their decisions). We respect the rights of communities, women, youth, and special groups.
Beneficiary Focus: Being mindful of the rightsholders decision-making power by way of involvement and participation. We promote co-creation with communities based on the idea that ‘’communities are not empty glasses’’.
Equity: we recognize that we do not all start from the same place and must acknowledge and make adjustments to imbalances. Hence women, youth and special groups begin at a disadvantage as compared to others, we encourage positive discrimination so as to walk with everyone in development
Ownership & sharing:At Otto Benecker Foundation, local stakeholders are involved in the decision-making process and community activities are carried out with local participation during the course of project implementation. Efficient community participation, cost sharing and coordination with government line agencies create community accountabilities and ownership of the project.
Bottom-up: Otto Benecker Foundation ensures that local actors participate in decision-making about the strategy and in the selection of the priorities to be pursued in their local area. By involving, combining and interacting with local communities, it is easier to achieve better overall results.
Sustainability: As far as possible, Otto Benecker Foundation strives to ensure that organizational and community based activities supported through community development project benefits are realized, maintained and continue after the end of the project.
Main Objective
To improve agriculture production, access to healthcare services, environmental conservation, information technology, alleviate poverty and nurture talents through sports.
Sustainability: As far as possible, Otto Benecker Foundation strives to ensure that organizational and community based activities supported through community development project benefits are realized, maintained and continue after the end of the project.
Main Objective
To improve agriculture production, access to healthcare services, environmental conservation, information technology, alleviate poverty and nurture talents through sports.
Specific Objectives
I To empower youth through skills development, knowledge enhancement and development of the right attitude towards life in order to build their capacity, project hope and motivate them towards realization of their full human potential.
II. To develop capacities and technical skills of youth leading to better livelihoods
III. To provide opportunities for youth to rediscover themselves innovatively in line with new technologies for them to realize their full human and productive potential
IV. To enhance knowledge of existing threats to survival –including drug abuse, HIV/AIDs and other STIs, reproductive health issues
V. To enhance knowledge in eco-system governance and management
VI. To provide farm inputs and train farmers in modern farming techniques
VII. To identify talents and nurture them through sports academies
VIII. To take such steps by personal or written appeals, private meetings, public meetings or representations to Parliament, government entities and other bodies as may be deemed expedient to promote any of the objects of the Organization.
IX. To raise, secure and utilise funds for the attainment of any or all objects of the Organization, and to do such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of these objects.
Approach and Strategy
Social Development Model: The Social Development Model (SDM) is a theory of human behavior that is used to explain the origins and development of delinquent behavior during childhood and adolescence. By taking into account risk factors as well as protective influences, the SDM predicts whether children will develop pro-social or antisocial behavioral patterns as they age. The SDM hypothesizes that children adopt the beliefs and behavioral patterns of the social unit - such as family, peers, or neighborhood - to which they are most firmly bonded. If the social unit has pro-social attitudes, then the child adopts a pro-social orientation; if the social unit is antisocial, then the child often manifests problem behavior (Catalano, Kosterman, Hawkins, Newcomb, & Abbott, 1996).
II. To develop capacities and technical skills of youth leading to better livelihoods
III. To provide opportunities for youth to rediscover themselves innovatively in line with new technologies for them to realize their full human and productive potential
IV. To enhance knowledge of existing threats to survival –including drug abuse, HIV/AIDs and other STIs, reproductive health issues
V. To enhance knowledge in eco-system governance and management
VI. To provide farm inputs and train farmers in modern farming techniques
VII. To identify talents and nurture them through sports academies
VIII. To take such steps by personal or written appeals, private meetings, public meetings or representations to Parliament, government entities and other bodies as may be deemed expedient to promote any of the objects of the Organization.
IX. To raise, secure and utilise funds for the attainment of any or all objects of the Organization, and to do such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of these objects.
Approach and Strategy
Social Development Model: The Social Development Model (SDM) is a theory of human behavior that is used to explain the origins and development of delinquent behavior during childhood and adolescence. By taking into account risk factors as well as protective influences, the SDM predicts whether children will develop pro-social or antisocial behavioral patterns as they age. The SDM hypothesizes that children adopt the beliefs and behavioral patterns of the social unit - such as family, peers, or neighborhood - to which they are most firmly bonded. If the social unit has pro-social attitudes, then the child adopts a pro-social orientation; if the social unit is antisocial, then the child often manifests problem behavior (Catalano, Kosterman, Hawkins, Newcomb, & Abbott, 1996).
Strategy:
Our approach utilizes a three pronged methodology namely NLP approach and community conversation for enhanced awareness, self-empowerment and attitude change, sporting activities and magnet theatre for behavior change communication and health dialogues and trainings for awareness creation and knowledge sharing. Mainly we focus on prevention interventions, social rights advocacy, socio-economic empowerment, psycho-social guidance, health education and empowerment trainings, enhanced transition and completion rates at primary and secondary schools, establish community supportive resources, policy advocacy, media and communication. Violence prevention aims positive change of norms in the community towards women, adolescent girls and general youth.
Educational assets aim at youth, women and girls via articulation of their rights, increased transition rates, personal growth and development through critical thinking and problem solving skills. Health interventions have social and health assets – leadership skills, self-esteem, goal setting & negotiation skills and sexual reproductive health education and improved health seeking behavior respectively. Wealth creation encompasses financial goals, money management and income generation activities targeting youth, women and young mothers.
The Participatory approach: we encourage our beneficiaries to participate actively in our programmes right from needs assessment to implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and benefit sharing.
The People Centered approach: community people are central to all our development efforts and interventions.
Coordination and collaboration approach: activities will be effectively coordinated with governmental and non-governmental organizations of similar thinking from grassroots to district, national and international levels.
Accountability and transparency: all the program activities and corresponding budget allocated for that particular place are transparent; anyone at any time can have access to this information, if requested.
Needs driven approach: programme activities will not be imposed from the top, but are selected based on the demand made by the beneficiaries. We start from the premise that communities compared to a glass are not full empty but half-empty, hence we build from what they know.
Policies
i. Human Resource Management Policy
ii. Finance Management Policy
iii. Child Protection Policy
iv. Procurement Policy
v. Gender Policy
vi. Conflict Management policy
Our approach utilizes a three pronged methodology namely NLP approach and community conversation for enhanced awareness, self-empowerment and attitude change, sporting activities and magnet theatre for behavior change communication and health dialogues and trainings for awareness creation and knowledge sharing. Mainly we focus on prevention interventions, social rights advocacy, socio-economic empowerment, psycho-social guidance, health education and empowerment trainings, enhanced transition and completion rates at primary and secondary schools, establish community supportive resources, policy advocacy, media and communication. Violence prevention aims positive change of norms in the community towards women, adolescent girls and general youth.
Educational assets aim at youth, women and girls via articulation of their rights, increased transition rates, personal growth and development through critical thinking and problem solving skills. Health interventions have social and health assets – leadership skills, self-esteem, goal setting & negotiation skills and sexual reproductive health education and improved health seeking behavior respectively. Wealth creation encompasses financial goals, money management and income generation activities targeting youth, women and young mothers.
The Participatory approach: we encourage our beneficiaries to participate actively in our programmes right from needs assessment to implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and benefit sharing.
The People Centered approach: community people are central to all our development efforts and interventions.
Coordination and collaboration approach: activities will be effectively coordinated with governmental and non-governmental organizations of similar thinking from grassroots to district, national and international levels.
Accountability and transparency: all the program activities and corresponding budget allocated for that particular place are transparent; anyone at any time can have access to this information, if requested.
Needs driven approach: programme activities will not be imposed from the top, but are selected based on the demand made by the beneficiaries. We start from the premise that communities compared to a glass are not full empty but half-empty, hence we build from what they know.
Policies
i. Human Resource Management Policy
ii. Finance Management Policy
iii. Child Protection Policy
iv. Procurement Policy
v. Gender Policy
vi. Conflict Management policy
Organizational Structure
The organization has a Board of Directors at the peak, headed by the Chairperson, Treasurer, and Secretary. The Chair convenes meetings and provides overall leadership to the organization at policy and philosophical levels. The Treasurer heads the financial docket and supervises fiscal policy. The Secretary takes board minutes; and is the CEO of the organization; he/she spearheads policy and programs implementation of the organization. He/she ensures programs are implemented within values, principles and objectives of the organization. The three heads (Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer) are the signatories to official and financial documents.
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