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27 February 2010

Dr Philista Onyango, the Regional Director of the African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN), is the recipient of the African Hero Award in the year 2010

The African Hero Award is an annual award presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to and accomplishments in the continent of Africa. In 1986, she founded ANPPCAN, a child rights organization with 24 national chapters, which has greatly propelled the realization of child rights and child protection in Africa.

20th February 2010

The 8th phase of the ANPPCAN FK Exchange programme began in February 2010. Eight (8) participants drawn from six ANPPCAN Chapters and the Regional Office are taking part. The participants have already reported at their host countries and started familiarizing with work activities and developing work-plans. The phase lasts 10 months and will end in December 2010.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

ANPPCAN Head Office has a position of a professional Social Worker to be in charge of its proposed Child Protection Response Centre.

Due to the many cases being reported to ANPPCAN Head Office and to effectively respond to the needs of children, it has become necessary for ANPPCAN Head Office to create a small but functional response centre.

The Centre requires a trained Social Worker with the following requirements:

The First International Conference in Africa on Family Based for Children whose theme was promoting Family Based Care for Children in Africa was held on 28-30 September 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Conference passed concrete declarations and recommendations. We now post the Conference Declarations and Recommendations.

Read the Conference Declarations and Recommendations.

End Child prostitution in Kenya (ECPIK) is seeking for a qualified consultant with expertise on child related issues to conduct a comprehensive baseline study on the nature and magnitude of Child Sex Tourism (CST) in selected areas in Kenya.

ECPIK, is a national coalition of organizations working together to end child prostitution, sexual exploitation, child pornography and trafficking of children for sexual purposes in Kenya. ECPIK was established in 1995 in line with the End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT) global campaign.

Qualifications Required:  

Registration is NOW CLOSED ! 

See below an invitation to the cultural evening

Dated: October 02, 2008

ANPPCAN, early this month, will hold a planning meeting of the FK -ANPPCAN Exchange of Personnel programme. As has been the case in the past, planning meetings have served to set the ground rules, identify needs of the exchanging Chapters and letting the Chapters exchange staff depending on the needs. ANPPCAN has been participating in the Exchange programme since 2002. ANPPCAN enters her seventh phase of the Exchange of personnel programme in 2009. A phase lasts 10 months.

Media Release

IS CANING THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE?

The recent school unrests witnessed in the country that threatened to paralyze secondary education have drawn diverse emotions and sentiments from various quarters. Surprisingly, these unrests have been attributed to the withdrawal of the cane.

CALL FOR CONSULTANCY BIDS

SERVICE: CONSULTANCY                              View the .PDF Version

TO REVIEW OF EXISTING CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND
DATA COLLECTION TOOLS IN KENYA

Background

ANPPCAN, on the Friday, the 23 May 2008, unveiled a new logo and website in a ceremony attended by partners, supporters and child rights organisations at her headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.

The new logo is consistent with the transformation of ANPPCAN in promoting the rights of children in Africa. In over 21 years, ANPPCAN efforts have led to lasting improvements in the lives of children in Africa, built local, national and regional partnerships for child protection and achieved integrated and enhanced service delivery to children.