ANNUAL REPORT 2014Kenya Girl Guides Association

girls worldwide say

‘we proudly invest in our leaders’

Kenya Girl Guides Association is a voluntary mem-bership organization whose main beneficiaries are girls and young women. It is a character develop-ment organization established to empower girls girls worldwide say

and young women navigate the path from child-hood through adolescence to young adulthood with self-respect, dignity and positive values nec-essary to thrive in the ever changing world. It is multi-ethnic, multi-religious volunteer organiza-tion that places strong emphasis on empowering girls individually and collectively to live right and act to influence and change their society.

The Girl Guides Movement in Kenya of 159,000 members is operational in all 47 counties and in over 8000 schools and institutions of learning.

Introduction

Our Vision: To be a growing worldwide movement, the voice of girls and young women who influence the issues that they care about and build a better world.

Our Mission: To provide opportunity for girls and young women to develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world.

Core Values: Integrity, Spiritualism, Citizenship, Volunteerism, Teamwork, Innovation and Professionalism.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

MESSAGE FROM THE PATRON................................................................ 6

MESSAGE FROM CHAIR, TRUSTEES........................................................ 8

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN........................................................... 9

MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER.......................................... 10

PROGRAMMES...................................................................................... 11

WORLD THINKING DAY 2015............................................................. 11

NATIONAL CUP COMPETITION.......................................................... 13

YOUTH EXCHANGE SOUTH TO SOUTH (YESS) PROGRAMME.......... 13

TREFOIL GUILD BRANCH .................................................................. 14

ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMMES....................................................... 14

LIGHT UP KENYA PROJECT................................................................ 14

ACTS OF GREEN PROJECT................................................................. 15

OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES.............................................. 15

HEALTH PROGRAMMES .................................................................. 16

ALCOHOL PREVENTION PROJECT - FUNDED BY

IOGT-NTO MOVEMENT...................................................................... 16

TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES THROUGH PEER EDUCATION

PROJECT - FUNDED BY NACADA....................................................... 16

ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM -

FUNDED BY USAID THROUGH PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL......... 18

NATEMBEA CAMPAIGN - LED BY JULIE GICHURU,

PROJECT AMBASSADOR ................................................................... 18

WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTSVOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE

PROJECT - FUNDED BY UNITED NATIONS WOMEN:.......................... 18

ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND MENTORSHIP.............................. 20

LIFE POA PROJECT.............................................................................. 20

KIBERA GIRLS CENTRE........................................................................ 20

SHANZU GIRL GUIDES TRANSITIONAL WORKSHOP.......................... 21

TRAINING.............................................................................................. 21

ADULT TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMMES ................................................................................. 21

E-LEARNING PROGRAMME............................................................... 22

INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION AND EVENTS............................... 23

GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT........................................................ 25

STRATEGIC PLAN............................................................................... 25

REVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE............................................................. 25

WORLD WOMEN LEADERSHIP AWARD............................................. 26

NATIONAL TRUSTEES........................................................................ 26

COMMISSIONERS INFORMATION SHARING SESSION...................... 26

FUND DEVELOPMENT............................................................................ 27

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY............................................................ 28

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................ 29

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MESSAGE FROM OUR PATRON Distinguished Guests, Fellow Guides and Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m delighted as your patron to join you today as we mark the World Thinking Day. Those who have served in the Kenya Girl Guides Association recognize the importance of our celebrations today and the role that the World Thinking Day continues to play in shaping the character of our young girls. It is my belief that as tradition dictates, our Girl Guides and Girl Scouts will this year have the opportunity to interact with their international counterparts and learn how to take action on important issues which concern our respective communities. This is also the ideal day for our Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to earn the World Thinking Day badge through fundraising for worthy causes. In a fast changing world, our young girls and wom-en need to involve themselves in productive ac-tivities that will steer them away from the socie-tal ills that are so prevalent in our communities. The Kenya Girl Guides Association continues to provide the perfect environment in which young women can grow into responsible adults, equipped with all the life skills needed to cou-rageously face and tackle the many challenges faced by youth today.

Speech by H.E. Margaret Kenyatta, The First Lady of the Republic of Kenya, during the Kenya Girl Guides Association (KGGA) ‘Thinking Day’ on 20th February, 2015.

The rich history on which the KGGA is built is the foundation on which the modern Girl Guide and Girl Scout can build a better life for herself, through the experiences she would acquire through the noble initiatives undertaken by the Association. For the dream of an empowered woman to come to fruition, we need to start early and nur-ture our young girls into the achievers that we envision. There is need therefore for those of us who have vast experience in our careers to give back to society by taking up mentorship roles through which we can give our young girls a good exam-ples and role models to emulate. In the modern world of misguided moral values and increasing substance abuse, the Girl Guides Association provides the perfect safe haven in which our girls can grow into champions. Rising unemployment has also robbed our youth of hope with many resorting to crime, al-coholism and the use of hard drugs. But with our Girl Guides it is different. The life skills and training acquired through our various programmes have allowed our young girls to be innovators once they are out of school and into the world. The insistence on ensuring that they grow into responsible adults has also steered our girls

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away from crime, prostitution and drug abuse. As a society we need to ensure that as many girls as possible join the Girl Guides Association so that we can save a generation and by exten-sion save our country. As you are all aware, women are the cornerstone of our families and by extension our communi-ties and nation. It is therefore prudent that we ensure that as many women as possible receive the experiences and skills during their formative years necessary to turn them into responsible adults. Only through such a concerted effort can we ensure a bright future for our nation, which is built on the strength of the woman. Let us all be of the same mindset in ensuring that we do our best to recruit as many young girls into our Association. May this be our resounding call both this year and in the future. Thank you and may God bless you.

The Patron Inspecting a Guard of Honor.

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Honorine R. KiplagatChair, Trustees

MESSAGE FROM CHAIR,TRUSTEES

Last Year, in October 2014, Kenya Girl Guides As-sociation (KGGA) hosted an important forum or-ganized by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) Africa Region. That was the NLDP training. This programme is to enable the Association’s national and senior trainers benefit from the facilitation techniques provided within the WLDP/NLDP and enable them to use the skills acquired in their train-ing of trainers and leaders for Adult Training Programme. The theme of that Training Pro-gramme was: BE THE RIVER

I would like to revisit this important theme “BE THE RIVER” on the occasion of this Year 2015 Annual General Meeting. I would like to draw our attention on what we as KGGA can learn and be inspired from being a RIVER as we are now embarking on the implementation of the important Strategic Plan 2015-2017.

By Longman Dictionary of Contemporary En-glish definition: a RIVER is a wide natural stream of water flowing between banks into a lake, into another wider stream or into the sea.

A RIVER can never remain static. It must always bubble up and flow over to others to really be a living water.

C.S. Lewis, a great theologian, once said: “Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity, there is no growth”. Indeed as Long-man described the RIVER flowing into lake, into another wider stream, and into sea. There is continuity, bigger and bigger, orderly and with dynamism, outreach and partnership. A RIVER nurtures and sustains life of fish, plants and other animals. There is food in the RIVER. Wherever the River passes through, there is great freshness, it beautifies the landscape into a glorious garden of colour and fragrance. One goes to the River to get all these amazing foun-tain of life, harmony and peace. The RIVER at-tracts.A RIVER can produce energy and power from

BE THE RIVER, REJOICE!

the vibrant flow of water, which shares

its valuable life to others.

“WATER IS LIFE”

which one can harvest electricity, a light. And a light is not some-thing one can keep to oneself. It brightens the surrounding. Light never loses its brightness. Where there is light, there is warmth, there is life, there is joy, there is hope. There is transformation.

But a RIVER which does not flow, it stagnates, it dries up and dies. A RIVER when its banks break and thunder with incontrollable pow-er can be very destructive.

BE THE RIVER, REJOICE! the vi-brant flow of water, which shares its valuable life to others. “WATER IS LIFE”

C.S. Lewis, a great Theologian once said:

“Mere change is not growth. Growth is the

synthesis of change and continuity, and where

there is no continuity, there is no growth”.

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Jane D. Chemng’oremNational Chairman

MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN

It is exciting to note that a year has gone and as Kenya Girl Guides Association (KGGA) we had remarkable achievements in many areas as far as Girl Child is concerned. We have experienced growth in influence in our society and country. Our continued participation in national and international programs is something worth not-ing. Resilience and commitment to our value systems have made the organization maintain its good image. The challenges we experienced as an organization and nation could not kill the

spirit and life of this great orga-nization.

When I look at the society we live in; the many challenges we are experiencing at national, organizational, institutional, in-dividual and environmental lev-els; I see a big opportunity for Kenya Girl Guides Association. The much needed help in our schools, homes, environment and many other areas can be well addressed if the spirit and values as upheld by the Associa-tion are interpreted to the wider society.

I would like to draw our atten-tion to The Guide Law which articulately and clearly defines our value system. KGGA being a value based organization highly uphold among others: integ-rity, honor, loyalty, usefulness, friendliness, courtesy, obedi-ence, purity etc. These values have contributed greatly to the development of a balanced Girl Guide who can adapt well in any environment and ensure a ben-eficial relationship exists in all aspects. When these values are in place; we will have a safe and

secure society where people live together with one another. Our wild life will be safe, our envi-ronment will be conserved, killing of innocent lives will be a thing of the past, corruption will be abated, and courtesy will come back to our society and many other enumerable benefits.

We cannot deny that a lot has changed over time. The society is quite dynamic and the evils targeting our young people are changing with time. This is a call for thorough research and pre-paredness to understand the present challenges and how they can be addressed within the right approaches and framework. I would challenge the organization to seek new approaches to reach out the ailing world and impact them pos-itively. We will continue to work together with Ministry of Education and other stakeholders that deal with young people to ensure our val-ues are shared within our society. I call upon us all to unite and work together reaching out to many children. We will need to strategize on the “vehicle” we will use to transport our values to our target groups. The organization should se-cure means to ensure that our acquired values are preserved.

God bless Kenya Girl Guides Association; God bless Kenya.

We will need to

strategize on the “vehicle”

we will use to transport

our values to our target

groups.

I take this opportunity to thank the entire Lead-ership for their diligence and hard work, spe-cial mention goes to the Executive Committee who have worked tireless throughout the year ensuring that we keep in line with our strategic goals and objectives as we pursue our mission “providing opportunity for girls and young wom-en to develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world”, keeping the Guiding spirit alive and striving for excellence. Bravo!

Thank you for the opportunity to serve the Association in this season.

“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

John C. Maxwell.

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Jennifer KarinaChief Commissioner

MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER

I salute you!

The year 2014 has been an exciting and fruitful year of empowering, equipping and transform-ing and impacting positive influence in the lives of girls and young women. The Association has received notable public goodwill and has contin-ued to work closely with the Kenya Government and partners, whose continued support has en-abled us to reach over 250,000 girls, youth and community members with messages on Girl Guiding, HIV/AIDS prevention, alcohol and drug prevention, preventing violence against girls

and women, adolescent reproductive health, entrepreneurship and vocational skills, conser-vation of the environment, life skills and Leader-ship. Opportunities provided to members both nationally and internationally have given the girls exemplary leadership abilities, self esteem and confidence to excel in any environment.

We have worked on revising the governance and admin-istrative structures, amend-ing the constitution and bye-laws to guide the operations of KGGA, inclusion of County Girl Guide Commissioners and equipping them with knowl-edge of our new strategic di-rection, to enable the deliv-ery of guiding in the devolved units for impact, efficiency and effectiveness. A lot of work has gone in making effort to en-hance the quality of guiding. Programme books in cognizant of the changing environment and issues affecting the girls have been revised incorporating new trends and technology in modes of training in order to edify the reader and reach a wider majority.

We are committed to building the brand and im-age of Kenya Girl Guides Association, to become the organisation of choice for all girls and young women in Kenya and beyond, “Together we can change the world.”

“providing opportunity for girls and young women to develop their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world”

Members of the Executive Committee with H. E. The First Lady of the Republic of Kenya, Margaret Kenyatta.

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In 2014 we continued to empower girls and young women through educational based pro-grammes. The branch programme books were reviewed through a highly consultative review process undertaken by the specific Branch Ad-visory teams. The revised books will make the Guiding training relevant to the context of to-day’s Girl Guides.

WORLD THINKING DAY 2015

World Thinking Day celebration was held at Kenya Girl Guides Association headquarters on 20th February 2015. The Chief Guest was our Pa-tron, Her Excellency, First lady of the Republic of

Kenya, Margaret Kenyatta. World Thinking Day themes have been aligned to Millennium Devel-opment goals since 2009. This year’s theme was “We can create peace through partnerships” developed from (MDG) 8: Develop a global part-nership for development.

The Patron in her message emphasized the need for nurturing and mentoring girls from an early age. She also encouraged leaders to take up mentorship roles through which we can give our young girls good examples and role models to emulate”. This is the first time that World Thinking Day has been celebrated at the KGGA headquarters. In the previous years the event has been celebrat-ed at the All Saints Cathedral. This provided a perfect opportunity for many girls to come and meet with the Patron. A total of 1383 Girl Guides and Boy Scouts from 44 schools from all sub counties in Nairobi and other counties, includ-ing young women from Kibera Girls Centre and Dadaab Girl Guides from Daadad Refugee Camp were in attendance. This is an indication of the pride and interest that the Girl Guides hold in their hearts for the Guiding movement. The Girl Guides presented various entertainment pieces for the Patron and these included poems and songs that were in tune with the theme of the day.

The Girl Guides from Daadab refugee camp in

The Patron addresses Girl Guides during the Thinking Day Celebrations.

Garissa hoped that when peace is finally brokered through partnerships, they will return to their motherland Somalia peacefully and start the Guiding movement there.

Girl guides entertain guest during the Thinking Day Celebration

PROGRAMS

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The KGGA leadership had a moment with the Patron to update her on the progress the Associ-ation was making in the current strategic period 2015 – 2017.

KGGA partners, friends and well-wishers also participated in this auspicious event. Partners in attendance included Barclays Bank of Kenya, IOGT NTO Movement, Pathfinder International, Natembea Campaign, National Cohesion and Integration Commission, Brand Kenya and CHF international. KGGA intends to increase its part-nerships, opening its doors to like-minded orga-nizations, both NGOs and government agencies to partner together to make this country a bet-ter place of responsible people and empowering girls and young women.

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NATIONAL CUP COMPETITION

The aim of the National Cup Competition is to promote mastery of Guiding skills and values amongst the members of KGGA through com-petition and group challenges on various profi-ciencies and knowledge affecting the society. The National Cup Competition was held in No-vember 14th to 19th 2014 and provided training to instill life skills into their daily lives, to provide leadership education and to enable the girls appreciate their culture and different cultures around the country. During the competition the girls and young women prepare meals for them-selves, pitch tents for camping, preserve their foods for the period of camping and compete in various areas of testing including Camp Knowl-edge, First Aid, Health, Environment, Millen-nium Development Goal, Leadership, Culture, Hiking and National Values.

This year’s National Cup Competition was spon-sored by Brand Kenya Board and was held in Mu-rang’a County at the Murang’a Teachers Training College. The theme was “Education for all girls and boys”. Brand Kenya Board donated 500 trees which were planted by the girls around the campsite for environmental sustainability. A to-tal 230 girls and young women who participated were drawn from Migori, Mombasa, Murang’a, Nyamira, Taita Taveta and Nairobi.

Leaders from Murang’a County supported this event. The Guest of Honour was Mr. Muiruri

E. Maina, the Minister for Youth, Gender and Sports, Murang’a County Government, among others.

YOUTH EXCHANGE SOUTH TO SOUTH (YESS) PROGRAMME

This is a partnership with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) Africa Region Committee and Fredskorpset Norway (Fredskorpset meaning Peace Corps) that in-volves 11 participants from 4 countries namely Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and South Africa who are in a 6 months exchange program.

Two preparatory trainings were held in Kenya at Oakplace –Ridgeways Nairobi. The Preparatory Training Part 1 was held in October 2014 while part 2 was held in January 2015. KGGA has two young women involved in the program, one is stationed in Burundi while the other is in South Africa where they will be for six months, while KGGA is hosting two girls from Uganda and Bu-rundi. Through the YESS Program, the 11 Afri-can young women Leaders will be able to learn new things and practices bringing to their host organizations strengths and experiences from their home Associations.

They will be able to appreciate cultural diversity across Africa and beyond; hence strengthening their spirit of tolerance and respect for cultural differences between their own and other coun-tries; a core attribute for any good leader.

Participants also learnt about personal finan-cial management, First Aid, health, intercultural communication, group dynamics and conflict resolution.

TREFOIL GUILD BRANCH

The Trefoil Guild Committee members made a trip to Lugari, Western Kenya from 19th to 21st September, 2014. They were hosted by Ambassador Alfred Machayo and his wife Flor-ence Machayo at their Lugina farm. Activities during the trip included a Thanksgiving Service, a rally with Girl Guides, as well as sight-seeing of the Lugari Falls and the Nzoia Sugar Factory. The Forest Department is considering donat-ing a small camping site for the Western Kenya Guides.

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Trefoil Guild Hair Dressing and Beauty Project in partnership with Trefoil Guild UK at Kibera Girls Centre is ongoing. Seventeen young women in the hairdressing project sat for the National Vocational Training Institute exams in 2014. The Hair dressing & Beauty Project is supported by our partners Revlon Cosmetics Kenya and Bar-clays Bank of Kenya.

KGGA is in the process of negotiating more part-nerships to help place girls who graduate from the Centre in Hairdressing in competitive jobs. In February 2015, Mrs. Terry Mungai of Ashleys College committed to assist the hairdressing unit in Kibera through expansion of the unit and equipping it with modern hairdressing equip-ment. She also committed to training two girls (one in hairdressing and the other in beauty therapy) from the unit who had attained O level education. The girls after training will serve at the centre for an agreed period between them and KGGA before they can be employed at Ashleys Salon.

ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMMES

The aim of the projects is to sensitize young peo-ple in and out of schools on environmental chal-lenges in the world today and generate youth lead response actions. The project will focus on planting and conservation of trees and other en-vironmental conservation related actions. Girls and young women will understand and exercise their right and responsibility to live in a clean, safe and healthy environment. This will start with coordination action meant to contribute to increasing forest cover in Kenya by 5 Million trees through education and awareness-raising to promote active involvement in forest conser-vation and formation of news forests by 2017

LIGHT UP KENYA PROJECT

This project is supported by Barclays Bank of Kenya. It commenced in October 2014 and will run for one year. The project aims to empow-er 2500 young women from 12 counties will be trained on:

1. Guiding/life skills/Effects of kerosene 2. Entrepreneurship and business management3. Use of solar lamps

The project is implemented in Kilifi, Kwale, Tana River, Nyandarua County, Muranga, Kajiado,

Tree planting at Murang’a Teachers College

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Vihiga, Kakamega, Bungoma, Kisumu, Siaya and Homa Bay Counties.

ACTS OF GREEN PROJECT

The Girl Guides Acts of Green is an Environmen-tal Project being implemented by young leaders of Kenya Girl Guides Association in partnership with Green Africa Foundation to ensure that girls and young women are aware of environment conservation, the negative effects of climate change and biodiversity and are in the lead in tackling the problems brought about by climate change, by means of mitigation, adaptation and capacity building and also have a culture of con-serving their environment in their daily routine.

Last year over 2500 trees were planted in seven schools in Nairobi.

OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES

Girl guides participated in a number of tree planting activities last year. Girl Guides in Kisu-mu County planted 3000 trees in all the sub counties. In Machakos over 1200 seedlings were planted at Township Muslim primary School. Shanzu Girls Centre planted 500 trees whilst participants at the National Cup Competition in Murang’a planted 500 trees at the Murang’a Teachers training Centre grounds.

Girl Guides in Taita Taveta County participated in a clean-up exercise at Wundanyi town. Girls in

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the county also participates at a hiking trips and used the opportunity for clean up during the World Thinking Day’s celebrations.

HEALTH PROGRAMMES

KGGA seeks to use education to empower girls and young women with knowledge and information that will enable them address health challenges and make informed decisions on personal and fam-ily health issues.

Alcohol Prevention Project - Funded by IOGT-NTO Movement

KGGA has been implementing this project funded by IOGT NTO Movement, a Swedish Internation-al Organization, since 2009. KGGA is currently implementing the project in the new phase from 2014-2016, in Kilifi (Malindi), Siaya and Murang’a counties with the overall goal of ‘Improved health, social and economic livelihoods of young women free from the negative effects of alcohol’.

Achievements to date include:• Reached 23190 children with messages Girl Guiding and on the harms of alcohol and effective prevention measures, 2900 children were reached in 2014. • Trained 349 peer educators since 2009, 247 in 2014. • 75 boys were included as peer educators in 2014 for the first time in an unprecedened move aimed at inclusion of all children in the fight against alcohol abuse.• Guide Leaders have trained 3429 Girl Guides using the Alcohol Prevention manual. 1190 Girl Guides were trained in 2014.• Carried out Alcohol situational assessments surveys in 2012 and 2014 in the implementation areas. In 2014, results showed that 4.5% of children under 14 and 18.5% of children between the ages of 14-17 are consuming alcohol. This is a slight improvement from results in 2009 that showed that 30% of children aged 14-17 are consuming alcohol. • KGGA participated in the European Alcohol Youth Policy Conference in December, 2014 in Bursa, Turkey. This was a Conference on best practices on alcohol control advocacy. The resolutions of this event will help KGGA improve its awareness and advocacy endeavors. • KGGA which is a member of the Kenya Alcohol Control and Policy Alliance (KAPA)

participated in the trainings of Members of the County Assemblies (MCA’s) of Ka-jiado and Homabay in 2014. The train-ings were on ‘Best Practices on alcohol control legislation’ as well as social pro-tection of citizens against alcohol harm. KAPA suggestions for changes on the Al-cohol control bills of these counties were taken into consideration and the coun-ties have since enacted their bills includ-ing additions from the Alliance.

Transforming Communities through Peer Education Project - Funded by NACADA

KGGA implemented this project funded by Na-tional Authority for the Campaign against alco-hol and drug abuse (NACADA) for a year from August 2013- July 2014. It was implemented in schools in Nairobi, Siaya, Nyeri, Kilifi and Mom-basa counties. The overall goal was ‘To contrib-ute to increased participation by communities in addressing alcohol and drug related issues.’

KGGA volunteers and staff at Nyamninia Primary School in Siaya on 2 July, 2014 during the a visit to the school.

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Achievements to date include:

• 32 Guide Leaders in Nyeri County were trained on Girl Guiding, alcohol and drug abuse prevention using the KGGA alcohol and drug abuse prevention manual.• The guide leaders conducted 530 sessions with Girl Guides and students in their schools, spreading messages on Girl Guiding, alcohol and drug abuse prevention.• 272 community leaders participated in Stakeholder meetings to strategize on alcohol and drug abuse prevention• 6897 children in schools in the implementation sites have been reached with messages on Girl Guiding, alcohol and drug abuse prevention through this intervention.• 928 Girl Guides were recruited and trained by guide leaders on alcohol and drug abuse prevetion.• KGGA was privileged to have the support of the First Lady of Nyeri County, Margaret Gachagua who participated in all events organized in Nyeri County throughout the project life, and was the Chief Guest at the KGGA Nyeri County Rally in June 2014 with the theme, ‘Niko poa bila keroro’.

Students from Schools in Malindi participating at the NACADA and UN Office on Drugs and Crime Event during the International Day against Drugs and illicit trafficking on June 26, 2014

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Adolescent Reproductive Health Program - Funded By USAID through Pathfinder International

This was a Partner Implemented Program (PIP) from March 2014 to August 2014. The goal was to equip girls and young women with information and life skills for developing positive and sustainable Re-productive Health. It was implemented in Momba-sa County, 28 schools, Kilifi County, 19 schools, Tai-ta Taveta County, 10 schools and Kwale County, 8 schools i.e. 65 schools in total.

Achievements• Reached 4,968 girls and 3857 boys with abstinence messages (Total 8,825).• 208 Girl Guides and 23 Guide Leaders attended a learning camp in Shanzu, Mombasa

Healthy Outcome through Prevention Education (HOPE) PROGRAM - Funded by USAID through Global Communities – Kenya

This program was implemented in Primary and Sec-ondary schools in the informal settlements of Nairo-bi and its environs from 2012 to 2014. The goal was to improve students’ HIV/AIDs knowledge, attitudes and practices through peer, school, and community based interventions. A total number of 277 patrol leaders were trained as peer educators on peer ed-ucation sessions and Sara communication Initiative

Achievements• A total 18,983 peers were reached with information on Girl Guiding HIV/AIDS interventions that are evidence based,

exceeding the target of 18,000 peers. • A total of 225 students out of the targeted 180 received awards for outstanding performance.• KGGA had a successful working partnership with Ministry of Education officials and the administration of all the schools involved. • KGGA worked alongside school officials to develop school Health Policies and guidelines.

Natembea Campaign - Led by Julie Gichuru, Project Ambassador

KGGA partnered with the Natembea Campaign in August 2014 targeting 1000 boys and girls from 20 primary schools. The goal of the project was to equip girls and boys with information on proper hygiene in order to live a healthy life and improve their health, as well as build their knowledge, skills and attitudes. The main objective was to donate shoes to 1000 pupils who are needy in 20 primary schools where

Regional Learning Camp Held in Mombasa in August 2014

Getting the right size of the Shoe.

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KGGA projects were implemented. The shoes were measured in conjunction with Bata Shoe Company Kenya.

Women’s Human Rights Voices against Violence Project - Funded by United Nations Women:

The goal of this project is prevent violence against girls and young women by advocating for the imple-mentation of existing laws and policies that seek to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and developing a policy brief that will highlight setbacks observed in the implementation of relevant laws and policies. The policy document will be used to guide policy makers on the necessary action to take to address violence against girls and young women in Kisumu East Constituency.

Achievements• There was an initial planning meeting to sensitize and enlighten the KGGA sub-county commissioners and Stakeholders in Kisumu East Constituency about Voices against Violence project.• 49 Guide Leaders have been trained using the WAGGGS Voices against Violence handbook.

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ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND MENTORSHIP

Life Poa Project This project is funded by Save the Children Ken-ya. Postbank developed a youth savings product ‘SMATA Savings Account’. They identified Save the Children Kenya to offer technical support, who in turn partnered with KGGA from May to October 2014 targeting boys and girls from 34 schools. The goal of the project was to equip girls and boys with information on financial edu-cation in order to develop their money manage-ment knowledge, skills and attitudes to enable them to become better money managers.

Achievements• Young people involved in the project opened bank accounts and started saving with the help of their parents and teachers.• A total of 2730 children underwent training on money management.• Teachers noted that students started small scale projects in school to generate funds for various activities

Kibera Girls Centre

The Barclays Women Network visited the Kibera Girls Centre on 19th September 2014 to mentor the girls on entrepreneurship training, Mentor-

ship, Fun and Dance. The girls received gifts from the Barclays Women in form of clothes, handbags and Shoes.

• Barclays Corporate team visited Kibera Girls Centre on 11th October 2014 during their annual “Make a Difference Day” (MADD) which is a global event for Barclays. Barclays’ visit was for the purpose of training the students on financial literacy and entrepreneurship skills. They interacted with the girls in every department to get a better grasp of the work done at the center by the students.• Trefoil Guild Members visited the center on 20th November 2014 and donated

items for the Hairdressing Class.• On 22nd of January 2015, nine young women from Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda and South Africa under the WAGGGS YESS Exchange Program visited the centre. They were accompanied by Alice Waweru who is WAGGGS coordinator in African English speaking countries and Robina WAGGGS Fund development. The young women inter acted with Kibera Girls students and shared experiences. They also learnt beadwork and designed and created bracelets. • The Centre enrolled 30 new students who reported on 2nd February 2015.

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Shanzu Girl Guides Transitional workshop

The students at Shanzu Transitional Workshop for Disabled Young Women did not have the op-portunity to continue their education beyond primary school and were viewed as inadequate in their communities and a burden to their fam-ilies. The workshop aims to rectify these prob-lems by bridging the gap in education and giving the young women an opportunity to learn.

The Centre has 24 young women undergoing training and 15 young women who are working under the production Unit. The Centre also has one Administrator, two Tailoring instructors, one support staff in charge of cleanliness and three casuals who assist at the Centre.The following partner activities took place in 2014:• The Centre Received funds from Lions Club/Aga khan Foundation to support Planting of 500 hundred Trees• The Centre received support from Mr. Khanu Babla, a well-wisher, to construct two flats at the Centre at a cost of Kshs 8.5 million. This will lead to enrollment of more young women to the Centre.• The County Government waived all land rates and exempted the Centre from future payment of land rates. • The Centre received solar Wind Chimes for the Sensory Garden from Hanna Crooks, a Girl Guides from UK who

participated in the Fifth World Centre Pilot project by WAGGGS in 2014. • The Centre has a volunteer marketer Mr. Shutaro Sunai of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) who has been commendably marketing products produced at the Centre. • The young women at the Centre attended the Christmas Party at Par Pweza Beach Hotel in December. Meals and other costs were covered by a well-wisher.

TRAINING

Adult Training and Leadership Development Programmes

Adult members in KGGA received a number of trainings meant to empower them for service at

KGGA. They participated at local, National and international trainings on specific programmes.

At local level, Guide leaders were trained to fa-cilitate girls training in their units. Most received guiding training and specialized training in First Aid, Drugs, health and Peer education. Young leaders were also trained at local level. They were trained in Girl Guiding, especially during the implementation of the various donor spon-sored special programmes. Every project including donor sponsored project includes a Girl Guide training component that we use to equip young leaders in guiding skills.

Several trainings in the past year. At the Nation-al level we also organized specific training for girls dealing with specific thematic issues.

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WAGGGS National Leadership Development Programme (NLDP) - 24th October to 2nd November 2014

Participants/Observers: Jennifer Karina (Chief Commissioner), Lizzy Kirui (Commissioner for Training), Anne Mugenya (County Commissioner – Nyeri) and Betty Kirui (County Commissioner – Nairobi).

The WAGGGS NLDP training for Africa Region took take place at Oak Place Hotel, Ridgeways -Kenya. This is an initiative of WAGGGS, Africa Region and the Leadership, Training and Pro-gramme team as a strategy of cascading the NLDP which is an element of the WAGGGS Lead-ership Development program (WLDP).NLDPs main aim was to develop a team of competent NLDP trainers/facilitators in Member Organiza-tions, build their capacity so that they can have the necessary skills to strengthen and improve the culture of Leadership Development and Adult Learning in Member Organizations. A to-tal of 26 African countries were in attendance in the first ever NLDP training in this region. KGGA organized the training fully including handling logistics, registration, prepared a Risk assess-ment booklet, prepared an information book-let about Kenya, organizing home hospitality, publicity initiatives including posting on social media sites and organized the opening and clos-ing ceremonies. The official opening ceremony on 27 October was officiated by Hon. Dennis Waweru, the Member of Parliament for Dag-

oretti South, who is a scout. He encouraged the participants to ensure what they learned flowed to other trainers/ facilitators in their MO’s as the theme of the training was ‘Be the River’.

WAGGGS 5th World Centre Leadership Seminar-Lagos Nigeria (23rd-29th April 2014) Participant: Anne Mugenya (County Commissioner Nyeri)

The overall theme of the training was to give, share and develop different aspects of leader-ship in the shape of DELTA which stands for De-veloping Entrepreneurs in Leadership through-out Africa. 34 participants from Africa Region attended. At national and international level the main beneficiaries were trainers, commissioners and young leaders who participated in specialized

and leadership training in and out of the coun-try. The purpose of these trainings were to em-power KGGA leadership to delivery of her man-date and mission.

E-LEARNING PROGRAMME

The E-learning Programme aims to incorporate technology driven 21st century mode of delivery of the already existing KGGA training programs and incorporating new ones for the girls that we work with. ICT has a major role to play in en-hancing knowledge in new interactive and self -directed ways to improve learning outcomes, enhanced communication and technical effi-ciency in the Association.

The Executive Committee outlined an E-Learn-ing Project with the vision to ensure that the students and members reached acquire compe-

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tencies and social skills that are fundamental for competing in the emerging global knowledge economy.

International Participation and Events

KGGA participated in various International events in 2014 as follows:

a) International Exchange programme to Sangam India, May to August 2014 : Participant Ms. Vennah Barasa Vennah a Young Leader with the Nairobi Unit successfully volunteered with Sangam World Centre for 3.5 months. Sangam acknowledged her as a great ambassador for Kenya Girl Guides.

b) Commonwealth Chief Commissioner’s Conference- Malaysia (30th June-4th July 2014) Participant: Jennifer Karina (Chief Commissioner)

The Chief Commissioner’s Conference is heldevery triennium just before the World Confer-ence. The focus of this Conference is to brain-storm on key strategic goals and objectives, stewardship and leadership. It is also an oppor-tunity for the Commonwealth Chief Commis-sioners’ to discuss their needs and expectations, as well as any concerns they may have and to network, inspire, mentor and get an education on the Chief Commissioner’s roles and respon-sibilities. The Chief Commissioner thanked the

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South Africa, Uganda, Burundi, Kenya

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National Leadership Development Program

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Helen Storrow Seminar

FK’s Youth Summit

2nd European Alcohol Policy Youth Conference

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MOVEMENTS: KEY EVENTS AND MEETING IN 2014

VOICE AGAINST VIOLENCE

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UNITY CAMP

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f) Summit for the WAGGGS YESS Program (11-13th February 2015)

WAGGGS and Fredskorpset (FK) Norway part-nered to develop the YESS Program. This sum-mit was organized for member organizations from Africa participating in the YESS Program, with 100 participants in attendance. The objec-tives were to understand FK Norway and the strategy of 2017, the modalities of hosting young participants, fundamentals of Home coming re-integration for participants, the way forward, Youth leadership through exchange and safety and security.

g) UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)-New York USA (8th March 2015)Participant: Evelyn Njeri (Young Leader Nairobi Unit Chair)

KGGA was represented by one of our most vi-brant young leaders. CSW is a functional com-mission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It is the main global policy-making body dedicated to gender equality and the advancement of women and girls.

drick and Connie Matsui were appointed Vice chairmen.The following new members of the Board were elected: Anna Maria Mideros (Peru), Anne Guyaz (Switzerland), Connie Matsui (USA), Haifa Ourir (Tunisia), Nadine Kaze (Burundi). The Charitable Incorporated Organization (CIO) constitution was adopted by members and WAGGGS will move towards incorporation. An alternative method for calculating membership fees for member countries was agreed as well as the use of a sliding scale for the conference fee.

d) Unity Camp in the United Kingdom in July 2015: Participant Ms. Florence Masambu.

Moi Educational Centre through their Guide Leader Florence Masambu participated in the Camp which was in July.

e) 2nd European Alcohol Policy Youth Conference (EAPYC)-Bursa Turkey (10th -16th Dec 2014) Participant: Elizabeth Ogott (KGGA Programme Coordinator)

This Conference was organized by Civil Life As-sociation (Turkey) and the Alcohol Policy Youth Network (Slovakia). The main objective of the conference was to raise interest among young people and youth organizations about preven-tion of alcohol related harm and alcohol policy. KGGA presented on the role of youth in Africa in alcohol prevention and alcohol advocacy.

leadership for the opportunity to attend the conference terming it “extremely inspirational, energizing and empowering, a MUST attend for all Chief Commissioners”.

c) 35th World Conference-Hong Kong (5th- 9th July 2014) Participants: Jane Chemng’orem (National Chairman), Jennifer Karina (Chief Commission-er), Jayne Wachira (Deputy Chief Commission-er) and Prudence Vushia (National Chairman of Young Leaders).

WAGGGS World Conferences are held every three years to develop policies and standards for the three years following the Conference. The theme of the 35th World Conference in Hong Kong in July 2014 was ‘Imagine more- connect, grow and impact’. “Imagine More”. Imagine More’ is a campaign based around the idea of imagining more for girls and young women, and spreading the message that Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting offers more than many people realize. 108 Member Organizations were represented.New Full and Associate members were wel-comed into the WAGGGS family i.e. Armenia, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Guinea, Republic of Mongolia, Myanmar received Associate Mem-bership and Three Member Organizations were welcomed as full members i.e. South Sudan, Sweden and Curacao. Nicola Gridstead was ap-pointed World Board Chair, while Natasha Hen-

GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Strategic Plan

The new strategic plan 2015 – 2017 that is to be ratified by the National Council this April is as a result of a year of consultation between Mem-bers, Partners, the Executive Committee mem-bers and KGGA staff. The Strategic Plan will help propel KGGA to greater heights through its two strong pillars of programs and institutional strengthening through structural realignment and fund development. The programmatic pillar focuses on Girl Guiding as the core program and identifies special pro-grams such as Environment and Health through which guiding may be implemented in a rele-vant manner applicable to today’s problems fac-ing girls and young women in Kenya.

Review of the Structure

Throughout the year, the Executive Committee endeavored to adjust the structural outlook of KGGA with a view of having an efficient and ef-fective Association to enable it deliver its man-date at national, county and sub-county levels. The constitution was reviewed and the bye-laws revised to ensure the changes to structure are properly supported by the constitution. In ad-dition, position descriptions were developed for all the staff that are in line with the strategic

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World Women Leadership Award

Jennifer Karina, Chief Commissioner was recognized by the World Women Leadership Congress and was a recipient of “WOMEN LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” at the WWLCA 2015 in Mumbai, India. The

objectives. Human Resource policy manual was reviewed to reflect current situation.

In April 2014 Commissioners’ conference took place during which training of the Commission-ers on the plans and goals of the Association was the key output.

Also as part of enhancing the effectiveness of the governance teams. Terms of Reference were prepared for all committees to give focus to the members elected to serve on the various committees. The sub-committees include Pro-gramme, Training, International, Finance, Fund Development, Legal and Governance.

KGGA’s Patron acknowledges the Chief Commissioner for the award.

Award is conferred to “Outstanding Women Profes-sionals who have the vision, flair, acumen and pro-fessionalism to demonstrate excellent leadership and management skills in an organization, making chang-es and achieving results”.

The Award consisted of a Statuette and a Citation to recognize the valuable contribution made to the so-ciety & Industry at large. She received the award on February 14th 2015, in Mumbai.

National Trustees

The National Trustees met three times a year. The purpose of the Trustees is to hold upon Trust for the Kenya Girl Guides Association, the Association prop-erty, securities and other assets. In past year the Trustee undertook the following activities:

• Visited camp sites in Nyeri. Endarasha and Kabiruini sites. Including a courtesy call to Nyeri Governor’s spouse.• Commenced construction of the camp’s caretaker’s house.• Secured a pledge from the Education office in Uashin Gishu County to fence the Uashin Gishu Campsite.

Commissioners Information Sharing Session

On 7th February 2015, Commissioners converged at KGGA headquarters for an information sharing ses-sion. The main agenda of the meeting was to bring Commissioners to the understanding of the current development in strategic plan, Fund Development plans and how they would be involved at the county level to contribute to the achievement of the stated goals.

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FUND DEVELOPMENT The year 2014 marked a turning point in Fund devel-opment in KGGA. The Association made deliberate decisions, plans and actions that ensured that the organization is ready and organized for resource mobilization. Fund development committee was set up to recom-mend strategies for nationwide effective fund de-velopment. In November 2014 a workshop was held with Executive Committee members, Fund develop-ment committee members and staff to brainstorm on fund development options for KGGA. The results of the brainstorming workshop informed the devel-opment of the 2015-2017 fund development strate-gy. A Fund development department was set up and a Fund Development Policy for the Association de-veloped. A very successful Fundraising breakfast was held of-ficiated by the First Lady and Patron of KGGA, Mar-garet Kenyatta on 11 September 2014 at The Serena Hotel, Nairobi. Key stakeholders attended the func-tion including Professor Jacob Kaimenyi, Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Education. The Ministry pledged a donation of Ksh22, 500,000 (US$271,084). This was over 100 per cent increase compared to pre-vious grant donations. Other partner internationally linked corporations and nationally renowned were Barclays Bank courtesy of the Chief Executive Mr. Jeremy Awori who donated a cheque of Ksh 26, 000,000 (US$313,253); Chase Bank that had funded the breakfast and several others donated and pledged various cash amounts and in kind.

The Association also received support from Manu Chandaria Foundation and Zarina & Naushad Foun-dation. The number of corporate partners increased and they include Cooperative bank, Chase bank, Kenya Reinsurance Corporation, amongst others. The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation and the Brand Ken-ya board also partnered with KGGA on various ini-tiatives.

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Depart-ment for International Development (DFID), the European Union and the embassies of Australia and Belgium pledged continued support while individual supporters donated cash, others made cash pledg-es and in kind to provide free uniforms to girls who join the movement from marginalized backgrounds, printing of the programme books, improving the environment by planting forests in designated ar-eas, and enhancing entrepreneurship at Kibera Girl Guides Centre. Girls unable to afford Girl Guides uniforms also re-ceived donations from individuals. Julie Gichuru, who made a donation of 100 uniforms amounting to Ksh.200,000. The uniforms will be distributed to girls throughout the country with each county getting a minimum of two uniforms each. In February Ms. Julie Gichuru presented the uniforms to the county commissioners attending a Commissioners’ infor-mation sharing session.

An Annual Fundraising Dinner was held on 20th March, 2015 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi. The dinner was attended by Parliamentarians, Gov-ernors Wives, Corporates, KGGA’s County Commis-sioners, National Council members, staff and friends.

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FINANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

The Association’s total income for the year 2014 was Kshs.40, 705,606 representing a decrease of 30.93% compared to Year 2013 income of Kshs. 58,930,989. This is mainly due to a timing dif-ference with the bulk of project implementation completed in the previous financial year. The ex-penses for the Year 2014 were Kshs. 46,348,101 compared to Year 2013 Kshs. 61,122,350 repre-senting a decrease of 24.17%. Kenya Girl Guides Association main expenses were 47%, Recruit-ment and Training 18%, Programmes 31% and WAGGGS Quota 4%. The 2014 Audit report pro-vides further details on the activities.

INCOME YEAR 2014MOE 40%

MEMBERSHIP1%

FUNDDEVELOPMENT42%Other Income17%

EXPENSES YEAR 2014

Administration 40%

Recruitment andTraining 18%

Programmes 31%

Governance 5%

Fund Development 2%

WAGGGS 4%

OTHER INCOME

Conference Facility and AccommodationAirtel mastRental IncomeInterest IncomeGround Hire

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PATRONH.E. The First Lady of the Republic of Kenya, Mrs. Margaret Kenyatta

TRUSTEESHonorine KiplagatLady Justice Joyce AluochAlice MayakaMary KiptanuiSusan MudhuneLorna SumbeiywoShariffa Keshavjee

NATIONAL CHAIRMANJane Chemn’gorem

NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMENProf. Faith NguruTeresa Oduor

CHIEF COMMISSIONERJennifer Karina

MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEDEPUTY CHIEF COMMISSIONERJayne Wachira

ASSISTANT CHIEF COMMISSIONERSWilbroda OmusoloJanet Mangera

HONORARY TREASURERMariam Okuku

HONORARY FINANCIAL ADVISORNancy Ndungu

COMMISSIONER FOR TRAININGLizzie Kirui

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONERIvy Wasike

YOUNG LEADER NATIONAL CHAIRPrudence Vushia

COMMISSIONER’s REPRESENTATIVEMwanakondo Amani

LEGAL ADVISOR Sally Mahihu

TREFOIL GUILD CHAIRPERSONMaureen Homem

EXECUTIVE OFFICER Hellen Okundi

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PARTNERS

Arboretum Road, off State House Road: P. O. Box 40004 - 00100, Nairobi - Kenya.

Tel:+254 (20) 210 5283/0718 233 736 : E-mail: info@kgga.co.ke : Website: www.kgga.co.ke