Centre for Adolescent and Geriatric Outreach Services - Groups - Community

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Name: Centre for Adolescent and Geriatric Outreach Services
Categories: Child & Youth Rights
Poverty

Description:
ABOUT CAGOS

Center for adolescents and geriatrics outreach services (CAGOS) is an indigenous and independent non-profit charitable organization that was established in December 1999. CAGOS targets both the youth and the old across the continuance of ageing because these are the most vulnerable members of the society.
Many communities today tend to marginalize the youth and the older people. It is assumed that the youth are problem free since they are young and full of life, while the old on the other hand are assumed to have accomplished their mission in life and therefore do not need attention. The situation is worse for the girl child and older women. In child hood, girls often receive less nutrition, education, and health care than boys. Because of challenges faced by women as they age, older women are more likely to experience poverty than older men, older people especially women will continue to face assaults on their life and dignity unless we take cognizance of their needs that keep changing in the face of emerging challenges of HIV/AIDS, Drug and substance abuse worsening economic situation and erosion of traditional values.

Our Approach

We seek to get support from all participants nationally and internationally focusing on capacity building, training and education that will be experiential and participatory learning and outreach through peer education.

Where we work

Currently we are based in two provinces in Kenya. Nairobi and Western province

Mission Statement.

Our mission is to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life and the promotion of well being of adolescent/youth and the elderly persons.

Objectives
· To implement HIV/AIDS control prevention activities with focus on vulnerable groups.
· To educate the youth on drug and substance abuse.
· To facilitate Behavior change among adolescence and the old
· To empower the girl child in all fields
· To establish a resource center for the youth.
· To advocate for adolescents and elderly people access to health care.
· To promote women empowerment through micro enterprise support and appropriate technology
· To provide counseling and promote voluntary counseling and testing services.
· To enhance knowledge and skills in promotion of healthy seeking behaviors through sensitizing and training on issues of adolescents and elderly

Strategies

1. Capacity building by way of training /workshops
2. Provision of information and promotion of behavior change, targeting the youth and the elderly through peer led education.
3. Raising awareness on the special needs of adolescents and the aged persons specially targeting the girl child and the elderly women in the rural areas. Through community and door-to-door outreach activities.
4. Hold focused group discussion with young people in schools with main focus on girls.
5. Work with existing youth for change clubs in the community and youth volunteers.
6. Counseling.
7. Research, situations analysis and needs assessments, operational and applied research, monitoring and evaluation
8. Linkages/ collaboration with other stakeholders having projects for the youth and applied research.
9. Monitoring and evaluation.

PROGRAMS

Youth program

CAGOS has a youth program known as youth for change and it has established clubs in Butere/Mumias and Kakamega districts of western province and works with youth who are members of the youth for change clubs.

Aged Program

CAGOS aims to work with the old by helping them achieve the challenges that they face in their daily lives. CAGOS encourages the youth to assist the old establish clubs where they can meet and share the challenges that face them as they age (loneliness and sickness).

Gender and Girl child program

The girl child is facing more challenges today than that of yesterday. CAGOS targets the girl child in the community and aims at empowering the girl child with knowledge and information so that they are able to face this challenges positively with a strong mind.

Our story

CAGOS has been successful in implementing its activities. Since it inception in 1999, CAGOS has been able to work with a group of Matatu drivers and touts in Nairobi where HIV/AIDS and substance abuse information was given. This workshop enable participants organize other workshops and reached out to those who were not able to attend the first workshops. CAGOS has also worked with youth in colleges and schools where they created awareness on HIV /AIDS and drugs and substance abuse to students. As a result more than 1000 young people have been reached. CAGOS has also had an opportunity to work with the old.

Way forward

CAGOS seeks to urgently mobilize resources in order to effectively and efficiently implement its activities at all levels of implementation. It will integrate with other adolescents/ youth and aged persons programmes by the government, NGOS, CBOs, religious organizations, Institutions of learning and the private sector. This will be accomplished through advocacy, Networking and collaboration. Being a non-profitable organization we rely on sponsors, Members as well as the general public for support be it technical, financial or in kind of well wishers, stake holders and other sectors

For more information contact

CAGOS
P.O BOX 2007-00100 GPO
NAIROBI
Tel mobile 00254-0722-750599/00254-0723-638514
EMAIL cagoskenya@yahoo.co.uk

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