What We do

Psychosocial support

Psychosocial support

The growth and development of children and youth particularly at risk following humanitarian disasters and; deserves special consideration. The primary objective of psychosocial programming is to restore or improve well-being on a mental/psychological and a social/ collective level. Psychosocial (PSS) programming can focus on the individual, household and/or the community level. It can take many forms, ranging from child-cantered and school-based interventions to community mobilization initiatives. This approach helps relieve some of the grief, and suffering that people experience after the loss of family members, possessions and perspective for the future caused by emergencies.

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Disaster Risk Reduction

Disaster Risk Reduction

IAF brings a longer-term view to its humanitarian work, including supporting people [to] be less vulnerable to disasters in the first place. Where appropriate, our programs link emergency relief, recovery, and long-term development, and include measures for disaster preparedness and risk reduction.

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Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

IAF Kenya is concerned with deforestation because of the amount of wood used in open fire cooking. In the school feeding programs, smoke inhalation and lack of sanitary kitchen facilities also affect the quality of life of students and teachers, to these ends the organization has championed the development of agro-forestry tree nurseries in schools and fuel-efficient stoves amongst targeted communities

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