The Nutrition Improvements through Cash and Health Education (NICHE) Programme is designed to improve the nutritional status of children in the first 1,000 days of life, through intense nutritional counselling and additional cash to eligible households that are already recipients of the Government of Kenya (GoK) Cash Transfers under the National Safety Net Programmes (NSNP).
West Pokot County has two predominant livelihood zones characterized by Agricultural and Livestock practices. High poverty headcount ratio, low literacy and formal employment opportunities are common. Social networks are strong, especially within families and clans.
The baseline survey focused on establishing community perceptions of voice, representation, negotiation, access to information, influence and empowerment in relation to revenue management within county governments and (for the case of Turkana), in the involvement of communities in decision making within the extractives industry.
Oxfam in Uganda is implementing the NORAD II Project in Uganda’s districts of Rakai and Buliisa with partners the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) and the Civil Society Coalition on Oil and Gas (CSCO).
In line with Kenya’s Social Protection Investment Plan (SPIP), the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MLSP) with support from development partners is developing options for a national Universal Child Benefit (UCB).
The design of the STRIDE programme was informed by the Mombasa County Social Protection Strategy and builds on three programme pillars:
(i) a school transport system for children with disabilities;
