Agape Child Support Organization (ACSO-KENYA)
AGAPE CHILD SUPPORT ORGANIZATION (ACSO KENYA) is an inter-denominational Christian organization that focuses on promoting the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual development of children in Bukhayo East Ward, Nambale sub-county, Busia county, Kenya.
ACSO KENYA works with the communities, Local partners, Friends, Well-wishers, Non-Government Organizations and the Government.
The Organizations and friends offering their support to ACSO KENYA help deliver its programs to meet the needs of its programs to the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and their Caregivers
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Agape Child Support Organization has been providing support to children in Nambale sub-county, Busia county, Kenya through our development and humanitarian programmes. We work with communities, local partners, and the government to design and deliver programmes to meet the needs of the most deprived children. We also advocate for greater investment of public and private resources for children.
Main objective
To provide support of education, medical care, spiriual and emotional support to needy and vulnerable children in Nambale sub county, Busia county, Kenya. The organization shall adhere to internationally accepted best practices in the care of children. The organization will also contribute to a civil society. Further the organization commits to guardianship of the natural environment, to follow internationally accepted best practices in all development projects.
To meet the needs of vulnerable children, needy and vulnerable population while developing shelters, a school and medical clinic on land that will be owned by Agape child support organization (ACSO)
Vision
To help the children become extraordinary individuals that God Ordained.
Mission
To save the children and defend their rights by reaching out to them through the gospel of Christ.
Values
- Empowernment
- Accountability
- Collaboration
- Compassion
- Integrity
- Accountability
We offer a variety of programs and services aimed at supporting children and their Caregivers;
Our Programs
- Economic/ Care Giver Empowerment.
Through the Cross-breed cows ACSO KENYA continues empowering the care givers by giving them dairy cross breed cows that produce milk and breaks through poverty to an improved life.
The milk production income through the cows helps reduce financial burden.
The milk production provides food security.
The milk production provides nutrition to the beneficiaries.
The cow’s cowdung provides manure to the caregiver to reduce the costs of buying artificial fertilizer.
- Food Security
ACSO KENYA PESA MFUKONI CHAKULA MEZANI Initiative; a Swahili narrative translating Having money available in pockets through agriculture hence food on table promotes Sustainable agriculture Practices in the community: Food security programs such as maize seedling distribution project often promote sustainable agricultural practices among ACSO caregivers, benefiting the ACSO children with availability of food in households.
ACSO KENYA Agriculture demo projects; planting different vegetable varieties serves an exemplary farming practice to sensitize care givers and Bukhayo East Location community at large on various methods and sustainable practices of farming.
- Discipleship and mentorship.
Every second Saturday of the month, ACSO KENYA usually assemble to hold discipleship and mentorship meetings to the children to help them explore in; moral and ethical guidance, persaonal growth and emotional support.
- Children rights and protection.
ACSO KENYA is dedicated in advocating the rights of its beneficiaries by supporting the beneficiaries the right to education, the right to shelter, health care.
ACSO trained the staff and supporting members on children rights to ensure coordinated response to children rights.
ACSO is ready to partner with other organizations to advocate children’s rights.
- WASH PROGRAM; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH).
ACSO KENYA has been Addressing water scarcity through escavation of bore holes to its care givers and so far it has escavated 9 boreholes. Through this initiative program it has impacted the community and promoted the following benefits; Health improvement, social wellbeing, community impact and environmental benefits.
- Skills and talent development
Skills development in areas like tailoring, football, computer usage, keyboard, and guitar playing will significantly nature talents of children and benefit children in ACSO KENYA as well in the community at large. Below are some skills offered by Agape Child Support Organization (ACSO KENYA):
- Football skill trained by Teacher Joshua
- Tailoring skill trained by teacher Christopher
- Guitar skill trained by teacher Zebedee
- Computer Skill trained by teacher Michael
- Keyboard skill trained by teacher Sam
- Education Support and improvement.
Education support, such as supporting school fees and distributing books, has profound impacts on children in ACSO KENYA to the chidrens’ caregivers and to the community at large. This result to confidence and selfesteem to children and having good performance in school.
- Community Youth Computer skills and IT advancement.
ACSO KENYA strives in unlocking community literacy to youths in the Mungatsi Sublocation, Bukhayo East Location and Nambale Subcounty.
The trainings improve the youths access to online information and services, unlocking employment opportunities, IT empowerment and self-sufficiency.
- Environmental Conservation and stewardship.
Through Community Involvement ACSO KENYA is engaging with the local community to support environmental projects and initiatives with the caregivers, environmental projects include; conservation efforts by educaging her caregiver to planting safe environmental trees, agroforestry trees like gravelia, local trees.