Secondary School Fees -Vihiga District

Project Detail | Partner Supported

Approved Partner: Christian Partners Development Agency (CPDA)

CPDA started as a relief organization during the 1985 drought that led to widespread famine in the whole of Kenya. On its inception the organization immediately intervened to the emergency situation by coordinating the efforts of Christians from different churches and denominations in contributing money, food, clothes and other essential items to be distributed to the famine victims. The great success of CPDA in this operation made the community to request the organization to continue with its efforts in helping them out of the many problems that they had. Now that the emergency situation was over, CPDA was to change its objectives so as to look for permanent solutions to the perennial problems that the communities were facing.

As a result of this, in 1992 CPDA changed its mandate from relief to development so as to continue with its charitable activities. In 1993, CPDA was registered in Kenya as a NGO under the NGO registration Act (1990). Since then, CPDA has grown very fast by putting emphasis on expansion of activities and has an ambitious programme both in quality and quantity with different types of activities.

Currently CPDAs programmes are coordinated from the Head Office in Nairobi. The core project areas are Vihiga District in Western Province, Makueni District in Eastern province and Narok District in Rift Valley Province in Kenya. Our goal is to expand to the National, Regional and eventually to the International level.

The major milestones in CPDA’s development since its inception are as follows:

  • Building the capacities of grassroots communities to participate meaningfully in governance and demand for their rights
  • Assisting communities improve food security and food sovereignty
  • Broadening programmes support to include HIV/AIDS, gender and human rights as cross-cutting themes in all CPDA programme
  • Strengthening partnership and collaboration frameworks with diverse Stakeholders for effective programme delivery and visibility
  • Continuously strengthening CPDA’s accountability standards and improving her resource base.