Raroki Integrated Child and Community Development Programme (RICCDEP) is a child-focused development organization that works In Kenya to help children overcome the vicious cycle of poverty by connecting children with what they need to grow up healthy, educated, skilled and safe, no matter where they are. In Kenya, RICCDEP works with a network of 11 grassroots Community-Based Organizations, Self Hep Groups spread across 4 counties serving approximately 50,000 children, families, and community members. We implement programs on Child Protection, Early Childhood Development and Education, WASH, Sustainable livelihoods, Health and Nutrition, Gender and Social Inclusion, Youth Engagement and Participation, Emergency Response, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Strengthening.
RICCDEP envisions a society where children and young people are free from disease burden and live their lives to the fullest with hopes and equal opportunities. RICCDEP’s Mission is to promote and advocate for access to quality education, child protection, HIV&AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support for orphans and vulnerable children as well as young people infected and affected by HIV&AIDS in Kenya and around the world, proper environmental conservation initiative for sustainable development.
RICCDEP seeks to build strategic collaboration and partnership with NAMATI in areas of our shared priorities highlighted below, with a focus on environmental and climate change related justice: