About Learning and Development Kenya

"We have a vision to impact the quality of life, one person at a time..."

The Mission of Learning Development Kenya (LDK)

Vision: To see a free Kenyan society without inequalities of extreme poverty, destitution, deprivation or austerity.

Mission: To provide a quality education to the children who are most in need, equipping them not only with practical knowledge and skills, but also with the optimism, open mindedness, and drive to lift their communities out of extreme poverty.

OUR MISSION

LDK’s mission is to provide a quality education to the children who are most in need, equipping them not only with practical knowledge and skills, but also with the optimism, open mindedness, and drive to lift their communities out of extreme poverty.

An orphan or destitute child living in the slums without intervention will remain illiterate. In less than ten years, this child will perpetuate an already vicious cycle that has debilitated several generations. With compassionate, understanding assistance, the child will break free of the cycle of poverty, becomes a role model (employed & working professionally) and earning a good wage; encourage other people in the community that success is possible, within their reach.

Programs of Learning and Development Kenya are implemented carefully to offer the best odds to reverse the cycles of poverty and, illiteracy

Learning and Developmet Kenya
P.O. Box 13808
Nakuru - 20100, Kenya
Tel. 254 51 221 2557
254 721 919 483
Email

Learning and Development Kenya (LDK) is a local non-governmental, non-profit, non-sectarian development organization founded in 1998 and registered with the NGO Co-ordination Bureau as an NGO in 1999 via registration number OP. 218/051/98202/1207. Its’ PIN number is P051131945N. It works with those who are extremely poor and vulnerable, especially children, youth and women. It is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations since 2008.

NAKURU CITY PRIMARY SCHOOL

LDK provides primary education to more than 400 students, aged 6 to 18, from the poorest neighborhoods of Nakuru, Kenya’s fourth largest city. Without LDK, these children may not attend school at all, as the government schools—while technically free—have burdensome financial requirements such as required uniforms and desks. Other schools can have100 students in a class with a single teacher, and there is little hope of receiving a quality education.

PHILANTHROPY COLLGE

LDK now offers specialized training in IT; ECD; Social Work, Community Development, Accounting and others to the youth.

January 2010 intake in progress. APPLY NOW FOR ADMISSION!

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Our core values

At LDK we have an ongoing commitment to the core values of integrity, honesty, fairness, openness, respect and responsibility in all that we do. We promote a working environment that values respect, fairness, and integrity. We believe that public trust in our performance is the bedrock of our legitimacy.

The following are our core values, which define the way we work and guide us in the implementation of our programs meant to contribute towards improving the standard of living of vulnerable and marginalized communities. A better standard of living provides the foundation for the children’s future:

§         Commitment to excellence and to maintaining the public trust. We maintain high standard in all that we do.

§         Commitment to the public good.

§         Accountability to the public.

§         Commitment beyond the law. We adhere to the law as a minimum standard of expected behaviour. We however do more, than simply obey the law. We embrace the spirit of the law, often going beyond legal requirements and making sure that what we do is matched by what the public understands about what we do. Transparency, openness, and responsiveness to the public concerns are integral to our bahaviour.

§         Commitment to the promotion of respect for human rights and in particular provision of civic education on the rights of children and young people.

§         Commitment to work with those who are vulnerable, especially children, youth and women and those marginalized by the devastating impact of AIDS.

§         Commitment to sharing information with like-minded efforts.

§         Commitment to the professional development of our staff.

§         Commitment to becoming a home of creative talents in all that we do?

LDK TEAM

The board: LDK has a decision making board that sets policies for the organization. The board is comprised of 5 members including the Chairperson, the Secretary, the Treasurer and two other board members.

Staff: The Director with the management team oversees the day to day running of the organization. In addition to the director, the organization has a project’s manager, 2 social workers, 12 teachers for nursery up to class 7 of primary school, 2 cooks, 2 house mothers for the home, and a driver.

STAFF EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM

Too many orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) in Africa are growing up in situations of scarcity without education, healthcare, strong parental support etc. In countries like Kenya with very weak or practically non-existent social safety nets, indigenous CBOs are also struggling to survive. Many do not have the resources or enough staff with the right skills and training to enable them to effectively address OVC related challenges. LDK is no exception to this.

Due to financial limitations, most indigenous organizations like LDK have hardworking and committed staff members who work for very long hours serving their respective communities on voluntary basis (without a corresponding payment for the services rendered).

There are numerous challenges that arise when working with orphans and vulnerable children that require staff to frequently get updated on how to handle such challenges when they arise. This ensures that they remain effective in their work and serve the poor communities even better, once equipped with skills and knowledge.

For this reason LDK prioritizes staff empowerment program to support its staff with new skills aimed at improving services and serving the needy even better. For example, teacher Clarice Odhiambo (our long serving nursery teacher), has trained in Early Childhood Development program up to a certificate level. For her to handle the vulnerable children and even the special cases, she needs further skills and training for this. Given that she does volunteer and has her own family, supporting her to acquire additional skills and be able to build her career while at the same time helping communities solve their poverty related problems is a worthy and genuine cause.

Staff allowances:

Again, our staff work for very long hours and as volunteers, despite the fact that they have their own personal responsibilities and challenges in life. They have to individually and separately pay for their house rent, food, utilities and even transport to the place of work. Many have dependants whom they support. They need a salary and an allowance to enable them to meet their personal daily needs with ease, as they continue serving the needy in the society.

An individual, or group / organization or a corporation may offer to support our staff empowerment program or our staff salary / allowances account by making a financial contribution towards either of the schemes for a period of time. Such a donation will ensure that our staff are also empowered both through skills training and economically. This will also motivate them to remain effective and productive to the programs that they are individually responsible for.

All financial contributions / donations in support of LDK’s programs can be directly sent to Learning and Development Kenya bank account:

Learning and Development Kenya

Bank account No. 110 815 2821

Kenya Commercial Bank Limited, Nakuru Branch

P.O. Box 18, Nakuru 20100 – Kenya

Bank / Sift Code: KCBLKENXX

For further information please contact us.

There are numerous challenges that arise when working with orphans and vulnerable children that require staff to frequently get updated on how to handle such challenges when they arise.