MIRAI FUTURE OF KENYA

The mission of Mirai Future of Kenya is to promote a society in which as many Kenyan children as possible become valued, productive, and proactive adults with self esteem, who interact freely with the rest of the society. Mirai has been working together with Kenyan people and other institutions including government agencies to build capacities of the Kenyan people to be able to protect their children and prevent them from engaging in criminal or delinquent behaviors. This mission of searching for a better future for the Kenyan child specially the delinquent and those who are at-risk of violence and therefore needing protection, has been the goals of MIRAI in all the projects. With the forgoi... read more The mission of Mirai Future of Kenya is to promote a society in which as many Kenyan children as possible become valued, productive, and proactive adults with self esteem, who interact freely with the rest of the society. Mirai has been working together with Kenyan people and other institutions including government agencies to build capacities of the Kenyan people to be able to protect their children and prevent them from engaging in criminal or delinquent behaviors. This mission of searching for a better future for the Kenyan child specially the delinquent and those who are at-risk of violence and therefore needing protection, has been the goals of MIRAI in all the projects. With the forgoing in mind, MIRAI has on its two main objectives being: 1) To spearhead and realize child protection in the community 2) To enhance the quality of rehabilitation and reintegration of children in conflict with the law and youthful offenders within the community In order to achieve the above objectives, the organization initiated various community-based interventions directly with the beneficiaries (children, families and communities) and with government agencies in the project locations. These were done through capacity building and awareness raising functions for the local community members. There were also activities to prevent violence and abuses of children, and crimes involving children in the communities with the support of community volunteers who worked with MIRAI.