The Mango Tree Orphan Support Trust - Kenya

The Mango Tree Trust-Kenya was established in 2006 in Homabay County, a County devastated by the effects of HIV and AIDS, to provide an integrated community-based support to orphans and HIV/AIDS affected and infected families. Homabay lies along the shores of Lake Victoria, and is one of the worst hit areas in Kenya with high HIV/AIDS infections. The HIV/AIDS pandemic has left thousands of children orphaned and with very bleak futures. The organization has since evolved to have intervention on smart climate actions to support the households ravaged by the long-term effects of HIV and AIDS pandemics. The organization is registered as a charitable trust in Kenya with registration number CF NO.334660. Vision A thriving child in a safe community and a healthy environment Mission To facilitate mechanisms that guarantee children’s safety, growth and development in safe communities and healthy environments through capacity building to all. Motto Empowering orphans through communities Our philosophy and approach Theory of change Our community led - owned - managed approach through the extended family and alternative family-based care model allow children to remain living in their own communities where they can attend local government institution, participate in normal village life and secure their environment. To empower disadvantaged children through education to improve their lives and promote sustainable livelihoods to transform their communities Our Core Values Respect and collaboration. we are founded on genuine relationships and respect with people who share the same goals as us with a clear focus on poverty eradication. Accountability and integrity we are accountable to the communities we work with, the foundations, organizations, businesses, schools and churches Courage and innovation we are in satiable search, working new ideas for scale up, bonded with evidence for decision making Sustainability and empowerment: we believe in institutional, technical, financial, legal and environmental sustained actions for the communities we work with through capacity building for empowerment and self-reliance. Trustees We have a board of trustees: The trustee board members have long term experiences in diverse fields that have contributed collectively to the growth of TMT. Management We have 20 staff headed by the CEO who is the director. The staff have the prerequisite competencies in community programming education development and environmental development including climate change/global warming – smart agriculture. The regular staff are supported by 175 village volunteers. Resource mobilization We are supported by The Mango Tree UK and their donors including Samworth Foundation, Archibald Bathgate Ltd, The Coles Medlock Foundation, The Zephr Trust (capital donation and Major donors), LVCT Health, B1G1, World Youth International. Three Arms of TMT & Areas of interventions The Mango Tree Orphan Support Trust; Registration No. CF NO.334660 Responding to immediate needs of orphans and vulnerable children and making the community safe through capacity building and minimizing the harmful effects of global warming through smart agriculture while providing opportunities for the children to grow to their full potential. 1. Education for orphans and vulnerable children through bursaries and scholarships. 2. Education for the most vulnerable teenage girls at The Mango Tree Girls’ school and apprenticeship training for teen and young single mothers at TMT Royal Beauty Parlour 3. A rescue centre/safe space for victims of Sexual and Gender Based Violence 4. Household food security and incomes through climate smart agriculture 5. Environmental promotion and conservation through rehabilitation of sand mines, tree planting, protection of springs and construction of school toilets 6. Climate change impacts and mitigation through the promotion of renewable energy through the use of solar and bio-gas energy. 7. Community water management and making the available water safe Tackle period poverty through reusable cloth sanitary pad production and promotion The Mango Tree Education Trust; Registration No. CF NO.334661 8. Construct, equip and run The Mango Tree Girls Campus and other TMT educational institutions Mango Tree Farmers Cooperative 9. Transform subsistence farming done by OVC care givers and the rural communities to agribusiness. Who we work with Lined national Government ministries. Lined state department of the County government, development partners, local communities, schools, churches, Beach management Units, farmer groups and individuals. Our approach to work We work through a community-based approach guided by partnership model, Human Center Design model and Co-Creation model. These approaches make the targeted community to take charge of their situation while TMT remain facilitator to the process. Where we work Our projects are focused in Counties in Kenya that have been badly affected by HIV and AIDS. These communities are remote, rural areas where large numbers of orphaned children have limited access to education. Poverty forces many children in these areas out of education after primary school, leaving them without the skills to find paid employment. Climate change, environmental destruction and resource depletion are also creating serious challenges to the rural economy and the capacity to be self-reliant and resilient. We are currently working in Homabay county with 8 constituencies, 40 ward with about 1.2 million of people. We intend to expand to other parts of the Country. Measurement of our work We have strong Monitoring evaluation learning and reporting in built in all our intervention through Project cycle management (PCM). The MELR systems indicator and indicator definition will clear targets guide what we measure and not www.themangotreekenya.org P. O. Box 11, 40332 Kosele, Via Kendu-Bay, Kenya, Tel: 0733 717496, 0722 692 999