| Chip Title: | Establishing and Building Capacity of Community Structures to Improve Community Health in Nairobi Informal Settlements |
| Participant(s): | Howard Mwangi Moses Gundi |
| Organization: | St John's Community Centre |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Country: | Kenya |
| Region: | Eastern_Africa |
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About the Organization
St. John’s Community Centre (SJCC) is this 2016 realizing 59 years. It is an institution of the Anglican Church of Kenya, Diocese of Nairobi. It was started by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in 1957 with a purpose of providing social welfare and psychological support to the immigrants from the rural areas who had settled in Pumwani area of Nairobi. St. John’s Community Centre (SJCC) is this 2016 realizing 59 years. It is an institution of the Anglican Church of Kenya, Diocese of Nairobi. It was started by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in 1957 with a purpose of providing social welfare and psychological support to the immigrants from the rural areas who had settled in Pumwani area of Nairobi.
Current Mission
To uplift the spiritual, social, economic and other human conditions of the needy by facilitating them to realize their potentials through enhanced capacity guided by the Christian spirit of “Bearing one Another’s Burden”.To uplift the spiritual, social, economic and other human conditions of the needy by facilitating them to realize their potentials through enhanced capacity guided by the Christian spirit of “Bearing one Another’s Burden”.
Proposed New Mission
To uplift the spiritual, socio-political, health and economic conditions of the needy through capacity building guided by the Christian spirit of “Bearing one Another’s Burden”.To uplift the spiritual, socio-political, health and economic conditions of the needy through capacity building guided by the Christian spirit of “Bearing one Another’s Burden”.
Problem Area
An insufficient health workforce (Community structures of People addressing their health issues).
Program Goal Statement
Improved community health in Nairobi informal settlements through community structures.
Long Term Outcome Smart Objective
To have community stuctutes (umbrella groups) diagnosing and solving community health issues in Mathare, Pumwani, Kariobangi South and Kayole by July 2017
Measure
Established community structures (umbrella groups) comprising of community members in Mathare, Pumwani, Kariobangi south and Kayole by March 2017.
