The Child Separation Crisis

Kenyan charities are restoring family units to address child separation, offering support for children in crisis situations.

50,000+ children live on the streets.
85,733 children are in institutional care.
1.92 million children live with disabilities.
66.1% of children have experienced violence.
Who We Are

We are a nonprofit consultancy specializing in family and community-based care. Our expertise lies in guiding Charitable Children Institutions (CCIs) through the transition to Child Welfare Programs (CWPs) that prioritize family and community-based care.
By providing transition support services, we help ensure that children are cared for.

Guiding CCIs in Transitioning to Family and Community-based Care
Who We Serve

We understand the challenges CCIs face to stay relevant in the changing climate of Care Reform. This leaves CCIs feeling uncertain about the future as they ask themselves what will happen to the children in their care, their staff and their facilities.
At the heart of it all, CCIs feel the struggle to stay true to who they are and their purpose in caring for vulnerable children.

Supporting CCIs through Care Reform Challenges

The Transition Accelerator Program.

WezaCare incorporates a collaborative approach focused on providing CCIs with the relevant resources in their transition to Child Welfare Programs(CWPs) through our primary program, the Transition Accelerator Program.

Read More about The Program

Through WezaCare’s Transition Accelerator Program, we enhanced our processes to support Charitable Children Institutions (CCIs) transitioning to family-centered Child Welfare Programs (CWPs). The program provided critical resources, collaborative strategies, and guidance, enabling us to navigate complex transitions efficiently, ensuring children experience sustainable, community-focused, nurturing care environments.

Jane Mburu
Director New Life Mwangaza (NLM)

Our Approach

We proactively guide CCIs through Trainings, Consulting Sessions, and Field Mentorship to help them safely and effectively walk the journey toward adopting family-based care services.

The Impact

Our work has touched the lives of thousands, empowering communities and driving meaningful change. By connecting participants with vital resources, services, and support, we’re helping foster sustainable development and a brighter future for all.

2,000+ visits have been made to children’s institutions since January.
Nearly 3,000 practitioners have been equipped with essential training.
2,400+ leaders reached through our program
Through these efforts, we have seen over 6,000 children reunited with their families and supported over 7,000 families on their journeys. We reached 28 communities across different regions, building resilience and hope.

Our Partners

Shelter Yetu
Shelter Yetu rescues, rehabilitates, and reunites children with families, ensuring their lasting success
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United Kenya Rising
Empowering families, building resilient communities, and helping vulnerable families rise out of poverty sustainably.
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Hope for Orphans Rescue and Education Centre
HOREC rescues, educates, and supports orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS with care.
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Mercy Rescue Trust.
Rescuing babies, providing foster care, reunifying families, and creating forever homes with ongoing support.
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Agape
Agape reunites street children with families, offering love, belonging, and hope through transformative programs.
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New Life Mwangaza
NLMRC rescues, rehabilitates, and reintegrates street-connected youth, empowering them to lead drug-free, self-reliant lives.
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Our Premier Partner
1MILLIONHOME is revolutionizing orphan care through broadly shifting mindsets and scaling up proven community-based models that reunite children with families and eradicate practices that lead to family separation. As we collaboratively do what it takes to get the first 1 million orphaned kids home, we make a way for millions more.
What they say about us
We didn’t know the way forward and didn’t know how, but the training has enabled us to understand how the transition is supposed to take place, what are some of the things involved, and what is expected of us as the CCIs. What are we supposed to do to ensure that the transition takes place more efficiently and safely.
Agnes Atieno
Manager, Kithoka Amani Children’s Home
WezaCare has been able to train us on strategic planning, and program design. Our programs were not well designed, they were all over the place. Right now we’re able to articulate what we’re doing in a precise and concise manner. Like our reporting systems have really changed, our donors are happy, and our board is happy.
Regina Kamoche
Founder & CEO- Daraja 360
Through the Care Model canvas training, we’ve had a very honest evaluation of who we are, what we’ve been doing and that together as a team, we’ve been able to forge a way forward of where we want to go together
Jane Mburu
Director, New Life Mwangaza