About
Community Action for Health and Development (CAHED) is a Kenya-registered, youth-led, community-based NGO founded in 2008. Working across five counties in western Kenya the Rift Valley and Nairobi City Counties, CAHED delivers community-driven solutions in six thematic areas: Health and SRHR; Democracy and Governance; Food Security and WASH; Climate Justice and Disaster Risk Management; Education and Early Childhood Development; and Humanitarian Aid and Emergency Response. We have reached over 55,000 people directly and 250,000 indirectly.
Mission. To empower communities, especially adolescent girls, young women and youth, to lead sustainable change in health, governance, food security, climate resilience, education and humanitarian response, so that every person can live with dignity, safety and opportunity.
Focus areas
- Education
- Health
- Gender equality
- Climate and environment
- Livelihoods and employment
- Agriculture and food systems
- Human rights
- Governance
- Humanitarian response
- Water, sanitation and hygiene
- Disability inclusion
- Child protection
- Digital inclusion
Activities and approach
Approaches
- Direct service delivery
- Community mobilisation
- Training and capacity strengthening
- Advocacy and campaigning
- Research and evidence
- Policy influencing
- Systems strengthening
- Convening and networking
- Emergency response
- Technology and digital solutions
Capabilities
- Lead programme delivery
- Local implementation
Populations served
- Children
- Adolescents and young people
- Women and girls
- People with disabilities
- Indigenous communities
- Faith communities
- Refugees and displaced people
- Smallholder farmers
- Entrepreneurs and small businesses
Support sought
- Grants
- Investment
- Flexible or core funding
- Project or programme funding
- Contracts
- Investment
- Consortium opportunities
- Delivery partners
- Research partners
- Advocacy partners
- Technical assistance
- Capacity strengthening
- Introductions and network access
- Funding opportunities
- Opportunities to fund credible organisations
- Pro bono expertise
Readiness and evidence
2 verified readiness areas
Readiness reflects VICO's review of evidence the organisation has supplied. It is not a compatibility score, and evidence documents are not public.