Alternative Rites of Passage & WASH Kajiado, Kenya

The project aims at integrating and leveraging resources to improve on service delivery among the targeted communities in Kajiado County. The project integrates interventions in WASH and community led Alternative Rite of Passage (C-ARP) amongst women and adolescent girls in the county. The goal of the project is to contribute towards reduction of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by improving Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHRs), Water Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services among adolescent young people and women of reproductive age in Kajiado County through integrated ARPWASH interventions. The specific project objectives are 1) To increase access to sustainable safe drinking water to 40,700 people by 2020, 2) To increase access to improved sanitation and hygiene practices for 11, 366 people, 3) To graduate 3,000 girls into womanhood through ARP instead of FGM, 4) To increase acceptance and promotion of ARP model by cultural and political leader’s against FGM and early child marriages and 5) To generate evidence, share lessons learnt and best practices to influence and inform policies.