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In this edition .... in November 2013
• KANCO takes part in Run for Child Health
• Monitoring
• KANCO DIC Rongai VCT Councilor named employee of the
month
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Nairobi Governor Dr. Evans Kidero and Allan Ragi warming up with the children before the Child Survival Run
Editorial.....
The Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO) is a national membership network of
NGOs, CBOs, and FBOs, Private Sector actors, Research and Learning Institutions in-
volved in or that have interest in HIV & AIDS , TB and other public health care con-
cerns in Kenya such as Malaria, Nutrition, Community Harm Reduction(among inject-
ing drug users) among others.
KANCO was established in 1990 by a group of seven member NGOs. Its membership
is open to all registered NGOs, CBOs, FBOs, PLHIV support organisations, learning
institutions, public and private sector organisations in Kenya. KANCO also provides for
associate membership that includes individuals and INGOs.
KANCO has a membership of over 1200 organisations and numerous individuals that
are networking, collaborating and are bound together by a common vision of a HIV,
AIDS and TB free society among other public health issues in Kenya.
Formed with a principle to support members to respond to the HIV & AIDS epidemic in
line with the existing government co-ordination mechanism for HIV & AIDS and TB ac-
tivities, KANCO has evolved to become a premier agency for sensitizing, mobilizing and
promoting collaboration among civil society organisations (CSOs) working to mitigate
HIV, AIDS, TB and other public health concerns and their impacts in Kenya.
KANCO effectively carries out her institutional mandate guided by three strategic
objectives namely, Community Systems Strengthening (CSS),Improving policy for
HIV,AIDS,TB and other public health care concerns and Institutional Strengthening
(IS).
In 2009, KANCO was accredited as a linking organisation for the International HIV
and AIDS Alliance (Alliance) in Kenya. Alliance works globally to support communities
around the world to reduce the spread of HIV and to meet the challenges of AIDS and
related health issues.
As a linking organisation for Alliance, KANCO supports joint action on HIV & AIDS and
TB at the community level and commits to developing mechanisms to help CSOs work
together to achieve the shared goals.
Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO)
Getting to Zero – Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination
and Zero Aids Related Death’.
The Kenyan First Lady Mrs. Margaret Kenyatta called on
all Kenyans, irrespective of status in society, to join the fight against
HIV/AIDS. She was speaking at the 25th anniversary of World AIDS
Day on 1 December 2013 which was held in Mombasa County at
Mbaraki Sports Club.
It was an opportunity to reflect on the progress that has been made
and the efforts to tackle the HIV epidemic around the world. This
year’s World Aids Day in Kenya was unique as it is the first to be
held under the new constitutional arrangement which ushered in
48 governments: one national government and forty seven coun-
ty governments. Further, the occasion coincided with Kenya’s 50th
anniversary since independence and also came at a time when
the government has released county HIV and AIDs estimates. The
theme of the World Aids Day was ‘Getting to Zero – Zero New HIV
Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero Aids Related Death’.
Various activities were carried out to create awareness in the run
in to the World AIDS Day. These were supported by the various
stakeholders including KANCO, National AIDS Control Council and
Mombasa County government. Some of these activities include
moonlight counseling and testing, condom awareness and psycho-
social counseling community
mobilization and education; part-
ners exhibition, HTC, cervical
cancer screening, Blood sugar
screening, a football tournament
and youth concert. KANCO con-
ducted exhibition providing in-
formation and education on HIV
prevention, also supported 4
HTC counselor and 2 mobilizers
from 26th Nov to 1st Dec, 2013.
This year’s Global Report from
the Joint United Nations Pro-
gramme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
shows that there is significant
headway in gaining control over
the epidemic. Rates of new in-
fection have gone down around
the world. The past year marked
one of the lowest number of an-
nual new infections recorded
since the 1990s. Similarly, few-
er children were diagnosed with
HIV with reports showing a 52
per cent drop in new infections
since 2001. In the past decade,
treatment access has increased
40-fold.
This means that not only more
lives are being saved and po-
tential transmissions averted.
More people are enjoying longer
and healthier lives with HIV (UN-
AIDS, 2013).
The event was also graced by
the KANCO Executive Director,
Mr. Allan Ragi and Mombasa
County governor, Mr. Ali Has-
san Joho. Joho emphasized his
commitment to support the fight
against HIV in Mombasa County.
Mrs Kenyatta further asserted that we could not afford to rest while
HIV/AIDS continued to wreak havoc on citizens. She urged that girls
be empowered and safe havens created in institutions of learning to
free them from the burden of HIV/AIDS. “Women and children con-
tinue to bear the brunt of the pandemic despite the progress made
in preventing Mother to Child Transmission.” Regretted Kenyatta.
In her key note speech, she further added that new HIV infection
rates among girls and women aged 15 to 24 still remains depress-
ingly high while the infection rates of their male peers considerably
lower. She also highlighted that only 38% of children born with HIV
were accessing life-saving medication in the country and called for
concerted efforts to join campaigns that will scale down the 13,000
new infections among children annually. She urged all Kenyans to join
towards a shared vision where no mother or child shall die from prevent-
able causes and a future with zero new HIV infections, zero AIDS related
deaths and zero AIDS related.
Story Source;
Sophie Njuguna
Edited by Edward Ahonobadha
KANCO
KANCO Staff at the exhibition stand during the WAD
38% of
c h i l d r e n
born with
HIV were
accessing
life-saving
m e d i c a -
tion in the
c o u n t r y
KANCO TAKES PART IN RUN FOR CHILD SURVIVAL
Kenya AIDS NGOs Con-
sortium in collaboration with other
stakeholders from the ministry of
health, The Kenya Paediatric Asso-
ciation, International Vaccines Ac-
cess Centre (IVAC), and Nakumatt
participated in the Run for child
survival on the 23rd of November
2013.
The annual even event was geared
towards prevention of children
death arsing from Diarrhoea and
Pneumonia. The event attracted
dignitaries among them the Nairobi
Governor Evans Kidero, The KPA
national Charman Dr. David Githan-
ga, Senior Deputy director of medi-
cal services, Dr.John Odondi among
other participants.
The run attracted a large number
of different stakeholders with a
common interest in upholding the
health of the Kenyan children. In
Governor Dr. Evans Kidero and Allan Ragi streching with the children participating in the Run for Child Survival
attendance were about 2000 adults and 800 children. The participants
convened at the University of Nairobi Graduation square at 7 am and the
race was flagged off by the governor of Nairobi County Dr. Evans Kidero
and Bhumit Bathatessa a young man aged 16 who has been supporting
the event financially for the last 5 years at round 9am and later convened
in the grounds after covering 10kms.
‘My cabinet will endeavour to make next year’s event even larger by
starting off the walk from various informal sectors of Nairobi and all the
groups congregating at Uhuru Park” Remarked Evan Kidero in his speech
after the run
In his speech on the importance of this event to KANCO as one of the
organizations that has an interest in improving children’s life and health
Allan Ragi KANCOs executive director remarked
“While stepping up efforts to meet Millennium Development Goal 4; a two-
thirds reduction in child deaths by 2015, those working on the post-2015
development framework must prioritise integrated approaches to improv-
ing child health, and set time-bound goals and targets for expanding ac-
cess to health care. We can save countless lives by using an integrated
approach to fighting disease, improving access to proven interventions
and by prioritising efforts to reach the poorest and most marginalised
children. We call on all partners who value children’s lives and improved
health to join us in supporting the most cost-effective approach and will
help achieve the greatest impact in reducing children’s deaths.”
20 MILLION KENYANS HEALTH CARE ACCESS AT RISK!
IN PROPOSED MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC BENEFITS ORGANIZATIONS
ACT 2013
We, the Health Sector Public Benefits Organi-
zations;
1. Fully support the Public Benefits Organizations
(PBO) Act 2013 in its current form,
2. But, strongly recommend that Parliament re-
jects the proposed amendments to the Public
Benefits Organizations (PBO) Act 2013 contained
in The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Bill 2013.
The Public Benefits Organizations Act (No. 18 of
2013) popularly known as the PBO Act 2013 is a
progressive legislation that the 10th Parliament
passed before theMarch 2013 General Elections:
The PBO Act 2013 purpose was to bring checks
and balance in the non-governmental sector; a
move that has been welcome by the nongovern-
mental (NGO) world. The PBO Act 2013 is aimed
at increasing coordination regulation, account-
ability and transparency in the sector.
However, theMiscellaneousAmendment Bill 2013
published on October 2013 contradicts the PBO
Act 2013 and Government declaration to support
the sector which has played a crucial role in de-
velopment
The following has been inserted:
Article 27A. (
1) Any funding of a public benefits organization
shall be made through the federation and not
by any individual member organization
(2) A public organization shall not receive more
than 15% of its total funding from external do-
nors
(3) Notwithstanding subsection(2) the Cabinet
Secretary responsible for finance may approve
receipt of an amount of more than 15% where
there are legitimate and compelling reasons for
increasing the amount.
(4) For purpose of funding by the Government, the
Cabinet Secretary responsible for the finance made
regulations to provide for funding by the Govern-
ment.
Indeed, theMiscellaneous Amendment Bill 2013
would be ‘crippling’ to PBOs as it inhibits the flow
of foreign funds.
Good Act, Bad Amendment!
With barely ninemonths of existence of the PBO
Act, the proposed amendments to the law will see
closure of PBOs delivering essential services to
Kenyans including health and education. We had a
good Act, now we have a bad amendment.	
Donor funding to be PBOs Capped
at 15%
PBOs have contributed significantly to foreign ex-
change with over 90% of the KES152 billion re-
ceived in foreign exchange, making this sector a
significant earner of foreign. With the amendment
to the Act will see a drastic drop on earnings and
tax collections through KRA. The proposed amend-
ments will see PBOs access only 15% of their
budget from foreign funds. This will be a big blow
to the sector as of the 8,500 PBOs in the country
are heavily donor reliant for most of their activities
where 1,757 of these are delivering 47% of Ken-
ya’s public health services. Of course the bill has far
reaching effects not only to PBOs but for the people
who access services at affordable rates;
The Impact of the Amendment to the
Mwananchi
The Health Sector NGOs have continued to effec-
tively work with Government to complement its ef-
forts to ensure themost basic of needs aremet in
the most remote areas and by needy populations.
Leading hospitals including the Aga Khan Hospital, Getrudes Childrens and Avenue Hospitals were on the site to
administer free routine vaccinations and nutrition advice and growth monitoring for the children. There was great
entertainment for the kids and a lot of learning took place too.
The event ended at around 1pm and there is hope with the continuation of this event diarrhoea and pneumonia
in children can be eliminated among Kenyan children.
Story By; Wachira Charity
KANCO
Alan Ragi giving
his adrress to the
participants Run
for Child Survival
Call for increased domestic investment in health
Kenya AIDS NGOs Con-
sortium led CSOs in a consulta-
tive forum on health financing.
The goal of the meeting was to
understand the current alloca-
tion to health and the Govern-
ment’s plans for increased
domestic investment to health.
Civil Society Organizations inter-
ested in health financing in ken-
ya are asking the Government to
make a commitment to increase
domestic investment in Health
ahead of the GFATM replenish-
ment conference scheduled to
take place in the united states
between the 3rd and 4th Decem-
ber 2013. As at the last budget,
the country’s allocation
stood at 6.4% of the total budget,
way below the recommended
15% by the Abuja declaration.
The forum further made recom-
mendations and highlighted var-
ious opportunities for advocacy.
One key opportunity identified is
resource mobilization for health
through deliberate engagement
with donors, local resources, and
Private sector. The forum further
identified participation in medi-
um term expenditure framework
(MTEF), Government of kenya
budget cycle as aligned to the
Public Finance Management Au-
thority. The special African Union
meeting taking place in Ethiopia
provided an advocacy opportu-
nity. Two members of the CSOs
were to represent others in the
meeting.
The forum will be an opportunity
for stakeholders, including the
CSOs to engage in raising com-
munity and country level de-
mand for mobilization of health
resources through strong and
sound investments, while en-
forcing accountability of both
domestic and international re-
sources.
The CSOs asked the Govern-
ment
through the president to increase
its
allocation to health first before
seeking donor aid at the replen-
ishment conference.
“We cannot ask other people to
come to our aid when we are not
doing anything about our situa-
tion.” observed Evelyn Kibuchi
the Senior TB advocacy manag-
er at KANCO.
‘Our Government must take
lead in investing in health. They
should take responsibility of our
health first before any other par-
ty can chip in she added” The
participants also asked the pre-
si dent to talk to other African
Governments asking them to
also prioritize increased alloca-
tions to their health budgets as
an encouragement to the Donor
Governments to give more to
the GFATM. ‘If the Donor Gov-
ernments do not give to the kit-
ty, Kenya should as well forget
submitting a proposal for more
funding for HIV, TB and Malaria”
Said Rosemary Mburu, Director
World AIDS Campaign Inter-
national (WACI). A memo was
drafted to the cabinet secretary
of health communicating these
requests.
Story Souce
Edward Ahonobadha and
Charity Wachira
KANCO
HUMAN RESOURCE (HR) ROUND TABLE
Organizations which have
been receiving the FANIKISHA
grant put together a Human Re-
source Round table to share and
learn from each other. The hu-
man resource round table meet-
ing was held on 30th October,
2013 at KENAAM Board room.
The meeting was attended by
representatives from OME-
GA Foundation, I Choose Life
(ICL), ABANTU, National Em-
powerment Network of People
living with HIV/AIDS in Ken-
ya (NEPHAK), Kenya NGOs
Alliance Against malaria, The
Health Rights Advocacy Forum
(HERAF), National Organiza-
tion of Peer Educators (NOPE),
Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium
(KANCO) and Women Fighting
AIDS in Kenya (WOFAK).
The Human Resource Man-
agement Information System
(HRMIS), software in managing
staff was shared. The differ-
ent modules in the RMIS were
shared as well as different expe-
riences from those with experi-
ence of using different HRMIS.
Participants also shared plat-
forms professional develop-
ment. Members were encour-
aged take up some of the free
online certified courses as well
as encourage their staff to take
the courses.
The meeting further discussed
in details the vision and mission
of the roundtable meeting so
as not to deviate from the initial
agenda that is: - Share lessons
learnt and best practices in the
HR field, Challenges and opportunities in the human resource area
in the workplaces. It was agreed that this would be finalized through
the members input and interactions.
An initial meeting was held that set the ground with the Terms of
Reference for the round table, frequency of the meeting and a top-
ical discussion. Various issues were addressed including the pro-
cess of recruitment and selection, HR record management, HR pro-
fessional development, performance management among others.
Moving forward it was agreed that topical discussions will be held in
subsequent meetings agreed beforehand and that hosting will be on
a rotational volunteer basis among the CSO.
Those in attendance applauded the idea of the round table, as it
would set the ground of building one another’s capacity as well as
sharing best practices, lessons learnt as well as development in the
HR field.
It was agreed that quarterly meeting will be held but initial monthly
meeting to set the motion. On line sharing was encouraged and
sharing on developments. The date for the next meeting was set
being hosted by KANCO and the topic for discussion being Change
Management.
Story Source
Evelyn Agala - KANCO
KANCO Work Planning Meeting
Kenya AIDS NGOs Con-
sortium held a 2 day work plan-
ning meeting on the November
19-20th 2013 to streamline our
work plans for the calendar year
2014. The two day engagement
was also attended in part by the
board who also met a consultant
who will be aiding KANCO do its
strategic plan for 2014 to 2019.
Key managers managing var-
ious projects scrutinized their
budgets and did their work plans
for the coming year. The session
was led by Onesmus Mlewa who
is the programs director at KAN-
CO. “We should be able to have
every projects work plan by the
end of these 2 days. What will
be left there after is fixing specif-
ic dates for the activities stipulat-
ed” he explained.
KANCO staff during a working session
The staff and the board members had the privilege of meeting the
former board chairman Raphael Tuju. The former chair congrat-
ulated the board and the staff for the good work that KANCO is
doing and further urged everyone to make KANCO a pillar health
organization in Kenya. ‘High mortality due to diseases costs the fu-
ture generation of the accumulated wisdom as it robs them of the
wisdom accrued. Health and economic emancipation have a direct
relationship and therefore we should endeavor to keep healthy and
KANCO should take the lead”Tuju explained
Alan Ragi, the executive director exuded enthusiasm with the quali-
ty of staff at KANCO. “We have a wonderful group of very competent
staff with us who should be able to propel us in the right direction.
We have managed to gel them together but every one of them is a
professional in their areas”. “KANCO has created a niche for itself
and we should carry on with the good work it has been doing.
We have a well able team to help us achieve our objectives” Ex-
plained the board secretary also present in the meeting
The two day event was a success and the team is well set to face
2014 with their tools of trade and work
plans well planned.
Story source: Edward Ahonobadha
Ray Drop in Center Rongai
Like the name ray the place
illuminates hope for many sex work-
ers, and other key populations. Set
Up in a residential house in 2006,
this place set in a homely serene
environment ,has become a home to
many MARPs in the greater region
of Rongai. The center provides HIV
prevention services among them
the issuance of both male and fe-
male condoms, as well as lubes for
men having sex with men (MSMs),
screening for STI s services, preven-
tion with positives (PWPs), follow-
ups to ensure adherence to ART
among other services.
‘’ we have found a home in Ray DIC,
here we can access services with-
out .This place provides a homely
environment to unwind and access
sexual health services that are bad-
ly needed by most of us who are in
this trade” (Wambui * a sex worker
as well as a peer outreach worker
working with ray DIC.)
Rongai is estimated to have about
2000 female sex workers and about
200 male sex workers. Out of these
1800 female sex workers have at
some point sought help at the DIC
and 186 male sex workers have their
files there. This has been made pos-
sible through the client follow-up pro-
gram. Mainly through outreaches.
Plans to revamp the client follow-up
program are underway where the
DIC will be sending remindersand
making call to their clients. Every
client is expected to visit the DIC at
least 4 time annually however there
are no restrictions as to the number
of times one can visit incase they
have a problem.
The ray DIC runs several operations
all geared towards ensuring sound
sexual as well as wholesome health
of their clientele. There is a client
data management unit that ensures
that all records of client are kept up
to date through a cohort register. The
register is an important tool which
assists in tracking prevalence rate.
They also run a well equipped lab
with qualified personnel, a VCT, a
doctors room among other services
Currently, a regular clientellle of 800
out of the 1870 are registered. The
mileage the DIC has made has not
been without challenges. There has
been stigma, discrimination and
other set backs from the society as
well as authorities. The center has
helped them overcome some of
these challenges including gaining
the support of the community as well
as local authorities.
There are also some policy set backs
such as the alignment of the new
government system that has caused
some instability in terms of supply of
commodities, which is being worked
on as well as the standardization of
the MARPs tools that means redoing
all the records as means of compli-
ance.
On our day of visit we found about
10 female sex workers who are also
peer educators from their different
areas of operations. They were un-
dergoing a refresher training course
on peer outreach. These have been
instrumental in the activities of the
DIC. Teresa Watetu the DIC coordi-
nator says that the DIC can do much
more if “ The care and treatment
component is supported, and the
long term sustainability of the DIC is
looked at critically. There is no form
of income and maybe we may need
to look into charging a small fee for
services to ensure our sustainability
or get external support.”
The DIC which is among the KAN-
COs several decentralized has cre-
ated
enough linkages with other health fa-
cilitates for referral services among
them Rongai Hospital among others
others. Among other services that
can be accessed in Rongai include,
Triage, clinical services, and con-
dom dispensation among others.
A wise man once said Knowledge
has to be improved, challenged, and
increased constantly, or it vanishes.”
The great work of the DIC has to be
upheld as well as recognized
even as we urge them to keep up the
good work!
Story by; Charity Wachira
KANCO
MONITORING & EVALUATION AND SYREX DATABASE
WORKSHOP SUPPORTED BY CAHR KENYA
Participants in the Monitoring and evaluation and Syrex Database training
Kenya AIDs NGOs Con-
sortium in collaboration with
NASCOP and Regional Tech-
nical Support Hub for Eastern
Europe and Central Asia con-
vened for a 3 days’ workshop,
held on 18- 20th, November,
2013 at Hill court hotel, Nakuru
in Rift valley Kenya. The facilita-
tors of the workshop were Pavlo
Smyrnov and Vasyliy Borzhchov
from Alliance Ukraine, Onesmus
Mlewa and Sylvia Ayon from
Kenya AIDs NGOs Consortium.
The following departments and
organizations participated: NA-
SCOP, APHIA PLUS, Coun-
ty Office representative from
the Ministry of health, Kenya
Redcross, The Omari project,
MEWA , Reach out trust ,Teen-
swatch centre ,NOSSET,SAPTA,
Medicine Du Mode and KANCO
The aim of the workshop was to
build monitoring and evaluation
capacity of Kenya governmental
and non-government organiza-
tions implementing MARPs pro-
grams especially Harm reduction
targeting intravenous drug users.
For many decades Kenyan
government has been struggling
to get real figures on the popu-
lation for IDUs, MSMs and sex
workers accessing health
services in the country.
Introduction of SyrEx database
as a Monitoring & Evaluation tool
by HIV alliance through KANCO
Harm reduction program has
enabled Harm reduction imple-
menting partners to register new
clients with unique identifiers in
to SyrEx database with minimal
double reporting cases. With
support from KANCO M & E
department double registration
cases in the country have been
identified and addressed. It’s in
this backdrop that CAHR Kenya
was pleased to share the suc-
cess of SyrEx database with key
data managers in the countries.
During the workshop the follow-
ing areas were covered; SyrEx
database overview, introduc-
tion to SyrEx database, key
data collection requirements,
Menu over view, system Direc-
tory which includes the follow-
ing sections ; service delivery
sites, narcotic substance, pack-
age of services, keying proj-
ect staff, commodities and ser-
vices offered, coverage and period .
The Participants appreciated the fact
that the system can give timely and
factual reports if data is correctly, ad-
equately and consistently filled. Since
the team had adequate time interacting
with SyrEx database system all repre-
sentatives from different organizations
and Government departments present
agreed to embrace the system, since
it’s a comprehensive and user-friendly
electronic data management tool ,that
will help to collect programmatic data ,
monitor the progress of HIV prevention
programmes for most-at-risk population
and it will play a key role in informing pol-
icy and decision making plans, improv-
ing and developing HIV/AIDS programs
if embraced and adequately put to use.
The team recommended a pilot phase
to implement the tool to be initiat-
ed soonest possible and the follow-
ing recommendations were to follow;
circulate SyrEx manual, Harmonize
MARPs registration tools, come up
with standardize unique client num-
ber, Existing data to be cleaned and
reconstructed, readjustment of Sy-
rEx to make it a national comprehen-
sive tool not just for MARPs program
and realign other section of SyrEx to
meet Kenya data management needs.
Finally, though we have to wait for
the Kenyan government to endorse
SyrEx database system as a nation-
al tool, non-governmental organiza-
tions have embraced the tool since
it can generate accurate reports for
different donors its quit user friendly.
Story source
by Carolyne Omondi and Sylvia Ayon
edited by Charity Wachira
KANCO
KANCO DIC- RONGAI VCT COUNSELOR NAMED
EMOPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Ziporah Muthoni, the VCT counselors in Rongai was
named as the employee of the month in a Kajiado county
HTC counselors meeting. This was based on adherence to
best practices on offering care , treatment and client fol-
low-up to ensure that their physical and psychological wel-
fare is well taken care of. This was based on best practices
of testing and linking them to VCT not just In the Rongai
DIC center but to other VCTs and following up to ensure that
they got the necessary support sometimes through phone
calls to these facilities.
‘I feel honored for this recognition, however I know it’s a
challenge to keep up the good work, which I intend to’ An
elated Muthoni explained.
This is a follow-up on the 100% linkages to patients seeking
VCT services, and the counselors present were advised to
emulate these best practices.
By; Charity Wachira
KANCO
Eastern Regional Office and Resource Centre (Machakos),
P.O. Box 69866- 00400,
Nairobi - Kenya,
Tel: +254-711207257,
Email: kancoeastern@kanco.org.
Coast Regional Office and Resource Centre (Mombasa),
Tudor Catholic Pastoral Centre,
P.O. Box 601- 80100,
Mombasa - Kenya,
Tel:+254-717085404 or +254-789499820,
Email: kancocoast@kanco.org.
Western & Nyanza Regional Office and Resource Centre,
Kholera House,
P.O Box 2156-50100,
Kakamega - Kenya,
Tel;+254-722858103,
Email: kancowestern@kanco.org.
Rift Valley Regional Office and Resource Centre (Nakuru)
Prestige Mall, 3rd Floor,
P.O Box 253-2100,
Nakuru – Kenya,
Tel:+254-722490936,
Email: kancoriftvalley@kanco.org.
Central Regional Office and Resource Centre (Nyeri),
Umoja Business Center, 2nd Floor, Office No. 12,
P.O Box 2830-10140,
Nyeri – Kenya,
Tel:+254-724670795,
Email: kancocentral@kanco.org.
South Rift Regional Office and Resource Centre,
RAY Drop-In Center,
P.O. Box 69866 -00400,
Ongata Rongai - Kenya,
Tel: +254-736437051,
Email: twatetu@kanco.org.
Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO) HEAD QUARTERS OFFICE
Jabavu Lane off Argwings Kodhek Road, 2nd Floor, Silverpool Office Suites
P.O. Box 69866-00400, Nairobi - Kenya
Tel: +254-20-2717664/2715008, Mobile: +254-722203344/733333237
Fax: +254-20-2714837
Email:kanco@kanco.org
KANCO’S OFFICES

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Kanco Monthly November

  • 1. KANCO In this edition .... in November 2013 • KANCO takes part in Run for Child Health • Monitoring • KANCO DIC Rongai VCT Councilor named employee of the month Articles in this bulletin can be reproduced as long as KANCO is duly acknowledged Catch up with KANCO on Facebook by on Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium on your facebook Follow us on Twitter @KANCOKenya Email kanco@kanco.org Nairobi Governor Dr. Evans Kidero and Allan Ragi warming up with the children before the Child Survival Run
  • 2. Editorial..... The Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO) is a national membership network of NGOs, CBOs, and FBOs, Private Sector actors, Research and Learning Institutions in- volved in or that have interest in HIV & AIDS , TB and other public health care con- cerns in Kenya such as Malaria, Nutrition, Community Harm Reduction(among inject- ing drug users) among others. KANCO was established in 1990 by a group of seven member NGOs. Its membership is open to all registered NGOs, CBOs, FBOs, PLHIV support organisations, learning institutions, public and private sector organisations in Kenya. KANCO also provides for associate membership that includes individuals and INGOs. KANCO has a membership of over 1200 organisations and numerous individuals that are networking, collaborating and are bound together by a common vision of a HIV, AIDS and TB free society among other public health issues in Kenya. Formed with a principle to support members to respond to the HIV & AIDS epidemic in line with the existing government co-ordination mechanism for HIV & AIDS and TB ac- tivities, KANCO has evolved to become a premier agency for sensitizing, mobilizing and promoting collaboration among civil society organisations (CSOs) working to mitigate HIV, AIDS, TB and other public health concerns and their impacts in Kenya. KANCO effectively carries out her institutional mandate guided by three strategic objectives namely, Community Systems Strengthening (CSS),Improving policy for HIV,AIDS,TB and other public health care concerns and Institutional Strengthening (IS). In 2009, KANCO was accredited as a linking organisation for the International HIV and AIDS Alliance (Alliance) in Kenya. Alliance works globally to support communities around the world to reduce the spread of HIV and to meet the challenges of AIDS and related health issues. As a linking organisation for Alliance, KANCO supports joint action on HIV & AIDS and TB at the community level and commits to developing mechanisms to help CSOs work together to achieve the shared goals. Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO)
  • 3. Getting to Zero – Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero Aids Related Death’. The Kenyan First Lady Mrs. Margaret Kenyatta called on all Kenyans, irrespective of status in society, to join the fight against HIV/AIDS. She was speaking at the 25th anniversary of World AIDS Day on 1 December 2013 which was held in Mombasa County at Mbaraki Sports Club. It was an opportunity to reflect on the progress that has been made and the efforts to tackle the HIV epidemic around the world. This year’s World Aids Day in Kenya was unique as it is the first to be held under the new constitutional arrangement which ushered in 48 governments: one national government and forty seven coun- ty governments. Further, the occasion coincided with Kenya’s 50th anniversary since independence and also came at a time when the government has released county HIV and AIDs estimates. The theme of the World Aids Day was ‘Getting to Zero – Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero Aids Related Death’. Various activities were carried out to create awareness in the run in to the World AIDS Day. These were supported by the various stakeholders including KANCO, National AIDS Control Council and Mombasa County government. Some of these activities include moonlight counseling and testing, condom awareness and psycho- social counseling community mobilization and education; part- ners exhibition, HTC, cervical cancer screening, Blood sugar screening, a football tournament and youth concert. KANCO con- ducted exhibition providing in- formation and education on HIV prevention, also supported 4 HTC counselor and 2 mobilizers from 26th Nov to 1st Dec, 2013. This year’s Global Report from the Joint United Nations Pro- gramme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) shows that there is significant headway in gaining control over the epidemic. Rates of new in- fection have gone down around the world. The past year marked one of the lowest number of an- nual new infections recorded since the 1990s. Similarly, few- er children were diagnosed with HIV with reports showing a 52 per cent drop in new infections
  • 4. since 2001. In the past decade, treatment access has increased 40-fold. This means that not only more lives are being saved and po- tential transmissions averted. More people are enjoying longer and healthier lives with HIV (UN- AIDS, 2013). The event was also graced by the KANCO Executive Director, Mr. Allan Ragi and Mombasa County governor, Mr. Ali Has- san Joho. Joho emphasized his commitment to support the fight against HIV in Mombasa County. Mrs Kenyatta further asserted that we could not afford to rest while HIV/AIDS continued to wreak havoc on citizens. She urged that girls be empowered and safe havens created in institutions of learning to free them from the burden of HIV/AIDS. “Women and children con- tinue to bear the brunt of the pandemic despite the progress made in preventing Mother to Child Transmission.” Regretted Kenyatta. In her key note speech, she further added that new HIV infection rates among girls and women aged 15 to 24 still remains depress- ingly high while the infection rates of their male peers considerably lower. She also highlighted that only 38% of children born with HIV were accessing life-saving medication in the country and called for concerted efforts to join campaigns that will scale down the 13,000 new infections among children annually. She urged all Kenyans to join towards a shared vision where no mother or child shall die from prevent- able causes and a future with zero new HIV infections, zero AIDS related deaths and zero AIDS related. Story Source; Sophie Njuguna Edited by Edward Ahonobadha KANCO KANCO Staff at the exhibition stand during the WAD 38% of c h i l d r e n born with HIV were accessing life-saving m e d i c a - tion in the c o u n t r y
  • 5. KANCO TAKES PART IN RUN FOR CHILD SURVIVAL Kenya AIDS NGOs Con- sortium in collaboration with other stakeholders from the ministry of health, The Kenya Paediatric Asso- ciation, International Vaccines Ac- cess Centre (IVAC), and Nakumatt participated in the Run for child survival on the 23rd of November 2013. The annual even event was geared towards prevention of children death arsing from Diarrhoea and Pneumonia. The event attracted dignitaries among them the Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero, The KPA national Charman Dr. David Githan- ga, Senior Deputy director of medi- cal services, Dr.John Odondi among other participants. The run attracted a large number of different stakeholders with a common interest in upholding the health of the Kenyan children. In Governor Dr. Evans Kidero and Allan Ragi streching with the children participating in the Run for Child Survival attendance were about 2000 adults and 800 children. The participants convened at the University of Nairobi Graduation square at 7 am and the race was flagged off by the governor of Nairobi County Dr. Evans Kidero and Bhumit Bathatessa a young man aged 16 who has been supporting the event financially for the last 5 years at round 9am and later convened in the grounds after covering 10kms. ‘My cabinet will endeavour to make next year’s event even larger by starting off the walk from various informal sectors of Nairobi and all the groups congregating at Uhuru Park” Remarked Evan Kidero in his speech after the run In his speech on the importance of this event to KANCO as one of the organizations that has an interest in improving children’s life and health Allan Ragi KANCOs executive director remarked “While stepping up efforts to meet Millennium Development Goal 4; a two- thirds reduction in child deaths by 2015, those working on the post-2015 development framework must prioritise integrated approaches to improv- ing child health, and set time-bound goals and targets for expanding ac- cess to health care. We can save countless lives by using an integrated approach to fighting disease, improving access to proven interventions and by prioritising efforts to reach the poorest and most marginalised children. We call on all partners who value children’s lives and improved health to join us in supporting the most cost-effective approach and will help achieve the greatest impact in reducing children’s deaths.”
  • 6. 20 MILLION KENYANS HEALTH CARE ACCESS AT RISK! IN PROPOSED MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC BENEFITS ORGANIZATIONS ACT 2013 We, the Health Sector Public Benefits Organi- zations; 1. Fully support the Public Benefits Organizations (PBO) Act 2013 in its current form, 2. But, strongly recommend that Parliament re- jects the proposed amendments to the Public Benefits Organizations (PBO) Act 2013 contained in The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2013. The Public Benefits Organizations Act (No. 18 of 2013) popularly known as the PBO Act 2013 is a progressive legislation that the 10th Parliament passed before theMarch 2013 General Elections: The PBO Act 2013 purpose was to bring checks and balance in the non-governmental sector; a move that has been welcome by the nongovern- mental (NGO) world. The PBO Act 2013 is aimed at increasing coordination regulation, account- ability and transparency in the sector. However, theMiscellaneousAmendment Bill 2013 published on October 2013 contradicts the PBO Act 2013 and Government declaration to support the sector which has played a crucial role in de- velopment The following has been inserted: Article 27A. ( 1) Any funding of a public benefits organization shall be made through the federation and not by any individual member organization (2) A public organization shall not receive more than 15% of its total funding from external do- nors (3) Notwithstanding subsection(2) the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance may approve receipt of an amount of more than 15% where there are legitimate and compelling reasons for increasing the amount. (4) For purpose of funding by the Government, the Cabinet Secretary responsible for the finance made regulations to provide for funding by the Govern- ment. Indeed, theMiscellaneous Amendment Bill 2013 would be ‘crippling’ to PBOs as it inhibits the flow of foreign funds. Good Act, Bad Amendment! With barely ninemonths of existence of the PBO Act, the proposed amendments to the law will see closure of PBOs delivering essential services to Kenyans including health and education. We had a good Act, now we have a bad amendment. Donor funding to be PBOs Capped at 15% PBOs have contributed significantly to foreign ex- change with over 90% of the KES152 billion re- ceived in foreign exchange, making this sector a significant earner of foreign. With the amendment to the Act will see a drastic drop on earnings and tax collections through KRA. The proposed amend- ments will see PBOs access only 15% of their budget from foreign funds. This will be a big blow to the sector as of the 8,500 PBOs in the country are heavily donor reliant for most of their activities where 1,757 of these are delivering 47% of Ken- ya’s public health services. Of course the bill has far reaching effects not only to PBOs but for the people who access services at affordable rates; The Impact of the Amendment to the Mwananchi The Health Sector NGOs have continued to effec- tively work with Government to complement its ef- forts to ensure themost basic of needs aremet in the most remote areas and by needy populations.
  • 7. Leading hospitals including the Aga Khan Hospital, Getrudes Childrens and Avenue Hospitals were on the site to administer free routine vaccinations and nutrition advice and growth monitoring for the children. There was great entertainment for the kids and a lot of learning took place too. The event ended at around 1pm and there is hope with the continuation of this event diarrhoea and pneumonia in children can be eliminated among Kenyan children. Story By; Wachira Charity KANCO Alan Ragi giving his adrress to the participants Run for Child Survival
  • 8. Call for increased domestic investment in health Kenya AIDS NGOs Con- sortium led CSOs in a consulta- tive forum on health financing. The goal of the meeting was to understand the current alloca- tion to health and the Govern- ment’s plans for increased domestic investment to health. Civil Society Organizations inter- ested in health financing in ken- ya are asking the Government to make a commitment to increase domestic investment in Health ahead of the GFATM replenish- ment conference scheduled to take place in the united states between the 3rd and 4th Decem- ber 2013. As at the last budget, the country’s allocation stood at 6.4% of the total budget, way below the recommended 15% by the Abuja declaration. The forum further made recom- mendations and highlighted var- ious opportunities for advocacy. One key opportunity identified is resource mobilization for health through deliberate engagement with donors, local resources, and Private sector. The forum further identified participation in medi- um term expenditure framework (MTEF), Government of kenya budget cycle as aligned to the Public Finance Management Au- thority. The special African Union meeting taking place in Ethiopia provided an advocacy opportu- nity. Two members of the CSOs were to represent others in the meeting. The forum will be an opportunity for stakeholders, including the CSOs to engage in raising com- munity and country level de- mand for mobilization of health resources through strong and sound investments, while en- forcing accountability of both domestic and international re- sources. The CSOs asked the Govern- ment through the president to increase its allocation to health first before seeking donor aid at the replen- ishment conference. “We cannot ask other people to come to our aid when we are not doing anything about our situa- tion.” observed Evelyn Kibuchi the Senior TB advocacy manag- er at KANCO. ‘Our Government must take lead in investing in health. They should take responsibility of our health first before any other par- ty can chip in she added” The participants also asked the pre- si dent to talk to other African Governments asking them to also prioritize increased alloca- tions to their health budgets as an encouragement to the Donor Governments to give more to the GFATM. ‘If the Donor Gov- ernments do not give to the kit- ty, Kenya should as well forget submitting a proposal for more funding for HIV, TB and Malaria” Said Rosemary Mburu, Director World AIDS Campaign Inter- national (WACI). A memo was drafted to the cabinet secretary of health communicating these requests. Story Souce Edward Ahonobadha and Charity Wachira KANCO
  • 9. HUMAN RESOURCE (HR) ROUND TABLE Organizations which have been receiving the FANIKISHA grant put together a Human Re- source Round table to share and learn from each other. The hu- man resource round table meet- ing was held on 30th October, 2013 at KENAAM Board room. The meeting was attended by representatives from OME- GA Foundation, I Choose Life (ICL), ABANTU, National Em- powerment Network of People living with HIV/AIDS in Ken- ya (NEPHAK), Kenya NGOs Alliance Against malaria, The Health Rights Advocacy Forum (HERAF), National Organiza- tion of Peer Educators (NOPE), Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO) and Women Fighting AIDS in Kenya (WOFAK). The Human Resource Man- agement Information System (HRMIS), software in managing staff was shared. The differ- ent modules in the RMIS were shared as well as different expe- riences from those with experi- ence of using different HRMIS. Participants also shared plat- forms professional develop- ment. Members were encour- aged take up some of the free online certified courses as well as encourage their staff to take the courses. The meeting further discussed in details the vision and mission of the roundtable meeting so as not to deviate from the initial agenda that is: - Share lessons learnt and best practices in the HR field, Challenges and opportunities in the human resource area in the workplaces. It was agreed that this would be finalized through the members input and interactions. An initial meeting was held that set the ground with the Terms of Reference for the round table, frequency of the meeting and a top- ical discussion. Various issues were addressed including the pro- cess of recruitment and selection, HR record management, HR pro- fessional development, performance management among others. Moving forward it was agreed that topical discussions will be held in subsequent meetings agreed beforehand and that hosting will be on a rotational volunteer basis among the CSO. Those in attendance applauded the idea of the round table, as it would set the ground of building one another’s capacity as well as sharing best practices, lessons learnt as well as development in the HR field. It was agreed that quarterly meeting will be held but initial monthly meeting to set the motion. On line sharing was encouraged and sharing on developments. The date for the next meeting was set being hosted by KANCO and the topic for discussion being Change Management. Story Source Evelyn Agala - KANCO
  • 10. KANCO Work Planning Meeting Kenya AIDS NGOs Con- sortium held a 2 day work plan- ning meeting on the November 19-20th 2013 to streamline our work plans for the calendar year 2014. The two day engagement was also attended in part by the board who also met a consultant who will be aiding KANCO do its strategic plan for 2014 to 2019. Key managers managing var- ious projects scrutinized their budgets and did their work plans for the coming year. The session was led by Onesmus Mlewa who is the programs director at KAN- CO. “We should be able to have every projects work plan by the end of these 2 days. What will be left there after is fixing specif- ic dates for the activities stipulat- ed” he explained. KANCO staff during a working session The staff and the board members had the privilege of meeting the former board chairman Raphael Tuju. The former chair congrat- ulated the board and the staff for the good work that KANCO is doing and further urged everyone to make KANCO a pillar health organization in Kenya. ‘High mortality due to diseases costs the fu- ture generation of the accumulated wisdom as it robs them of the wisdom accrued. Health and economic emancipation have a direct relationship and therefore we should endeavor to keep healthy and KANCO should take the lead”Tuju explained Alan Ragi, the executive director exuded enthusiasm with the quali- ty of staff at KANCO. “We have a wonderful group of very competent staff with us who should be able to propel us in the right direction. We have managed to gel them together but every one of them is a professional in their areas”. “KANCO has created a niche for itself and we should carry on with the good work it has been doing. We have a well able team to help us achieve our objectives” Ex- plained the board secretary also present in the meeting The two day event was a success and the team is well set to face 2014 with their tools of trade and work plans well planned. Story source: Edward Ahonobadha
  • 11. Ray Drop in Center Rongai Like the name ray the place illuminates hope for many sex work- ers, and other key populations. Set Up in a residential house in 2006, this place set in a homely serene environment ,has become a home to many MARPs in the greater region of Rongai. The center provides HIV prevention services among them the issuance of both male and fe- male condoms, as well as lubes for men having sex with men (MSMs), screening for STI s services, preven- tion with positives (PWPs), follow- ups to ensure adherence to ART among other services. ‘’ we have found a home in Ray DIC, here we can access services with- out .This place provides a homely environment to unwind and access sexual health services that are bad- ly needed by most of us who are in this trade” (Wambui * a sex worker as well as a peer outreach worker working with ray DIC.) Rongai is estimated to have about 2000 female sex workers and about 200 male sex workers. Out of these 1800 female sex workers have at some point sought help at the DIC and 186 male sex workers have their files there. This has been made pos- sible through the client follow-up pro- gram. Mainly through outreaches. Plans to revamp the client follow-up program are underway where the DIC will be sending remindersand making call to their clients. Every client is expected to visit the DIC at least 4 time annually however there are no restrictions as to the number of times one can visit incase they have a problem. The ray DIC runs several operations all geared towards ensuring sound sexual as well as wholesome health of their clientele. There is a client data management unit that ensures that all records of client are kept up to date through a cohort register. The register is an important tool which assists in tracking prevalence rate. They also run a well equipped lab with qualified personnel, a VCT, a doctors room among other services Currently, a regular clientellle of 800 out of the 1870 are registered. The mileage the DIC has made has not been without challenges. There has been stigma, discrimination and other set backs from the society as well as authorities. The center has helped them overcome some of these challenges including gaining the support of the community as well as local authorities. There are also some policy set backs such as the alignment of the new government system that has caused some instability in terms of supply of commodities, which is being worked on as well as the standardization of the MARPs tools that means redoing all the records as means of compli- ance. On our day of visit we found about 10 female sex workers who are also peer educators from their different areas of operations. They were un- dergoing a refresher training course on peer outreach. These have been instrumental in the activities of the DIC. Teresa Watetu the DIC coordi- nator says that the DIC can do much more if “ The care and treatment component is supported, and the long term sustainability of the DIC is looked at critically. There is no form of income and maybe we may need to look into charging a small fee for services to ensure our sustainability or get external support.” The DIC which is among the KAN- COs several decentralized has cre- ated enough linkages with other health fa- cilitates for referral services among them Rongai Hospital among others others. Among other services that can be accessed in Rongai include, Triage, clinical services, and con- dom dispensation among others. A wise man once said Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.” The great work of the DIC has to be upheld as well as recognized even as we urge them to keep up the good work! Story by; Charity Wachira KANCO
  • 12. MONITORING & EVALUATION AND SYREX DATABASE WORKSHOP SUPPORTED BY CAHR KENYA Participants in the Monitoring and evaluation and Syrex Database training Kenya AIDs NGOs Con- sortium in collaboration with NASCOP and Regional Tech- nical Support Hub for Eastern Europe and Central Asia con- vened for a 3 days’ workshop, held on 18- 20th, November, 2013 at Hill court hotel, Nakuru in Rift valley Kenya. The facilita- tors of the workshop were Pavlo Smyrnov and Vasyliy Borzhchov from Alliance Ukraine, Onesmus Mlewa and Sylvia Ayon from Kenya AIDs NGOs Consortium. The following departments and organizations participated: NA- SCOP, APHIA PLUS, Coun- ty Office representative from the Ministry of health, Kenya Redcross, The Omari project, MEWA , Reach out trust ,Teen- swatch centre ,NOSSET,SAPTA, Medicine Du Mode and KANCO The aim of the workshop was to build monitoring and evaluation capacity of Kenya governmental and non-government organiza- tions implementing MARPs pro- grams especially Harm reduction targeting intravenous drug users. For many decades Kenyan government has been struggling to get real figures on the popu- lation for IDUs, MSMs and sex workers accessing health services in the country. Introduction of SyrEx database as a Monitoring & Evaluation tool by HIV alliance through KANCO Harm reduction program has enabled Harm reduction imple- menting partners to register new clients with unique identifiers in to SyrEx database with minimal double reporting cases. With support from KANCO M & E department double registration cases in the country have been identified and addressed. It’s in this backdrop that CAHR Kenya was pleased to share the suc- cess of SyrEx database with key data managers in the countries. During the workshop the follow- ing areas were covered; SyrEx database overview, introduc- tion to SyrEx database, key data collection requirements, Menu over view, system Direc- tory which includes the follow- ing sections ; service delivery sites, narcotic substance, pack- age of services, keying proj- ect staff, commodities and ser-
  • 13. vices offered, coverage and period . The Participants appreciated the fact that the system can give timely and factual reports if data is correctly, ad- equately and consistently filled. Since the team had adequate time interacting with SyrEx database system all repre- sentatives from different organizations and Government departments present agreed to embrace the system, since it’s a comprehensive and user-friendly electronic data management tool ,that will help to collect programmatic data , monitor the progress of HIV prevention programmes for most-at-risk population and it will play a key role in informing pol- icy and decision making plans, improv- ing and developing HIV/AIDS programs if embraced and adequately put to use. The team recommended a pilot phase to implement the tool to be initiat- ed soonest possible and the follow- ing recommendations were to follow; circulate SyrEx manual, Harmonize MARPs registration tools, come up with standardize unique client num- ber, Existing data to be cleaned and reconstructed, readjustment of Sy- rEx to make it a national comprehen- sive tool not just for MARPs program and realign other section of SyrEx to meet Kenya data management needs. Finally, though we have to wait for the Kenyan government to endorse SyrEx database system as a nation- al tool, non-governmental organiza- tions have embraced the tool since it can generate accurate reports for different donors its quit user friendly. Story source by Carolyne Omondi and Sylvia Ayon edited by Charity Wachira KANCO KANCO DIC- RONGAI VCT COUNSELOR NAMED EMOPLOYEE OF THE MONTH Ziporah Muthoni, the VCT counselors in Rongai was named as the employee of the month in a Kajiado county HTC counselors meeting. This was based on adherence to best practices on offering care , treatment and client fol- low-up to ensure that their physical and psychological wel- fare is well taken care of. This was based on best practices of testing and linking them to VCT not just In the Rongai DIC center but to other VCTs and following up to ensure that they got the necessary support sometimes through phone calls to these facilities. ‘I feel honored for this recognition, however I know it’s a challenge to keep up the good work, which I intend to’ An elated Muthoni explained. This is a follow-up on the 100% linkages to patients seeking VCT services, and the counselors present were advised to emulate these best practices. By; Charity Wachira KANCO
  • 14. Eastern Regional Office and Resource Centre (Machakos), P.O. Box 69866- 00400, Nairobi - Kenya, Tel: +254-711207257, Email: kancoeastern@kanco.org. Coast Regional Office and Resource Centre (Mombasa), Tudor Catholic Pastoral Centre, P.O. Box 601- 80100, Mombasa - Kenya, Tel:+254-717085404 or +254-789499820, Email: kancocoast@kanco.org. Western & Nyanza Regional Office and Resource Centre, Kholera House, P.O Box 2156-50100, Kakamega - Kenya, Tel;+254-722858103, Email: kancowestern@kanco.org. Rift Valley Regional Office and Resource Centre (Nakuru) Prestige Mall, 3rd Floor, P.O Box 253-2100, Nakuru – Kenya, Tel:+254-722490936, Email: kancoriftvalley@kanco.org. Central Regional Office and Resource Centre (Nyeri), Umoja Business Center, 2nd Floor, Office No. 12, P.O Box 2830-10140, Nyeri – Kenya, Tel:+254-724670795, Email: kancocentral@kanco.org. South Rift Regional Office and Resource Centre, RAY Drop-In Center, P.O. Box 69866 -00400, Ongata Rongai - Kenya, Tel: +254-736437051, Email: twatetu@kanco.org. Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO) HEAD QUARTERS OFFICE Jabavu Lane off Argwings Kodhek Road, 2nd Floor, Silverpool Office Suites P.O. Box 69866-00400, Nairobi - Kenya Tel: +254-20-2717664/2715008, Mobile: +254-722203344/733333237 Fax: +254-20-2714837 Email:kanco@kanco.org KANCO’S OFFICES