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KASWESHA Housing Cooperative Society Limited

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Crime Prevention Environment Extreme poverty HIV/AIDS Habitat Human Rights Sports for Peace and Development Women/gender Equality Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Capacity building Human rights of women Millennium Development Goals Women and HIV/AIDS Sustainable Development: Capacity-building Education Health Human settlements Technology
Geographic scope:	Local
Country of activity:	Kenya
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability
Mission statement:	KASWESHA is a welfare association of Slum dwellers across the country although it was first formed in Kariobangi South. Our mission is to build better homes for our Members especially as regards eradicating extreme poverty, Hunger and Slums by the year 2015. We are engaged in various small scale trade groups that seek to enhance the savings of our members into the consolidated fund. our passion is to see that every member own a decent house, and that we reduce by half extreme poverty amongst members of Kariobangi South Community and also that Deadly diseases Like AIDS, T.B. Malaria is well taken care of on terms of prevention and if possible cure. Currently we have 120 registered members and only 35 fully paid up members. This is because most of our members are unemployed and lack even the most basic access to a three square meal. But our circumstances do not derail our vision for a more equal society. We are committed to enhancing the capacity of our members in order to enable them live a comfortable life. The pilot program is in Kariobangi South, KCC Slum Village where the community living there as squatters through the initiatives of Muungano wa Wanavijiji (Federation of Slum Dwellers) (over 500Household) have been awarded permanent 0.015ha.plots with Allotment Letters by the Nairobi City Council, .
Year established:	2004
Year of registration:	2006
Organizational structure:	Administration, Board, Committee and membership
Number and type of members:	General Community 261 members
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Shelter Forum (SF), Habitat International Coalition (HIC), UN Habitat, United Nation Millennium Campaign (UNMC,), Ecumenical Center for Justice and Peace (ECJP). Global Call for Action against Poverty (GCAP-Kenya)
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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