Our Programs
What We Care For
At PLIKEN, we believe in nurturing lives through holistic care, education, empowerment, and mentorship. Our programs focus on transforming vulnerable children and families in Shauri Moyo and its surrounding communities (Majengo, Pumwani, Eastleigh), as well as in other parts of Kenya.
Holistic Child Development (KUZA)
Our Shauri Moyo program provides comprehensive care for vulnerable children above 3 years. By engaging them every Saturday, we avoid disrupting the school calendar while nurturing their cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual growth.
This early intervention lays a solid foundation for lifelong development, molding confident, hopeful, and resilient individuals.
Education Sponsorship (Cognitive Development)
In communities where poverty limits opportunity, many children drop out of school due to unpaid tuition or hunger.
Through our education sponsorship initiative, we restore hope by ensuring access to quality learning. By keeping children—like those at Sigalame Primary School—in school, we open doors to brighter futures and lasting community transformation.
Confidence Kit & Mentorship Program
Our PLIKEN Confidence Kit Program empowers both girls and boys during adolescence—a critical stage of identity and self-worth. We mentor children to build resilience, confidence, and focus on their academic goals. In partnership with EACH,TGUP,XOWPF and other partners, we’ve supported more than 2,160 girls with reusable menstrual hygiene kits and 1,850 boys with innerwear, promoting dignity, equality, and self-esteem in comprehensive schools in Busia County, Western Kenya.
Women Empowerment & Skills Development
We believe family transformation begins with empowering mothers.
The PLIKEN Women Empowerment Program equips young and teen mothers—often parents of the children we serve—with technical and life skills such as tailoring, beading, housekeeping, and hairdressing.
They also receive training in financial literacy and business management. After graduation, we link them to jobs or help them start small businesses, driving sustainable, holistic family transformation.
Joining Hands for HER Health and Future
In Sub-Saharan Africa, limited access to healthcare has made cervical cancer a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women, with the region accounting for 84% of new cases and nearly 90% of related deaths globally. Pliken in collaboration with XO World Project Foundation is working to change this by providing life-saving screening, treatment, and training for local healthcare providers through its Cervical Cancer Prevention Program, which has already screened and treated over 2,800 women, creating a sustainable impact in the fight against this preventable disease.
WHY CHILDREN?
We believe children are gifts, created by God, made in his image, and bearing inherent dignity and worth. Each child is valuable and deserves vigilant protection from all forms of threats and abuse. Each child has unique talents and a personality that should be nurtured and appreciated, tragically, millions of vulnerable children from impoverished communities are not given the protection, provision, and loving care they deserve.
We Nurture Faith
We guide children and families in spiritual growth, building values, purpose, and hope through mentorship and community fellowship.
We Empower Minds
Through education sponsorships, we ensure that vulnerable children stay in school and unlock their full academic and cognitive potential.
We Build Confidence
Our mentorship and confidence kit programs empower boys and girls to embrace adolescence with dignity, resilience, and self-worth.
We Strengthen Families
By training young and teen mothers with technical and life skills, we empower them to support their families and break the cycle of poverty.
We Promote Health
We champion physical well-being by promoting hygiene, menstrual health, and nutrition as key pillars of holistic child development.
We Cultivate Relationships
We foster socio-emotional growth through community engagement and mentorship, helping children build healthy relationships and thrive socially.