Digital and AI Readiness Empowering – Teenage mothers – Organic farming- Hygiene
Building Digital & AI Readiness
SCN Kenya is placing a strategic focus on the transformative—and potentially disruptive—role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in vulnerable communities. We recognize AI as a double-edged tool: it can either accelerate progress or deepen inequality if underserved populations are left behind.
To address this, in 2025 we launched the SCN Community AI Survey across all regions where our network operates. The survey was part of a broader, ongoing dialogue within our network, where community members actively explore how AI is shaping their opportunities and challenges. To ensure no one is left behind, SCN Kenya offers regulary online AI training for NGO staff and community leaders.
Highlights were a panel discussion during the Making More Health Together Conference in Germany and locally the Big AI debate 2025 with the communities. In a rapidly digitizing world, digital inclusion is development. By empowering communities to understand and use AI, we’re laying the groundwork for: More efficient health, education, and livelihood programs, Data-driven decision-making at the grassroots level, Stronger local leadership in tech-enabled development.
“We are happy to be with students who volunteer at our centers. It is so impressive them sharing computer & AI knowledge. This is very important and helps to innovate and learn from each other” (Chrisantus Ongulo, GAASPP, SCN Core organization)
Empowering Teenage Mothers – A Strategic Focus of SCN Kenya
At SCN Kenya, we understand that teenage pregnancy affects far more than health—it disrupts education, limits economic opportunity, and impacts entire families. Since 2024, our eight‑NGO network has worked together to help teenage mothers reclaim their futures and break cycles of poverty.
The Challenge:
In counties like Bungoma, many girls become mothers before age 19, often leaving school and facing lifelong barriers. Their children also struggle with access to nutrition, healthcare, and learning—reinforcing disadvantage.
Our Response:
Across all SCN centers, we provide prevention sessions, life‑skills and income‑generation training, mentoring, and support for young mothers. We collaborate with local NGOs, nurses, schools, faith leaders, and mental‑wellbeing trainers to ensure both mothers and children receive holistic care. Solasa, an SCN core partner, even organized a soccer tournament to raise awareness across SCN locations.
Supported by ChildFund Deutschland, the German government (bengo/Engagement Global), and Boehringer Ingelheim Corporate, we are implementing a major initiative in Mbakalo Ward at our core partner CHWI. It includes:
- A community counseling and training center for teenage mothers
- Support to complete schooling or pursue vocational paths
- Adolescent Mentorship Clubs in schools and churches
- Awareness programs for parents and young fathers
- Cross‑regional knowledge sharing through the SCN network
This work is more than a project—it’s a growing model for lasting change. A key milestone was our Teenage Mother conference in January 2026. By combining education, health, protection, and community engagement, we help young women build secure, self‑determined futures.
Organic farming – because environment and healthy nutrtition matters
SCN strengthens Kenya’s farming landscape by linking community‑proven agricultural solutions with partners who can scale them. Through our network, farmer groups, agri‑enterprises, NGOs, and county governments collaborate to share regenerative practices, climate‑smart technologies, and market‑linkage models that already succeed on the ground. Our collaboration project on organic farming together with BMZ , Germany and supported by Boehringer Ingelheim is under process.
Instead of isolated projects, SCN curates a portfolio of scalable solutions—from resilient seeds and water‑efficient irrigation to youth‑led agri‑innovation, soil restoration, and decentralized training hubs.
For investors, businesses, and international foundations, SCN provides a single, trusted entry point into coordinated agricultural collaboration where co‑investment leads to measurable impact: stronger value chains, greater climate resilience, and more equitable economic opportunities for farming communities across Kenya.
SCN Kenya & India Hygiene Impact
SCN Kenya strengthens hygiene standards across schools and communities by connecting proven WASH solutions with partners who can expand them. Through our network, local NGOs, teachers, health workers, and community leaders deliver engaging, play‑based hygiene training, menstrual health education, and low‑cost sanitation improvements that measurably shift daily habits. Rather than scattered interventions, SCN brings together a curated portfolio of effective WASH methods—including the internationally recognized WASH Toolkit—to rapidly spread behaviour change at scale. For companies, donors, and foundations, SCN provides a single, trusted entry point to support high‑reach hygiene initiatives where each investment delivers measurable returns: healthier children, reduced preventable diseases, higher school attendance, and stronger community wellbeing across Kenya.
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