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Orphanage ‘recruited kids to get donations’

Learn about Stahili’s work combating child trafficking to orphanages in Kenya as featured on CNN.


About Stahili

Stahili is a non-profit organisation. We work in child protection, development, education, and human rights. Stahili means ‘to deserve’ in Swahili and we believe that every child deserves to fulfil his or her potential and to be protected.
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Our Mission

Strong families and access to education lie at the heart of sustainable development and human rights. Our mission is to empower vulnerable families and communities and help children living in residential care institutions like orphanages return to their families.
What we do

Transparency

Tackling corruption and promoting transparency, accountability and integrity are at the heart of Stahili’s mission. In 2016, more than 95% of all donations went directly to support our programmes. Learn more about our policies and practices.
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Youth ambassadors

Stahili is a movement made up of young voices who want to make the world a better place for children. Stahili Ambassadors are our focal points in schools and universities, coordinating activities like awareness campaigns, volunteering activities, research projects, fundraisers and more.
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Stahili is a movement of practitioners, experts, individual supporters, teachers and students who
want to make the world a better place for children.

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Stahili is a volunteer-driven movement and needs your help! With your help, we can give children a life that they deserve and help spread the word about the importance of giving children living in institutions what they need — families. Together, we can help bring children home.