ABOUT US
To help slum dwellers in Kenya to live a dignified life in line with Poverty Eradication Program (PEP), Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Kenyan Vision 2030.
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
We provide essential support to children and youth by offering financial assistance for school fees, supplies, and educational materials. In addition to this, we also provide counseling services to help them navigate their academic journeys and personal challenges. Our comprehensive approach aims to empower young individuals, ensuring they have the necessary resources and guidance to succeed in their studies and beyond.
Youths from the Mathare Slums have participated in comprehensive training programs that cover a wide range of valuable fields. These programs include essential skills in mechanics, beauty and hairdressing, carpentry, masonry, plant operations, electrical wiring, and several other technical disciplines. This hands-on training equips the young individuals with the expertise and knowledge they need to pursue rewarding careers, fostering personal growth and helping to create a brighter future for themselves and their community.
Empowering teenage mothers with essential survival skills, providing them with supportive mentorship, and fostering a deep sense of dignity is crucial for their development and well-being. By equipping these young women with the tools they need to navigate the challenges of motherhood and life, we create a foundation that promotes resilience and confidence.
Mothers living in the Mathare slums have received valuable training in essential entrepreneurial skills to empower them to better support their families. This initiative not only aims to enhance their business acumen but also fosters economic independence, allowing these resilient women to create sustainable livelihoods and improve their family’s quality of life. Through this training, they are equipped with the knowledge and resources needed to transform their ideas into viable businesses, ultimately contributing to the overall development of their community.
Families have moved from Mathare to rural areas, where they are provided with permanent housing and socio-economic support.
OUR MISSION
🌍 Support Mathare: Transforming Lives Through KTSSC
Mathare slums in Nairobi face immense challenges—poverty, overcrowding, poor housing, unemployment, insecurity, and limited access to healthcare and education. Families struggle daily, and children, women, and youth are most vulnerable.
KenToledo Social Service Club (KTSSC) exists to break this cycle of poverty through education, empowerment, and dignity-driven interventions. Since inception, KTSSC has supported thousands of lives in Mathare, and with your partnership, we can do even more.
📚 Education Support Program
👩🍼 Teenage Mother Sustenance Program
👩 Women Empowerment Project
👨 Youth Empowerment Programme (MYEP)
🏠 Family Relocation Program
💡 Why Partner With KTSSC?
🤝 Join Us
Together, we can educate children, empower mothers, mentor youth, and relocate families to safer environments.
👉 Donate today—choose your impact: €550, €650, €750, €800, or €14,000. Every gift changes a life.
Education Support Program: Giving Children a Future
Education support for primary and secondary school is the core mission of KTSSC. Since inception, the program has supported over 750 children and youth in Mathare slums and other marginalized areas of Kenya.
For many families, poverty makes education nearly impossible. Parents cannot afford school fees, and children are often forced to work to support household income. Even when enrolled, state curricula often fail to address the realities of slum life, leaving young people disconnected and vulnerable. Without safe spaces to study or access to relevant learning, the cycle of poverty continues.
KTSSC’s Approach
KTSSC believes that education, mentorship, and entrepreneurship are the most effective ways to engage at-risk youth and break the cycle of poverty.
Current Need
There are 50 destitute and orphan children on the waiting list in dire need of support. Educating one child for a full academic year requires €550.
Your Role
By sponsoring a child, you give them the chance to learn, grow, and escape poverty. Every contribution restores dignity and opens doors to a brighter future.
👉 Partner with KTSSC today—educate a child, transform a community.
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for Mathare Youth
High unemployment in Mathare slums forces many young people into crime and gang violence, leaving communities unsafe and families displaced. According to development experts, limited access to education—caused by financial constraints and irrelevant curricula—further traps children in poverty.
As rural populations migrate to cities in search of opportunity, urban infrastructure struggles to keep up. Without effective policies and support, slum youth remain disconnected from state authorities and vulnerable to exploitation.
KTSSC’s Mathare Youth Empowerment Programme (MYEP)
KenToledo Social Service Club (KTSSC) believes that education, mentorship, and entrepreneurship are key to breaking this cycle.
Why Your Support Matters
Every euro invested in youth empowerment transforms lives, reduces crime, and builds safer, stronger communities. By supporting MYEP, you help young people in Mathare reclaim their future and contribute positively to society.
👉 Donate today to empower a youth, uplift Mathare, and invest in Kenya’s future.
Women and Children in Mathare: Living on the Edge
Life in Mathare slums is marked by overcrowding, poor sanitation, and unsafe living conditions. Families share limited resources such as communal latrines and food vendors squeezed into narrow spaces. Poor waste disposal exposes children to dangerous environments—some even play with discarded sanitary pads, leading to illness and fatalities.
International voices, including UN officials, have raised concern over the lack of electricity, safety, and basic services, which disproportionately affect women and children. In Nairobi’s slums, children are 2.5 times more likely to die before age five compared to other parts of the city.
Healthcare and nutrition remain critical challenges. Many young mothers cannot provide adequate food, resulting in widespread malnutrition. Rising food prices have deepened poverty, leaving families unable to afford essentials. With no land for cultivation, residents rely entirely on market purchases, making them vulnerable to soaring costs.
KTSSC’s Mathare Women Empowerment Project
To address these challenges, KenToledo Social Service Club (KTSSC) launched the Mathare Women Empowerment Project.
Your Role in Transforming Lives
By empowering mothers, we strengthen families and protect children from the devastating effects of poverty. Every contribution helps a woman in Mathare gain independence, dignity, and the ability to secure a healthier future for her children.
👉 Donate today to empower a mother, uplift a family, and transform Mathare.
🌍 Breaking the Cycle of Teenage Pregnancy in Mathare
Mathare slums in Nairobi face deep challenges of poverty, overcrowding, poor housing, and limited access to healthcare. The Covid-19 pandemic worsened these struggles, triggering an alarming rise in teenage pregnancies. In just five months of 2020, 11,795 girls aged 10–19 in Nairobi County were reported pregnant—the highest in Kenya.
Teenage pregnancy perpetuates poverty, denying girls education, dignity, and opportunity. Many are forced into early motherhood due to lack of information, sexual violence, school dropout, and economic hardship. Vulnerable girls often engage in transactional sex just to survive, making them easy targets for exploitation.
✨ KTSSC’s Teenage Mother Sustenance Program
KenToledo Social Service Club (KTSSC), with support from Fastenaktion, is responding to this crisis by empowering teenage mothers in Mathare.
💡 Why Your Support Matters
To fully train, mentor, and empower one teenage mother, it requires €750. Your contribution helps break the cycle of poverty and gives a young mother the tools to build a life of dignity and opportunity.
🤝 Join Us
Together, we can transform lives in Mathare. By supporting KTSSC, you are not just helping teenage mothers—you are investing in Kenya’s future.
👉 Donate today and empower a teenage mother to reclaim her future.
Our visit to Mama Wambui, an elderly grandmother caring for two young granddaughters after losing her daughter to HIV/AIDS, inspired KTSSC’s Family Relocation Program. Unable to work, her grandchildren dropped out of school to beg on the streets for survival. Mama Wambui expressed her wish to return to her ancestral land—a dream shared by many slum dwellers who long for dignity and peace outside Mathare.
KTSSC’s Response
KTSSC recognized that some families in Mathare own rural land but lack the means to relocate. With international partners, we launched a pilot project in 2018, successfully relocating 8 families to safer rural settings.
The Need
To build a single permanent house for a relocated family requires €14,000. Each relocation transforms lives—giving children a chance to return to school, families a chance to farm or work, and communities a chance to heal.
Your Role
By supporting the Family Relocation Program, you help families escape the cycle of poverty and reclaim dignity in their ancestral homes.
👉 Donate today to build a home, restore hope, and transform lives.
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