2020 2022 OCTC Strategic Plan Kenya Jan 2020

2020 -2022 OCTC Strategic Plan Kenya, Jan 2020

OCTC – Discussion Outline 1. Current situation - overview 2. Mission and Vision 3. Pillars and Foundations 4. Projection and potential impacts Outline 5. Institutional Scheme 6. Opportunities and challenges

OCTC Overview The Orione Community Training Centre (OCTC) is a charitable organization founded and run by the Sons of Divine Providence community of the Catholic Church. The Sons of Divine Providence is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded in Italy in 1893 by Luigi Orione (1872 -1940). Under the charisma of their founder, The Sons of Divine Providence have dedicated their lives to help the poor, the young, the elderly, the sick and people with disabilities. Overview The OCTC Kenya was founded in 2005 and has evolved over the last 14 years into a symbol of inclusion for the children and youth with intellectual disabilities who are usually treated as a “stigma” by the Kenyan society. The center has promoted and provided a reason to give them relevance, hope and potential value to their community.

OCTC Overview The goals of OCTC are: 1. Reduce stigmatization and discrimination through awareness in their communities about their potential value and rights. 2. Promote inclusion for children with disabilities through education and active involvement in the community 3. Support students development and help them achieve better concentration through individual education plan, rehabilitation programs and sensor stimulation. 4. Prepare children with disabilities for a better future providing them with skills to Goals participate and act according to their capabilities. 5. To provide vocational training in farming to students above the age of 16. 6. Ensure healthy food from the center’s farm product to the students and their communities seeking improvement in nutrition for better learning and development. 7. Provide a safe means of transport from to the OCTC for about 100 students with special needs and disabilities.

OCTC’s Strategy OCTC’s - Vision VISION (long term) Vision “An institution of living Christian testimony and excellence in providing significant improvement to the development of children with intellectual disability, while supporting their integration into the society “

OCTC’s Strategy Mission (short term) “Expand the promotion and inclusion of children and youth with disabilities while providing them with Christian values, quality education and rehabilitation. Mission Influence and support society to achieve initial inclusion actions while sharing expertise in the educational approach. ”

Pillars and Foundations Christian values inspiration Special Education Rehabilitation and therapies Vocational training and farming capacitation Community involvement and inclusion

Thematic areas (I) Early stimulation Individualized Plan Inclusion and family engagement Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy Speech therapy

Thematic areas (II) Farming Training Responsibilities and assignments Basic skills in Finances Exposure to Community Participation in the community economical cycle Interexchange with other community groups

OCTC’s Projection and future impact 1. To influence society – Through the center’s daily work, we want to be a living testimony of Christian life and care for the vulnerable. As a result, the society and community will get to know more about the need and possibilities of people with special needs. 2. Education – Through our special education program, we want to explore avenues and possibilities of inclusion between our center and regular schools. This partnership will make it possible for us to see some of our students fully included in regular schools supported by joint programs. 3. Rehabilitation – Through our rehabilitation program, we want to create a conscious in the community and especially to parents in how important is the process of rehabilitation and habilitation for people with special needs. This will help in the early detection of special needs and receive children for early intervention and estimulation. 4. Financing – To achieve sustainability through implementation of innovative projects and programs for income generation which will help in improving the capacities of our staff and their salaries. 5. Partnerships and networks of support - To strengthen our existing networks, partnerships and collaborations and make new ones which will help set the center as a referent model in the care of special children.

OCTC’s Projection initiatives Institutional projection Key Initiatives • 1. Orione Center’s living testimony: through daily work, provide an example of Christian life and care • for the vulnerable. Engage the society and local community to • know more about the needs and possibilities of people with special needs. • Develop the group of young families who come to the Center once every month to receive Christian formation on the Charism of Don Orione Increase the number of volunteers who come to the Center to contribute with their work and professional skills Develop and grow the Orione Cub which is a group of children from the local community who come to the Center to interact, play and share with our students. Helping other institutions like Children homes near our location. 2. Special Education program: • explore avenues and possibilities of inclusion between Orione Center and regular schools. Seek a • potential full inclusion of some students into the regular school • system supported by a joint special program effort. Through exchange programs where regular school teachers can come to Orione Center to train and experience first hand involvement. Through Identifying schools that we can partner with the center for integration Prepare a number of Orione’s students to start the process to move to regular school.

OCTC’s Projection initiatives Institutional projection Key Initiatives 3. Rehabilitaton program: Create and develop a consciousness in the • community but especially to parents about the • importance of the rehabilitation process and capacitation of people with special needs. Help • in the early detection of special needs and incorporate children for early intervention and stimulation. Awareness and activities such as “Disability expo”. Workshop with young parents about the benefits of Early stimulation. Workshop to primary schools and pre-school children and parents related to early stimulation. . • 4. Sustainability: implementation of innovative projects and programs for income • generation to help improving the capabilities of the staff and their salaries. • Explore new avenues and projects to generate resources. Tuk tuk Taxi project implementation, consolidation and expansion. Consolidate and improve vegetables market. . • 5. Partnerships and network support: Strengthen existing networks, partnerships and • collaborations plus creating new ones that will help develop Orione Center as a referent model in the care and capacitation of children with • special needs. Inviting Universities to visit the center’s facilities and explore possibilities for partnership. Organize a meeting with Journalists to create more awareness in the Media Houses about people leaving with different conditions. Continue serving the community as a link between donors and communities in need through the offering

Institutional scheme – Sources of income Orione's sources of income - 2018 (Aprox US$210 K) [CATEGORY NAME] [PERCENTAGE] School fees 9% Farm income 6% Special Projects 29% Friends of Chile 4% Hickey Family Foundation (education, health and training project) 43% External services 5% OCTC’s Income rely mostly on donations. The Center would seek opportunities to generate recurrent and reliable income to guarantee its operations.

Institutional scheme – Expenses OCTC’s Expenses follow a very tight schedule combining regular activities with implementation of projects committed to specific funding purposes. The feeding program is significantly subsidized by the farming activity at the center. Orione's expenses - 2018 (Aprox US$208 k) Other Admin 5% Salaries &Benefits 34% Projects Implementation (*) 29% Health & Rehabilitation 6% Learning Material 3% Transport 8% Feeding Program Facility Operation 7% 7% OCTC’s Expenses and reporting follows the Kenyan regulations/audit control. (*) Project implementation is tight to specific project funding

Opportunities and Challenges Opportunities : • • Success from alumni Infrastructure improvements in access roads and transportation. Challenges: - Sources of financing Parents commitment Staff capacitation and retention Commitment, motivation and follow up from partners

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