Unverified non-profit organisation

The aims and objectives of POVERTY RELIEF AID are to improve the lives of poor families and communities by offering life saving during emergencies, implementing rehabilitation and long term development programmes. To fulfill the objectives the poor and underprivileged are assisted by providing them with basic needs in order to support their efforts to combat poverty. POVERTY RELIEF AID believes that every human being has a right to the fundamentals of life, such as food, water, shelter, medical attention, education and training and has been responding to major natural and man made disasters and catastrophe since its inception.

POVERTY RELIEF AID organization possess distinctive strength that put us in a position to carry out its projects. We have the necessary network, administrative infrastructure, on-going programmes and past experience in health, agriculture, education, water, and environment as our strongest points.

We have a strong network consisting of various professionals and administrative officers who support our activities. These have been useful in disseminating information on the intended projects and they have helped bring forth various projects for consideration. We have also more than 250 women groups each with about 8 members. All in all we have about 2,000 women representing their respective families. These provide social support for our programmes.

Further we have in place the necessary infrastructure for the project implementation. This includes qualified doctors, trainers and facilitators in particular project.

We have continuing programmes in community health care, HIV/AIDS, Education, water and environmental programmes in the project area, hence our relationship with communities is established and this good-will be necessary for the implementation of various programmes.

To alleviate poverty, the organization works with rural and urban communities living in difficult circumstances particularly the marginalized groups, children, youth, windows and orphans to improve livelihoods and raise their living standards. The organization has provided appropriate skills building opportunities through teaching, training and also empowers the poor to meet their basic needs overcome injustices and fulfill their aims through locally available resources.

POVERTY RELIEF AID works in close partnership with families groups in their institutions and remains the prime principle of operation and will continue to foster healthy working relationship with government(s) institutions and organizations having similar goals.,

Year established

2004

Organisation annual cash turnover (in US$ equivalent)

Less than 500,000

Participant in relevant networks

POVERTY RELIEF AND AID is a non-profit making organization which raises its funds from general public, donors, institutions, trusts, NGOS Foundations, Charities, private sector and individuals. At the moment the projects of our organization are supported by World Mercy Fund, AMI Foundation, KenChic Company and some individuals. The continuous process of writing and submitting proposals is a very time consuming operation, diverting human and financial resources away from the organization’s main work. We have many projects for the poor, which need funds to be implemented. Therefore, we still look forward for donors and partners to support our activities and there is an urgent need for more easily issued flexible grants with longer-term nature such as core funding.