{"id":451,"date":"2025-11-07T17:11:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baridiwomen.org\/?p=451"},"modified":"2025-11-07T17:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:11:36","slug":"building-local-resilience-how-baridi-kwa-baridi-women-cbo-is-protecting-children-from-climate-induced-exploitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baridiwomen.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/building-local-resilience-how-baridi-kwa-baridi-women-cbo-is-protecting-children-from-climate-induced-exploitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Local Resilience: How Baridi Kwa Baridi Women CBO is Protecting Children from Climate-Induced Exploitation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Conference Update | ICCP \u2013 Kenya, 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Baridi Kwa Baridi Women CBO participated in the 3rd International Conference on Child Protection in Africa (ICCP)<\/strong>, which took place In Nairobi from 5th<\/sup>-7th<\/sup> November 2025. Our Director, Ms. Maureene Ayodi presented an abstract titled: \u201cLocalizing Child Protection: Community-Driven Approaches to Building Climate Resilience in Busia County, Kenya.\u2019<\/strong> We also joined hands under the NIA Consortium to share on how climate shocks are increasing child domestic labor and how community-driven systems can protect children before, during and after climate crises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across Busia and other climate-affected counties, floods, droughts and economic shocks are pushing many families to negative coping mechanisms including sending children, especially girls, into domestic labour. When households lose crops, income or shelter, children often become the first casualties of economic stress.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our Key Message at ICCP<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Child protection cannot be separated from climate resilience and as such, Climate emergencies are no longer occasional shocks, they are a permanent threat. Without climate-sensitive child protection systems, more children will drop out of school,Migrate in search of work and Increased exposure to abuse and exploitation becomes invisible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Baridi Kwa Baridi is doing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Through Freedom Fund support and NIA Consortium collaboration, we are Leveraging on Community led solutions:
\u2705 Establishing safe spaces and psychosocial support for affected children
\u2705 Distributing reusable pads and keeping girls in school during crises
\u2705 Training young domestic workers in vocational skills for safe livelihoods
\u2705 Supporting household resilience through micro-enterprises and climate-smart agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705Engaging chiefs, boda boda riders, churches and parents to challenge child labour
\u2705 Working with county agencies during floods to include child protection in emergency response
\u2705 Influencing policy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking Ahead<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Baridi Kwa Baridi Women CBO will continue to work with government, NIA Consortium partners, Freedom Fund and community structures to support:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Scale early warning and preparedness approaches<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Strengthen climate-resilient education<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Households with sustainable livelihoods<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Push for full enforcement of child domestic work protections in policy and law<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Advocate for child-centered climate actions in county and national planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

    Appreciation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    We thank Freedom Fund<\/strong>, NIA Consortium partners, government departments, survivors and community leaders for championing this work.
    Our participation in ICCP 2025 has strengthened our voice, sharpened our strategies, and renewed our commitment to ensuring that no child is left invisible<\/strong>, even in the face of climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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