Nature Network, a Profile

What:

We are a Kenya -based Transgender-Led, Refugee social support safe space and we use Family-Based Therapy activities to build a context stimulating healing, agency, autonomy, self-belief, self-determination and self-preservation. We enhance continued humanization of refugees by highlighting opportunities for participation in daily activities of life through planned community activities. We promote and advocate for protection of rights and dignity of refugees irrespective of status, origins and we provide navigation services including accompanying those who have to keep their appointments at health facilities regularly. We promote tiering, linkage and referral services uptake. We have been a landmark facility and a first point of contact for many refugees since 2015.

When:

Nature Network was formally launched in 2015 but it was incubated in 2014.

What else we do:

1.      Engage in mobilization activities for refugees to attend or benefit from programmatic activities such as; awareness raising, information raising, planned activities, health education, human rights orientation, skills improvement.

2.      Provide space for dignity-affirmation and self-esteem enhancement among LGBTIQQ refugees.

3.        Engage in livelihood implementation to improve economic and skills development for LGBTIQQ refugees.

The plan:

Vision: We hope to reach 700-1,000 beneficiaries by July 2020

Goal: To leverage member participation in self-care and quality life promotion

Mission: To continue being the space of excellence in promoting contexts for a fulfilling life

Long Term Objective: To catalyze and stimulate action for health/wellness seeking practices among members, beneficiaries and society at large

Short Term Objective: To ensure contexts in which the following are addressed:

^Ø  TB, HIV, Malaria Prevention (THIMAP)

^Ø   Protection, Security, Safety and Rights Awareness (PASSRA)

^Ø   Gender-based Violence and Prevention (GEBAVAP)

^Ø   Disability Assistance and Drug Use Rehabilitation (DADURE)

^Ø   Mental Health Promotion (MEHEP)

^Ø   Livelihood and Income Generation Activities’ promotion (LIGAP)

The Logic Framework

SN	Objectives	Action		Outcomes/Remarks
1	TB, HIV, Malaria Prevention and	1.	Promote Universal Testing  and	-Ensure we engage in activities that promote Universal Testing
			Treatment (UTAT)
	Eradication	2.	The Cascades: Testing; Treatment;	and Treatment (UTAT)
			Viral Suppression	-Ensure we plan for promotion of prevention programmes that
		3.	Early Testing; Complete Treatment ;
			Case finding for Drug Resistant TB	entrench the Cascades: Testing; Treatment; Viral Suppression
		4.	Mosquito net; Spraying; Complete	- Plan and ensure early Testing; Complete Treatment ; Case
			Treatment
				finding for Drug Resistant TB
				-Promote Malaria Prevention through distribution of Mosquito net;
				Spraying; Complete Treatment
2	Protection And Rights Awareness	1.	Personal protection, Security and	-Promote Personal protection, Security and Safety
			Safety
		2.	Child Protection	- Plan for Child Protection
		3.	Women and Men Protection
				-Plan for Women and Men Protection
3	Gender-based Violence Prevention	1.	UN Observances	-Elimination of Violence against women
		2.	Sustainable Development Goals	-Eradication of Female Genital Cutting
				-Promotion of IEC to raise awareness
4	Disability Assistance and Drug Use	1.	Identify, Link and Follow up to	-Planned activities to Identify, Link and Follow up to ensure
			ensure rehabilitation
	Rehabilitation (DADURE)	2.	Health Talks	rehabilitation
		3.	Outreaches	-Planned community Health Talks
				-Planned Outreaches
5	Mental Health Promotion (MEHEP)	1.	Psychosocial sessions	-Planned Psychosocial sessions
		2.	The planned recreation activities
		3.	Mental Strengthening and upliftment	-Planned recreation activities
			sessions

		4.	Counselling and Guidance sessions	-Planned Mental Strengthening and upliftment sessions
		5.	Life Planning Talk Sessions
				-Planned Counselling and Guidance sessions
				-Planned Life Planning Talk Sessions
6	Livelihood and Income Generation	1.	Entrepreneurial skills development	-Planned Entrepreneurial skills development
		2.	Book keeping and Finance literacy
	Activities’ promotion (LIGAP)	3.	Income Generating Activities	-Planned Book keeping and Finance literacy
				-Planned Income Generating Activities

So the above highlights the actionable areas within which our work for the entire year will fall.

There are six programme areas and these are:

^Ø    TB, HIV, Malaria Prevention (THIMAP)

^Ø   Protection, Security, Safety and Rights Awareness (PASSRA)

^Ø   Gender-based Violence and Prevention (GEBAVAP)

^Ø   Disability Assistance and Drug Use Rehabilitation (DADURE)

^Ø   Mental Health Promotion (MEHEP)

^Ø   Livelihood and Income Generation Activities’ promotion (LIGAP)

It is our hope that this will drive the policy, programming and planning as we implement activities; solicit for support; implement activities; and build networks.