Agriculture Extension Officer Job in Kenya
Homa Hills Community Development Organization (HHCDO) was founded in 1980 by the Redd Barna (Norwegian for Save the Children ) as an Agricultural and Technical Training Centre. It is situated at the Western Shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya.
In 1999 the Redd Barna phased out, though the organization had previously been registered as an NGO in 1994. The organization therefore had to seek for various donors to support its activities within the center and the local community.
At the centre, there are agricultural demonstration plots as well as commercial units for poultry, dairy, horticulture and fish farming. We also run a low cost health centre as well as a Youth Polytechnic.
HHCDO supports direct poverty reduction programs in partnership with various donors namely Action Aid International, Kenya (AAIK), Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Stitching foundation for Homa Hills. The main areas include
* Education (construction of classrooms, levies/bursary, vocational fees, teacher and committee trainings)
* Health, HIV & AIDS (health center, VCT services, ART, medication support for HIV/AIDS patients, vaccinations, mobile toilets)
* Food Security ( Food rations and Seed support, Demonstrations, Bulking and Training, Dairy goats)
* Environment (Advocacy, Awareness and Afforestration)
* Women's Rights and Civil Society Empowerment (Group strengthening/governance, support to women's rights groups in politics, households and community, legal support to women and girls)
* Savings and Credit-Microfinance (Savings to spur growth of small business owned by women for household economic security)
Strategy