For more than 10 years Gold Star Kenya has implemented programs that have catalysed positive social change and fostered sustainable development across communities in Kenya. Since inception, Gold Star Kenya has remained steadfast in its commitment to empowering individuals and transforming behaviours to create lasting impact.

With a focus on social and behavioural change, we strive to address pressing challenges, promote health and well-being, and drive progress at both the individual and community levels.

Through collaboration, partnership, and evidence-based strategies we actively engage with communities, local leaders, government agencies, and other stakeholders to co-create solutions that are contextually relevant, inspire behavioural change and promote health-seeking behaviours, and drive positive change across diverse sectors. 

Program Intervention Areas

  • FP/Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health (RMNCAH)
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Health System Strengthening
  • Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease Prevention
  • Nutritional health
  • Water Sanitation and Hygene (WaSH)
  • HIV/AIDS prevention care and treatment
  • Community Health
  • Policy development and Community Advocacy

Gold Star Kenya SBC models

  1. Binti Shujaa Model
  2. Community champions model

GS Kenya SBC Strategies

  • Community engagement
  • Community mobilization through NGAOs
  • Male engagements
  • Implementation of Community Scorecards
  • Youth-led outreaches and in-reaches
  • U=U, Viral load Suppression
  • HIV Testing Services (HTS)
  • Youth Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) sessions
  • Capacity building of health workers

Gold Star Kenya SBC Experience

Over the years Gold Star Kenya has collaborated with diverse partners both in public and private sectors to promote adoption of healthy behaviours and improve uptake of health services.

Flagship Projects

  • USAID Tujenge Jamii (2021-2026)
  • COVID-19 Response (2022-2023)
  • Afya Uzazi Salama (2020-2023)
  • Children Living with Diabetes (2022-2023)
  • USAID Afya Uzazi (2016-2021)

Achievements

FP/Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health

  • 240 Binti shujaas trained
  • 213 Binti Shujaas groups supported
  • 3153 teens pregnant and mothers with babies under 2 years reached with maternal and newborn care interventions
  • 319 pregnant teens reached with maternal and newborn care interventions
  • 2686 pregnant teens received skilled birth attendance
  • 2054 teen mothers introduced on modern family planning methods
  • 539 teen mothers supported and returned to school
  • 58,421+ 35,000 children under 1 year fully immunized
  • 94,390 + 40302 + women received at least 4 ANC visits during the latest pregnancy
  • 141,552 + 16055 pregnant women receiving skilled birth attendance
  • 224,151 clients received FP methods
  • Trained 2,119 public and private sector health care workers on long acting and permanent methods of family planning

HIV/AIDS/TB Prevention

  • 804,747 people received HIV testing services and received their test results
  • 16,597 adults and children newly enrolled on antiretroviral therapy
  • clients on HIV care and treatment screened for TB.
  • 14,027 women living with HIV on ART screened for cervical cancer
  • 25,854 populations reached at least once with HIV prevention interventions

 

Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease Prevention

  • 50,000 community members in Garissa County creating awareness on diabetes.
  • Over 2,000 children screened.
  • Over 429 receiving free medication
  • 100,000 community members vaccinated against Covid 19

Health and Nutrition

  • 264,368 children under five reached by nutrition-specific interventions
  • 162,613 women received iron and folic acid supplementation and were counselled on maternal and child nutrition

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