FAQ

FAQ

FAQ

General Question

Section 3 Unit of Community Health Promoters was formed in 2009 by 40 female and male Community Health Workers from Nairobi City County in Kenya. The nonprofit organization was formed so as to champion for the struggle for recognition and remuneration of Community Health Workers’ frontline role in promotion of Primary Health Care in Kenya.

    Before legal registration, the organization worked under the health program at Kamukunji Paralegal Network (KAPLET) from 2014 until 28th March 2023 when Section 3 Unit of Community Health Promoters was legally registered in Kenya as a Community Based Organization by the Directorate of Social Development pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Community Groups Registration Act No.30 of 2022. Certificate Registration No. HUD.GPO/KAM/CBO/03/2023/001.

    It was not making much sense to us as the frontline workers to make frequent referrals of patients for medical treatments in health institutions and then after undergoing treatment, these patients were subjected back to same conditions to get re-infected and then referred back to hospitals again and again. This is the reason why we opted to address social determinants of ill health. To us, health means “a state of physical, mental and social well being – and not necessarily the absence of disease or infirmity” as defined in the Preamble of the WHO Constitution. Therefore, every organization is a health organization and every ministry is a health ministry from a broader perspective. In order to promote health, a human rights-based approach is required in developing the capacities of ‘duty- bearers and ‘rights- holders’.

To secure social and political will for equitable and sustainable financing for immunization and primary health care.

To carry out advocacy for greater domestic resource mobilization and increased accountability for results in reaching zero-dose children and increasing immunization coverage (including of newly introduced vaccines).

Through careful and strategic planning, source training opportunities to build the capacity of members and equip them with skills of transformation in social and economic services for the community.

To provide a conducive environment that will be utilized to foster effective social, economicand security change.

Through effective organization and participation in community and public activities raise the profile of Section 3 Unit CBO.

To facilitate activities including reward systems that will celebrate successes in the community to encourage optimism, build and increase self-esteem, highlight positivity and increased hope in the society.

Through fundraising, boost and uplift income generating activities that will help build and raise the standards of members of S3Unit CBO.

 To reduce radicalization in youth / women through building and promoting peace

Any person from age of 18 years, provided that he/she can render voluntary services to promote health standard of fellow community members, shall be eligible for the membership of the group.

  1. To recruit new members and make the group popular.
  2. To initiate and develop relevant and practical programs for the benefit of members and the group.
  3. To develop actions to ensure the group achieves its objectives.
  4. To acquire, hold, use and dispose property only for the benefit of the group.
  5. To create a platform/forum to help members resolve disputes among themselves, officials and all concerned.
  6. To network with government departments, organizations, groups, individuals with similar objectives to benefit the group.
  7. To be democratic, transparent and accountable in all transactions and decision undertaken by the group.
  8. To train members and officials to acquire more knowledge on matters pertaining to any activities undertaken by the group for the benefit of the group.
  9. To keep proper records and books of account and open them for inspection to members and other authorized person(s).
  10. To prepare and present annual returns to members and authorized persons.
  11. To create forum and mechanism to ensure that the group achieve its objectives

Open Hours

9 AM – 5 PM

Area Of Operation

Nairobi County, Kamukunji Sub-County, California location

Our Motive is Helping the community around Kamukunji area Nairobi County

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