Purpose of the partnership
Our primary goal is to enable and create positive, sustainable changes in the lives of children who are living alone and at risk on the streets and rescue vulnerable groups so they can access health and HIV/ AIDS services and nutrition , as well as supporting vulnerable families with low income.
Working with organisations in Dodoma who assist children on the street, is an important priority for Railway Children and the city is included as a target area in the USAID funded Kizazi Kipya programme. KISEDET is a key organisation in Dodoma that responds to the needs of children on the streets, and as part of the Kizazi Kipya programme, has been receiving support from RCA in the development of effective practice for CLWS. The organisation is currently developing unique methods in intensive child and family work that is set to improve the quality of the work significantly. These approaches can be utilized throughout the RCA programme and potentially beyond and as such Railway Children Africa is committed to continue to provide funding and capacity-building assistance to KISEDET.
Railway Children Africa Partnership Agreement
The core missions of both Railway Children and KISEDET, are in line with each other, and the provision of such assistance by Railway Children will therefore further advance the core missions of both organisations. As a result of the success in securing a key role in the Kizazi Kipya programme, and the success of our previous DFID funded programmes in Tanzania, Railway Children has been successful in securing a DFID grant that will enable us to strengthen the depth and quality of work provided for CLWS in the six cities across Tanzania already included in Kizazi Kipya. In addition, a number of national level initiatives to change the situation for CLWS will be delivered by RCA with support from local partners. The activities that we agree KISEDET will be involved in are listed in this agreement.
This agreement outlines the nature of the relationship between Railway Children and KISEDET under the Kizazi Kipya programme and the DFID AID DIRECT project as well as our obligations to each other in the delivery of the project ‘Advocating for the Implementation of the UN General Comment to change lives of Tanzanian Street Children’.
The DFID grant which was referred to above is a three-year programme which started in April 2018 through March 2021. By signing this agreement, KISEDET and Railway Children are both committed to adhere to all of the clauses herein and to meet the objectives and targets outlined in the current work plans under Kizazi Kipya and to have an agreed work plan, which was developed in February 2019, to incorporate new activities under the DFID grant.
While the attached objectives outline the targets that this partnership contributes for the entire grant period each year, this agreement will specify activities, targets and budgets for the second year of the project, which will be renewed each year.