Weza Care Solutions

Weza Care Solutions Supporting charities by offering innovative solutions to care for vulnerable children

17/02/2026

For almost two years, WezaCare Solutions has walked alongside Pendekezo Letu in one of the most important shifts in child welfare, moving from institutional care to family and community-based care.

This wasn’t just a program change. It was a mindset shift.

Through ongoing capacity building, training, and mentoring, Pendekezo Letu now has:
✔ A stronger understanding of case management from identification to safe reintegration
✔ Monitoring tools that track every child’s progress
✔ Basic counseling skills for supporting children, parents, and communities
✔ Confidence to implement family-focused care that keeps children rooted in relationships and belonging

WezaCare helped them see the whole picture, not just act fast, but act wisely.

This is care reform in action.

12/02/2026

Family reunification is not just about sending a child home.

In a recent interview conducted by WezaCare, Pendekezo Letu, Programs Manager, reminded us that reunification is a legal and protective process.

✔ The Children’s Department proposes cases to the court.
✔ The Judiciary approves and monitors care.
✔ Reintegration is supervised to prevent abuse, trafficking, or unsafe returns.

Safe reunification requires oversight, accountability, and strong systems working together.

Because going home should always be safe, never rushed.

12/02/2026

How the Children’s Department and Judiciary Safeguard Family Reunification in Kenya.

“Family reunification is not just an emotional process; it is a legal and protective one,” said Pendekezo Letu, Programs Manager.

Many people don’t realize the critical role the Children’s Department and the Judiciary play in ensuring children are safe both in alternative care and during reintegration.

Here’s how it works:

✔ The Children’s Department proposes to the court when a child needs legal commitment into care.
✔ The Judiciary reviews and either approves or rejects that commitment.
✔ Once approved, the court monitors the child’s standards of care while in the facility.
✔ During reintegration, authorities ensure the child is not returned to abuse, exploitation, or unsafe environments.
✔ Safeguards are put in place to prevent trafficking and unauthorized custody.

Reintegration is not guesswork.
It is structured.
It is supervised.
It is child-protection driven.

Because every child deserves not just a home, but a safe home.

11/02/2026

The Hardest Part of Transitioning? Losing Who We Thought We Were.

"Looking back, the biggest challenge in shifting from residential care to family and community-based care wasn’t funding. It wasn’t systems. It wasn’t policy. It was identity.

For years, having an institution was our signature intervention. It defined who we were. It was how we protected children. So when the shift began, we had to ask ourselves a difficult question:

Who do we become after the shift to family and community-based care?

That internal shift was heavy, and externally, it wasn’t easy either.

Many community members believed that children are safer in institutions than at home. Changing that mindset required deep conversations, training, and a complete paradigm shift for parents and communities.

But here’s what we came to understand:

The best place for a child is not an institution.
The best place for a child is home, supported, strengthened, and surrounded by community.

Care reform is not just structural. It is emotional. It is cultural. It is transformational and worth it."

09/02/2026

For decades, institutional care was seen as the safest option for vulnerable children.
But experience and evidence have taught us otherwise.

As Pendekezo Letu transitioned to family and community-based care, it required significant structural and operational shifts:

• Retraining staff in case management and reintegration
• Strengthening family systems and tracing networks
• Piloting community-based models before scaling
• Deep engagement with communities to shift long-held mindsets

One key realization stood out: communities are not just beneficiaries, they are custodians of their children.

Sustainable care reform is not rushed. It is built through learning, capacity building, and trust with families and communities. When systems are strengthened and ownership is shared, reintegration becomes safer, more dignified, and lasting.

This journey reflects what meaningful child welfare reform in Africa looks like: locally driven, community-rooted, and child-centered.

How can organizations better partner with communities to protect children while keeping families at the center?

06/02/2026

From Institutional Care to Family and Community - Based Care: What Had to Change

Shifting from institutional care to family- and community-based care required more than a change in approach; it required a shift in skills.

Staff were retrained in case management, family strengthening, reintegration, and family tracing. A pilot phase helped test and refine the model before scaling it with confidence.

Just as important was rethinking how to work with communities, recognizing them as the true custodians of their children and deeply engaging them to understand why children belong in families.

This is what operational change in care reform really looks like.


04/02/2026

This week, we continue highlighting the journey of our partner, Pendekezo Letu.

In this clip, Director Esther Mwangi shares how growing up in a loving family shaped her commitment to child welfare. When children are understood at home, they carry that strength into the world.

That’s why Pendekezo Letu works to ensure every child, even those disconnected from their nuclear families, can experience a sense of family, whether through kin, neighbors, or community care.

At WezaCare Solutions, we’re proud to support this journey as programs align with national care reform guidelines and strengthen family-based care across Kenya.


04/02/2026

As part of our ongoing partnership with Pendekezo Letu, this week, we continue sharing stories that shape child welfare and care reform in Kenya.

In this clip, Director Esther Mwangi reflects on growing up in a loving, protective family — and how that experience shaped her lifelong commitment to ensuring every child has access to safety, comfort, and belonging.

Her work reminds us that even when children are disconnected from their nuclear families, they still need a family environment, whether through kinship care, neighbors, or community-based support. Because when children miss out on family, they miss out on something essential.

At WezaCare Solutions, we are proud to support Pendekezo Letu as they align their programs with national care reform guidelines, strengthening family and community-based care models that keep children where they belong.

This is what resilient, child-centered care looks like.

02/02/2026

Late last year, WezaCare Solutions partnered with Pendekezo Letu to document a journey rooted in resilience, learning, and transformation in child welfare.

Founded in 1997, Pendekezo Letu began by responding to a critical need: children, especially girls, living away from their families and on the streets. Over time, their work expanded to include boys, families, and the wider community, always guided by one principle: serving the best interests of the child.

As Esther Mwangi, Director of Pendekezo Letu, shares, based on over 14 years of experience working in Nairobi’s informal settlements, children don’t leave home because of poverty alone. Family dysfunction, driven by lack of good parenting, substance abuse, and domestic violence, is often the root cause.

Through our partnership, WezaCare Solutions has walked alongside Pendekezo Letu to support program shifts aligned with Kenya’s national care reform guidelines, strengthening family-based care and ensuring children grow up in safe, loving, and supportive environments.

This week, we celebrate their journey, where they’ve come from, the impact they continue to make, and the future they’re building for children and families.

02/02/2026

Late last year, WezaCare Solutions partnered with Pendekezo Letu to document a journey rooted in resilience, learning, and transformation in child welfare.

Founded in 1997, Pendekezo Letu began by responding to a critical need: children, especially girls, living away from their families and on the streets. Over time, their work expanded to include boys, families, and the wider community, always guided by one principle: serving the best interests of the child.

As Esther Mwangi, Director of Pendekezo Letu, shares, based on over 14 years of experience working in Nairobi’s informal settlements, children don’t leave home because of poverty alone. Family dysfunction, driven by lack of good parenting, substance abuse, and domestic violence, is often the root cause.

Through our partnership, WezaCare Solutions has walked alongside Pendekezo Letu to support program shifts aligned with Kenya’s national care reform guidelines, strengthening family-based care and ensuring children grow up in safe, loving, and supportive environments.

This week, we celebrate their journey, where they’ve come from, the impact they continue to make, and the future they’re building for children and families.

@

Address

Mega City Mezzanine Floor, Off Nairobi/Nakuru Highway
Kisumu
51716-00200

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00

Telephone

+254114922016

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Weza Care Solutions posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to Weza Care Solutions:

Shortcuts

Share

Category