Our Vision

A just, socially and economically empowered society where every person has access to descent livelihood

Our Mission

To contribute to the socio-economic empowerment of street children, vulnerable youth and marginalized poor urban and rural communities through lobbying, advocacy, capacity building access.

Our Core Values

• Solidarity with poor and marginalized communities

• Integrity, Honest, Accountability and Transparency

• Courage and Conviction

• Commitment to serve the interest of children and Youth

• Teamwork, Commitment and Professionalism

• Active and meaningful participation of children, the youth and the target communities in what we do

• Fairness, Justice and Equity in our society.

Council

This is the supreme governing body of Undugu society of Kenya as defined and stipulated in the society’s constitution. It is the supreme decision making organ of the society and comprises of the Patron, Board of Directors, Trustees, Management Committee, Representative of Undugu Friends Circle and Representative of Community members from the USK program areas.

The council elects the Board of Directors, Board of Trustees and appoints USK auditors.

Trustees

The Board of Trustees is entrusted with control of all USK immovable assets especially buildings, land and staff pension fund

USK Board

Refers to Undugu Society of Kenya Board of Directors as stipulated in the society’s constitution. We have 10 boards of directors with multi disciplinary skills for policy formulation and advisory roles to the management.

Executive Management

Constitutes the Executive Director and all the heads of the department.

Management Committee

Constitutes the Executive Management team, Program Managers/ coordinators and unit heads (program accountant, communications, lobbying and advocacy, manager and program technical support manager i.e. representatives of USK core units).

The team oversees implementation of plans, monitors progress and generates progress reports whose information is used for programming and decision making.

Networking and Collaboration

USK recognizes that, at community, national and international levels, organizations have far more influence when they are in concert. We facilitate network building, partnerships, collaborations and participation in appropriate networks at all levels. This enables,

1. The organization to learn from others, to share its own experience, to identify potential partner organizations and to pursue common advocacy agenda.

2. Include sector interest networks, geographical area networks, development issues network and networks of organizations with similar characteristics.

3. Be on large or small scale, and exist for a wide range of purposes or for a specific and focused capacity building initiatives.

4. Be able to link community groups to other service providers such as the government departments and other NGO’s and development organizations

Membership Network

• Members of International Federation of Alternative Trade (IFAT)

• Member of Consortium for street child- Global members for Africa

• Member of Social Development Network

• Member of KAARC-NGO CRC Committee

• Member of National Advisory Committee of Non Formal Education

• Member of National Steering Committee on Child Labor (among the 3 NGO gazetted Members)

• Winner of 2007 Utetezi Civil Society Award by Kenya Human Rights Commission

Executive Director

CELINA OGUTU

Work Experience

Ms. Ogutu’s previous work experience spans over 19 years in the areas of grants management, project administration and program management. This experience has been acquired in reputable international NGOs such as Pathfinder International, the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Hope for African Children Initiative (HACI), GOAL Ireland and Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA).  She has worked in several capacities, including Project Director, Program me Manager, Grants Manager and Project Administrator, running projects in various program me areas, among them, HIV and AIDS, OVC, Reproductive Health and Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health. These were programs funded by various internationals donors such as USAID/PEPFAR, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, SIDA and the Governments of Netherlands and Ireland.

Education

Ms. Ogutu holds a Master of Arts Degree in Rural Sociology and Community Development obtained at the Nairobi University. Her bachelor’s degree is in Education with majors in French and Business Education.

She has attended several workshops, seminars and short courses on program management, financial management and project administration, facilitated by internal as well as external trainers