Rehabilitation Psychology
ELDORET JUVENILE REMAND HOME
“Mankind Owes the Child the
Best it has to Offer”
1959 – 2nd Declaration of the Rights of the Child
Location:
The Eldoret Children’s Remand home is located on the eastern side of Eldoret town, on the Kaptagat Road, about 6 km from town near Limo Hospital in the vicinity of Kapsoya Estate. It falls under the Ministry of Gender, Youth Sports and Recreation, sits on a 5 acre land
It was constructed in 1954 during the 2nd World War by the colonialists to cater for the abandoned children who were left behind by their parents as they went to war. It has a bed capacity of 30.
It became operational as a Juvenile Remand Home after Independence – 1964, under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Currently it has a bed capacity of 60 and falls under the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation with the introduction of the new Ministry after the 2008 elections. The buildings that were built in 1954 are what they are using today, with a few additional ones.
The home gives service to eight districts in the North Rift, Kapenguria, Karbanet, Kitale, Turbo, Nandi, and Margat.
The mission, vision and objective of the Eldoret Juvenile Remand Home are as follows:
Mission
“To provide an enabling environment or proper children care”.
Vision:
“To safeguard the rights and welfare of all children in Remand, in safe custody by providing basic needs and requirements, facilitates the quick production of children to courts and proper quick re-integration back to the families”.
The Objectives/Goals:
• To ensure that all children in Kenya are safe according to the Children’s Act 2004, which states: “
• To protect children from any harm.
• The Eldoret Juvenile Remand Home serves as custodians for the court for children before the court decides what to do with them. The children cannot be kept in a police station because of their age and also to protect them from the criminals, who are in police remands.
• To rescue children in
“Mankind Owes the Child the
Best it has to Offer”
1959 – 2nd Declaration of the Rights of the Child
Location:
The Eldoret Children’s Remand home is located on the eastern side of Eldoret town, on the Kaptagat Road, about 6 km from town near Limo Hospital in the vicinity of Kapsoya Estate. It falls under the Ministry of Gender, Youth Sports and Recreation, sits on a 5 acre land
It was constructed in 1954 during the 2nd World War by the colonialists to cater for the abandoned children who were left behind by their parents as they went to war. It has a bed capacity of 30.
It became operational as a Juvenile Remand Home after Independence – 1964, under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Currently it has a bed capacity of 60 and falls under the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation with the introduction of the new Ministry after the 2008 elections. The buildings that were built in 1954 are what they are using today, with a few additional ones.
The home gives service to eight districts in the North Rift, Kapenguria, Karbanet, Kitale, Turbo, Nandi, and Margat.
The mission, vision and objective of the Eldoret Juvenile Remand Home are as follows:
Mission
“To provide an enabling environment or proper children care”.
Vision:
“To safeguard the rights and welfare of all children in Remand, in safe custody by providing basic needs and requirements, facilitates the quick production of children to courts and proper quick re-integration back to the families”.
The Objectives/Goals:
• To ensure that all children in Kenya are safe according to the Children’s Act 2004, which states: “
• To protect children from any harm.
• The Eldoret Juvenile Remand Home serves as custodians for the court for children before the court decides what to do with them. The children cannot be kept in a police station because of their age and also to protect them from the criminals, who are in police remands.
• To rescue children in