Since 1994, RODI has partnered with the Kenya Prisons Service in rehabilitation of prisoners in 35 prisons in Kenya. We use a Restorative Prisoner Rehabilitation Approach, which targets the prisoner, the community and the victim(s) to enhance reintegration and reduce the rate of re-offending. In 2004,RODI organized an international workshop called Restorative Justice: Good Prisoner …
Climate change continues to be a global phenomena with devastating effects to community livelihood. The current weather changes have adversely affected farming communities, leading to food and income insecurity due to associated climate hazards and risks. Resources Oriented Development initiatives (RODI) sincerely acknowledges the participatory approach undertaken during Participatory Assessment on Disaster and Climate …
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Over the last 3 years, RODI has been actively involved in mass tree and growing in 5 counties: Kiambu, Nyandarua, Machakos, Nyeri and Laikipia in Kenya with support by ECOSIA, a search engine that plants trees, through GLS Future Foundation for Development. The initiative aims at contributing to global reforestation efforts, restoring lost forests, repairing …
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In 2022, RODI conduted an organisational development to establish the milestones in organisational growth as well as identify areas of organizational development and capacity-building. The assessment employed a cross-sectional study design composed of in-depth interviews, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), and documents review. The primary data collection targeted RODI Kenya management and staff. The secondary data, …
The initiative is being implemented by Resources Oriented Development Initiatives (RODI) Kenya, through technical and financial support from Global Fund for community Foundations (GFCF). The intervention is based on the lessons learned during RODI resource mobilisation efforts for human rights work and the need to engage local communities to take part in designing and exercising …
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Since 1994, RODI has been supporting ex-offenders in their community reintegration and Aftercare with support from Tudor Trust GLS Future Foundation for Development and Bread for the World. The process involves follow up of trained prisoners upon release and working with them and their home communities to provide technical backstopping during the reintegration and after-care …
Since 2011, RODI has been in the front-line line in legal aid delivery and promotion of human rights for indigent and vulnerable persons within the Kenya Criminal Justice System with technical and financial support from the Open Society Foundation and Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The legal aid delivery involves conducting legal aid clinics and and …
The initiative is being implemented by Resources Oriented Development Initiatives In Nairobi and Kiambu Counties under the Kenya innovation challenge fund with financial support from Global fund through Amref Health Africa in Kenya. The innovation “EXPANDING TB SCREENING IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS TO INCLUDE: DETAINEES IN POLICE CELLS; REPORTEES; POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES” aims at …
The Groups Savings and Loaning Association initiative is a continuation of the table banking project RODI is implementing in 3 counties: Muranga, Nyandarua and Kiambu targeting 48 community groups. The project aims at strengthening the capacity of communities members and shifting the saving and loaning power to them, and by so doing, helping the, to …
The initiative is currently being implement in Kiambu and Muranga County with technical and Financial support from Tudor Trust through a consortium of 4 organisations implementing agro-ecology with small holder farmers. The project implementing partners are Resources Oriented Development Initiatives (RODI) as the lead partner in collaboration with, Youth Action for Rural Development (YARD), Organic …
