Is there is a child working in your home cooking, cleaning, fetching water, caring for your children? Many households in Kenya employ young domestic workers without fully realising what that choice costs a child. But this Friday, 12 June, is the World Day Against Child Labour and it is a moment to pause and ask an honest question: How old is the person working in your home? In Kenya, 300,000 children are working instead of learning. A significant number of them are behind the closed doors of private homes doing work that keeps them out of classrooms, away from childhoods they will never get back. "Child domestic work is not just a poverty issue. It is a child protection and human rights crisis one we can end, together." This year's theme says it clearly: "Red card to child labour: Fair play for children, decent work for adults." Fair play means adults doing adult work with fair wages, dignity, and contracts. It means children going to school, not replacing adult labour because it is cheaper or more convenient. You have the power to be part of the solution: ✅ Employ adults and pay them a fair, living wage ✅ If a child is already in your home, support them back into school ✅ If you know of a child at risk, call our toll-free line: 0800 721 402 ✅ If you lead a business or corporate partner with us to make workplaces and supply chains child-labour free Change does not always start with governments or policies. Sometimes it starts with a decision made inside a home or a boardroom. This Friday, show the red card. 🟥 ICS-SP — Investing in Children and their Societies since 1994. 🔗 icsafrica-sp.org #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour #RedCardToChildLabour #NotInvisibleAnymore #ICSSP #EndChildLabour #ChildDomesticWork #FairPlay #Kenya

There was a time when play was simply part of growing up. Children climbed trees, invented games in dusty courtyards, told stories under moonlight, and made sense of the world through imagination. Communities intuitively understood that a child at play was thriving. Then the world changed. Urbanization. Conflict. Poverty. Pressure to grow up faster. The spaces for play quietly shrank and with them, a piece of childhood itself. "Play is a sign that children feel safe and nurtured and loved. They feel somewhat that they can be children even in the midst of great difficulty." — Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director The world observes the International Day of Play, first marked on 11 June 2024 as a significant milestone in global efforts to preserve, promote, and prioritize play for all people, especially children. Because play is far more than recreation. It is a universal language, spoken across every culture, every border, every socioeconomic divide. And for children in particular, it is essential: 🧠 It builds cognitive, creative, and problem-solving skills 💛 It fosters resilience and emotional regulation 🤝 It strengthens relationships and social bonds 🌱 It helps children overcome trauma and reclaim joy 📚 In the classroom, play-based learning makes knowledge stick Restricting play is not a neutral act it directly impedes a child's well-being and development. At Investing in Children and their Societies (ICS SP), our Early Childhood Development work is built on the conviction that play is not a reward. It is a right. We work with parents, caregivers, schools, and communities to integrate play into everyday life because children who are given the freedom to play grow into resilient, creative, and capable adults. This Friday, we invite you to celebrate with us. Let a child play without a schedule. Share this post. And stand with every child's right to be a child. 🌍 ICS-SP Investing in Children and their Societies since 1994. 🔗 lnkd.in/d7HpQHFe #InternationalDayOfPlay #EveryChildDeservesToPlay #ICSSP #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment #PlayBasedLearning #ChildRights #LetChildrenPla

Who protected you when you were a child? 💭 Every child deserves that answer to be: "Many people. The system worked." Child protection isn't rescuing children from danger, it's building a world where danger can't reach them in the first place. 1. It's invisible in the parent who learned to communicate without hitting. 2. It's invisible in the teacher who noticed and knew who to call. 3. It's invisible in the community that caught a struggling family before they broke. 4. It's invisible in the policy that closed loopholes before children fell through. In 2025, across Kenya 🇰🇪, Tanzania 🇹🇿, and Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮, we #ICSSP strengthened systems that keeps children safe: ✅ Trained parents in positive discipline ✅ Connected families to vital services ✅ Built community support networks ✅ Equipped child protection officers ✅ Strengthened protective laws and policies #ChildProtection #SystemsChange #ProtectChildren #SafeChildhood #PositiveParenting #Kenya #Tanzania #CotedIvoire #ICSSP #ImpactThatMatters #ChildRights What matters MOST in protecting children? 👥 Strong communities 📋 Good laws & policies

We are building a strong foundation for sustainable impact. Together we are strengthening families, enhancing child protection, and promoting long-term positive change. #SkillfulParenting #GTSP #CapacityBuilding #EmpoweredCommunities #InvestInChildren #ICSSP #GenderTransformative

#ICSSP continues to lead the way in championing child protection initiatives and policy advocacy. Proud to stand alongside dedicated partners in bringing the Busia County Children’s Policy to life! Learn more 👇 facebook.com/share/p/16Df7i7… #ForEveryChild #WeMustAct

For 30 years, #ICSSP has led child protection efforts, strengthening families & uplifting communities. We work with partners to eliminate child labor, enhance education, & drive economic empowerment ensuring every child thrives in a safe, supportive environment. #ChildProtection

📚#Education | #ACS2025KenyaPreSummit #Kenyan children are calling for an #educationrevolution - where every lesson fuels #creativity and every classroom equips them for a #digitalfuture. ✨ @tdhnl_africa @PlanKenya @planinternatio2 @GirlUp @KenyaGirlGuides @ICSSP @save_children @SaveChildren_KE @ArigatouGeneva @WorldVisionKE @hope2shine #FutureReady #EducationRevolution #SeenHeardandEngagedinEducation #ACS2025KenyaPreSummit #MakingChildrenVisible

🌍📢 Join Us for a Crucial Webinar on Parenting & Violence Prevention! Hear from @BeatriceOgutu ED #ICSSP & experts from @Prevent_Collab & @rwamrec on integrating violence prevention & gender equality into parenting programs. 📍Online | Register here: lnkd.in/eFkd8yW8

#ICSSP participated in the launch of the Kakamega County Sexual & Gender-Based Violence Control & Management Act, 2024. Hon. Ayub Savula, Deputy Governor, officially presented us with the Kenya Gazette Supplement. Together, we champion #SGBV prevention! #KakamegaCounty

For over 30 years, we #ICSSP has been dedicated to creating #safe and #nurturing environments where #children can thrive and reach their full #developmental potential. We envision a world where every child grows up in a supportive environment that enables them to thrive.

#ICSSP is a co-creator and implementer of solutions that address violence, poverty, and inequality in low resource settings in #Kenya and #Tanzania for over 30yrs. These solutions have expanded enabling environments where children, women and families thrive and live-in dignity.

*ICSSP अंतर्राष्ट्रीय पिस्टल शूटिंग प्रतियोगिता श्रीलंका में शूटिंग चैंपियनशिप में भारत के इंटरनेशनल खिलाड़ी अयोध्या बड़े भाई माननीय @DeveshkumarKum4 जी ने एक गोल्ड एक सिल्वर मेडल जीत कर भारत के साथ-साथ अपने बहुजन समाज और अयोध्या जिले का नाम रोशन किया@BhimArmyChief @ASP4UP

#ICSSP focuses on protecting children and women from violence by eliminating all forms of child labour, promoting early #childhooddevelopment and #education, strengthening #healthsystems, supporting #family and #communitybasedcare, and enhancing household economic stability.

Promoting access to menstrual products like reusable pads is vital in tackling poverty in our community. Sigalame Safe Space is committed to ensuring every girl has what she needs for her menstrual health. #EndPeriodPoverty #WorldMenstrualHygieneDay #MenstrualEquity #icssp

Empowering the future! Adolescent girls and young women from Sigalame Safe Space, Samia Sub County in Busia County, gathered to discuss #WorldMenstrualHygieneDay. Breaking the stigma and promoting menstrual health education. #MenstrualHygiene #EmpowerHer #icssp

Open conversations about menstruation help dispel myths and break down taboos. Let's create a supportive environment for adolescent girls and young women in Busia County to talk freely and confidently about their health. #EndPeriodStigma #EmpowerHer #icssp

Not Invisible Anymore #NIA Communication Strategy Workshop, hosted by @BusaraCenter, and Creatives for Social Impact (CSI). #icssp #childdomesticwork

Through involving government in pilot projects, documentation of best practices, capacity building trainings, conferences, and learning forums #ICSSP has fueled support for the realization of the rights of #children and their families and #communities at multiple levels.

Influencing policy and its outcomes requires the generation and use of #evidence to influence and create change. Over the years #ICSSP has been able to generate evidence and distil lessons from practice, available studies and the broader academic and policy literature.

Joined the PC of #ICSSP 2024 (International Conference on Software and Systems Process), Munich, Germany, Sep 4-6, collocated with Euro-SPI. Submission due date is Mar 22. Consider your submission and participation! icssp2024.events.isspa-proce…