Malezi Na Kilimo Bora - Skilful Parenting and Agribusiness Child Abuse Prevention Study

Skilful Parenting is a 2-week group-based parenting intervention delivered by Investing in Children and Our Societies to caregivers who are members of farmer groups in participating villages. It reinforces positive parenting practices, empowering parents to address the challenges that they face in bringing up their children. The intervention helps create parent peer groups to share ideas, support, information, and resources in the community. The intervention involves weekly sessions with farmer groups, awareness raising amongst local authorities and communities, and the establishment of parent peer groups. Topics consist of the following issues related to parenting: roles and responsibilities; family relations; communication; values; positive discipline; child protection; and family budgeting.

Agrics provides smallholder farmers, organized in farmer groups, with access to farm inputs on a credit basis, and agricultural extension and advisory services to improve farming techniques and improve market connections. These services include an intensive intervention during planting season and then ongoing support after the initial 3-month intervention.