Guiding spirit:
“To promote self development of people through relationships of mutual aid and solidarity”

CIDR AT A GLANCE
Founded in 1961
It is a French international NGO, implementing 30 projects and programmes in 15 African countries.
CIDR was registered in Kenya in 2001

Main projects
Micro finance
Marketing farmers produce
Decentralization
Community Based Health Insurance scheme networks

CIDR activities
CIDR is currently working in Nyeri, Kirinyaga and Kisii districts. In the former, CIDR is promoting the implementation of community based health financing programme and networks (CBHF) through action research approach.
The ultimate goal is to establish CBHF Schemes which are institutionally, technically and financially autonomous. The schemes must respond to the different local contexts so as to validate the methodological approach which can be shared with other actors.

CIDR supports the CBHF schemes through:
Promotion
At sub location level
At the group level
Directly with households

Designing packages
Participatory design of the preferred packages, services and contributions with the CBHF scheme members.

Training/Capacity building
To the executive committees of the CBHF schemes, (Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary and Inspector)
To CBHF members including the beneficiaries
To hospital staff – medical, administrative, revenue and accounts staff
To the technical team – Local CIDR project staff members

Networking
CBHF schemes with each other in the area of intervention
With KCBHFA – Kenya Community Based Health Financing Association
With CheFA-EA – Community Health Financing Association for Eastern Africa.
With NHIF - National Hospital Insurance Fund
With other institutions that share the vision, passion and aspiration of community development, such as:
Farmers’ co-operative societies
Saccos
Self Help groups
Welfare groups
Microfinance institutions
Professional bodies
Tea and coffee factories and societies.
Coffee millers and marketers

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