
Family Reunification Leaders Workshop
CHANGING OUR MODELS OF CARE IN A CHANGING WORLD
Nairobi, Kenya | August 19-23, 2019

Empowering you to reunite children

Safely
Develop a child-centered approach for safe and effective family reunification with proven tools and training

Successfully
Learn from experienced mentors and coaches and gain knowledge, skills, and tools to increase your impact and funding

Sustainably
Get started right away with an implementation plan and toolkit to build a program that will grow and scale over time
By practitioners, for practitioners.
Workshop Leaders

Hellen Achieng
Senior Consultant
Agape Children’s Ministry
Bio
Hellen managed our startup of Agape Girls ministry and later served as the counselling manager and pioneered Agape’s trauma counselling program. Today she serves as a Sr. Consultant to bring trauma counselling and trauma informed care practices to emerging Agape Network Partners throughout Kenya.

Jonathan Dowell
Director of Expansion
Agape Children’s Ministry
Bio

Winfred Otieno
Senior Consultant
Agape Children’s Ministry
Bio
Winfred serves as a Sr. Consultant with Agape Model Solutions. Winfred has served as a teacher and manager in almost every department on campus and has intimate knowledge of how the Agape Model works on the ground. She has served in our Kisumu campus and then moved to the Kitale Campus to help with the startup of Agape Kitale as key mentor and leader. Now she leads a team of consultants to train, build and equip other organizations in the Agape Model.

chris page
Kenya Field Director
Agape Children’s Ministry
Bio
And
Special Guests

Francis chan
Author of Crazy Love
Pastor, Teacher & Bestselling Author
Bio
Francis was founding pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California. In 2010, he left Cornerstone to work directly in mission with the poor locally and internationally. He is also Founder and Chancellor of Eternity Bible College, and Board member of Children’s Hunger Fund and World Impact. Francis’s books Crazy Love and Forgotten God were immediate bestsellers, with Francis giving all Crazy Love author royalties to the Isaiah 58 Fund.

Peter Muthui
Child in Family Focus
Director – Administration
Bio
Peter serves as a consultant at the orphanage he grew up in and is a member of the Kenya Society of Care Leavers advisory team. He is a founding partner and Director at Child in Family Focus – Kenya; a nonprofit organization that champions family based care for orphaned and vulnerable children through care reform. This includes advocacy, de-institutionalization and monitoring of governance in child care and protection matters in the country.

Workshop
Schedule
Workshop
Schedule

day 1
- Introduction to the Agape Model
- Evidence supporting family reunification
- Dinner and mentor assigned
day 2
- Trauma Informed Care Training
- Simulated Case Study
day 3
- The family reunification process indegenerique.be
- Rotating Round Table work sessions
- Build your own model
day 4
- Building a staffing plan
- Family Reunification Toolkit
- Developing a donor retention and growth strategy
- Helping the child’s family with needs without enabling
day 5
- Final Conversion Plan review with mentor
- Graduation

Register Today!
This five day workshop has been generously provided by a collaborative network of leaders behind the 1MILLIONHOME campaign.
Please note that seating is limited and will be reserved for leaders and decision makers of organizations. Workshop details, including venue and recommended lodging, will be sent to registered participants. We look forward to seeing you there!

