Child Welfare Society of Kenya (CWSK) is the oldest children’s organization in Kenya. Founded in 1950, the Society has been in the forefront of providing direct services to children and families in distress for a half a century.

CWSK has a national network of 36 branches with 27 being active. It also runs 10 temporary places of safety for rescued children in some of the branches.

The Society relies on the support of sponsors and the community in order to continue its important work of promoting the rights and protecting children in this country.

The Society relies on the support of sponsors and the community in order to continue its important work of promoting the rights of the children and protecting them.

CWSK works for different categories of children that include:

• The orphaned, the homeless, and the abused. Other children that the organization cares about are: the abandoned, neglected, and destitute children.

• It also empowers children and families on matters of their rights.
• It works to ensure that children live with their families and communities, by promoting foster care and guardianship.
• It trains the youth on life skills to enable them cope with different social problems.
• It facilitates education for children and youth from early childhood to university.
• It continuously works to withdraw and reintegrate children from various forms off abuse like child labour, sexual exploitation among others
• It offers pregnancy crisis services to distraught pregnant women and girls
• CWSK is the official representative of ISS in Kenya .

CWSK is a member of the following:

•  National steering committee on child labour and orphans and vulnerable children (OVC)

•  Child line

•  Kenya Alliance and Advancement on Rights of the Child (KAARC)

•  Eliminate child prostitution in Kenya ( ECPIK)

•  Internationally, CWSK is the official representative of International Social Services (ISS) in Kenya .