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Strategic Area: Goal 1 - Grassroots movement, Goal 2 - Leadership and Governance
Citizen Hearing Report
GROOTS Kenya implemented the Citizen Hearing Report project with the aim of promoting the monitoring and review of SDG implementation through citizen-generated data. The objective of this project was to use the data collected on the status of women and youth to monitor and measure progress of their involvement in SDG implementation.
Project Activities
GROOTS Kenya youth champions from Mathare, Mwiki and Rombo collected data on six SDGs specifically geared around women and youth:
- SDG 1: No Poverty
- SDG 4: Quality education
- SDG 5: Gender Equality
- SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth
- SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
- SDG 16: Peace Justice and strong Institutions
GROOTs Kenya champions used the opportunity to interact and share their views with different members of the Parliament sharing their experience and understanding of SDGs at the grassroots. Gaps were discussed that were to be addressed at the grassroots level.
The findings were then shared with the youth and gender policymakers from the Counties concerned where they committed to use the findings for planning
Donor: AFRICAN MONITOR TRUST
Participants: Women and youth from Mabatini ward in Nairobi County, Mwiki ward in Kiambu County and Rombo ward in Kajiado County.
Achievements
To successfully and efficiently collect data, GROOTS Kenya trained grassroots women in the use of Open Data Kit software for mobile phones. With this easy-to-use mobile tool, the data from the grassroots women’s household questionnaire are directly transferred to a central database. Through the use of their community-generated data and evidence, the grassroots women champions were been able to engage policymakers and local authorities and have collectively influenced county budgets (alongside other key stakeholders).
GROOTS Kenya’s community-generated data can helped analyze the implementation of various policies meant to positively impact the lives of girls and women. For example, national data showed that many people in Kenya had been registered for health cards that give them access to state-subsidized healthcare under the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). However, through oral reports provided during their community research, GROOTS Kenya found that people in the counties they studied were unable to afford the minimum fee to be able to benefit from the health card.
