Kenya Episcopal Conference-Catholic Secretariat (KEC-CS) was established in 1961. It is the national administrative, facilitating and coordinating arm of the Kenya Episcopal Conference (KEC). KEC-CS supports dioceses by enhancing their ability to effectively implement projects and programs at the grassroots. It draws its vision and mission from Christ's mandate: "You shall be my witnesses" (Acts 1:8).

The KEC, a faith-based institution, is the assembly of the Catholic bishops in Kenya. KEC promotes, by forms and means of apostolate suitable to the circumstances of place and time, in accordance with the law, the greater good, which the Church offers to all mankind. The authority of the KEC is vested in the ordinary and extraordinary plenary assembly. Currently there are 26 jurisdictions spread over 4 metropolitan provinces; among them 4 Archdioceses, 20 dioceses, 1 apostolic vicariate and 1 military ordinariate. KEC-CS at the national level facilitates and coordinates activities that are implemented at the lower levels of the church structure namely - dioceses, deaneries, parishes and outstations.

KEC-CS manages a number of projects supported by Catholic Relief Services, U.S. government, Caritas Internationalis members and other donors in the areas of health, HIV and AIDS, peacebuilding, education etc.

Formed in 2001 under Coast Peace Initiative and registered as a Trust in 2005 to address causes of conflict at the Coast, Coast Interfaith Council of Clerics (CICC) works with religious leaders from various faiths. Its members include the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya, the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims, the Catholic Church, the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya, the Organization of African Instituted Churches, the National Council of Churches of Kenya, the Hindu Council of Kenya and the Traditionalists.

CICC operates in coastal Kenya, which is prone to inter-faith and inter-ethnic conflicts, violence from Shabab and recently a movement for separation from Kenya. Catholic Relief Servicces supported CICC with a number of projects focused on peacebuilding and interfaith dialogue, the first one being a grant from the U.S. Institute for Peace. CRS continues to support their peacebuilding initiatives and also the implementation of an inter-faith initiative to address early marriage of girls.

Caritas Malindi, the development arm of the Diocese of Malindi, serves multi-religious and ethnic communities of Lamu, Tana Delta and Malindi districts in the coastal region of Kenya. Catholic Relief Services has been partnering with Caritas Malindi in emergency programs responding to drought and floods, peacebuilding, HIV and AIDS programming focusing on abstinence and faith-based care and support for orphans and vulnerable children. In the last five years, CRS has accompanied Caritas Malindi in microfinance programming (Savings and Internal Lending Communities), Dialogue and Action Program protecting girls using inter-faith approaches, Arid/Marginal Lands Recovery Project and Integrated Water Resource Management Program.

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