Membership
NORCCAPA brings organisations together so collaboration replaces isolation. Membership is for organisations — not individuals — committed to children’s care, protection and wellbeing.
Who can join?
Grounded in how child-rights associations typically define membership. Exact criteria, types and fees will be confirmed with NORCCAPA before launch.
Members do the frontline work. The association connects and strengthens them.
Why join?
Sit at shared tables with peer organisations — clearer referrals, less duplication, stronger joint action.
Access learning, peer exchange and practical tools that raise the quality of work with children.
Stay close to sector updates, resources and opportunities moving through the network.
Contribute to a shared voice grounded in member evidence — not one organisation speaking alone.
Join workshops, coordination forums and learning series shaped for child-focused organisations.
Find partners for joint initiatives across counties and thematic areas.
OrNot joining yet?
Membership is the full seat at the table. Collaboration is the other door — joint work with NORCCAPA and members when you are ready to act together without (yet) applying as a member.
Shared priorities with member organisations — not a parallel project.
Peer learning so practice travels across the network.
Co-create evidence and toolkits the association can circulate.
Amplify a collective voice for children with NORCCAPA.
Who you join
Membership questions
Grounded in how members such as Rift Child Protection Initiative and North Rift Education for All would typically evaluate an association — criteria and fees still to be confirmed with NORCCAPA.
Answers draw on illustrative member organisations in the directory. Confirm live processes with NORCCAPA before treating them as official policy.
Do we qualify if we only work in one county?
Yes in principle — e.g. Nandi education work or West Pokot protection practice.
See answers Ask yourself · 02What do we gain that we cannot do alone?
Peer pathways, learning and a collective voice — not another competing project.
See answers Ask yourself · 03Full member or associate — what’s the difference?
Safeguard Youth Collective is seeded as associate; most others as full. Confirm live categories with NORCCAPA.
See answersFrequently asked
Still unsure after reading? Reach the association team — membership and partnership are conversations, not checkouts.
Apply for membershipOrganisations working on the care, protection and wellbeing of children — typically community-based, national or international actors active in the North Rift. Illustrative fits include Highland Family Support Network (families), North Rift Education for All (schools) and Community Care Alliance (grassroots coordination). Exact eligibility, documents and fees will be confirmed with NORCCAPA.
To sit at shared tables: clearer referrals, less duplication, capacity strengthening, information sharing and collective advocacy. Rift Child Protection Initiative’s illustrative profile shows case accompaniment plus peer learning on documentation — the kind of work that gets stronger inside a network.
Working direction includes full and associate categories. In seed data, Safeguard Youth Collective is an associate member amplifying adolescent voice, while organisations such as Pokot Children First are full members. Live categories, rights and dues need NORCCAPA confirmation.
Application starts a conversation: organisation details, contact, areas of work and motivation. Review timelines and any site visits will be set by the association team. Patterned on association funnels such as KAACR — not a instant online checkout.
Yes — visit the member directory for illustrative profiles across Uasin Gishu, Elgeyo Marakwet, Nandi, Trans Nzoia, Baringo and West Pokot. Replace with confirmed members before treating listings as fact.
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