Camp Nuo Officially Registered as a Community Based Organization

The group behind Mwiki's holiday camps formalised into a registered CBO with the Department of Social Development.

The Details

After running informal holiday camps and neighbourhood clean-ups for local children since 2019, the volunteers behind what would become Camp Nuo formally registered as a Community Based Organization with the Department of Social Development, State Department for Social Protection, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection — registration number KAS/CBO/5/4/2020/752.

The certificate was later issued on 15 December 2020 by the Kasarani Sub-County Social Development Office, signed by the County/Sub-County Social Development Officer.

Registration opened the door to formal partnerships with schools, the chief's office and county health volunteers that Camp Nuo's programs continue to rely on today — relationships that would have been far harder to build as an unregistered, informal group.

"Every plan we make starts at the baraza, with residents in the room, not just volunteers." — A village elder, Mwiki

Why It Matters

Formal registration and transparent, regularly published reporting are what allow Camp Nuo to build lasting partnerships with schools, chiefs, health volunteers and donors — relationships that a purely informal volunteer group would find far harder to sustain over multiple years.