We're taking a moment to revel. Our Year-End Goal: Raise $250,000 to fortify our programs in 2025. Our Year-End Result: $308,396 raised from 380 donors. 2025 will be our best year ever. More WASH Projects, more livestock farmers trained, more widows supported, more pasture managed, more youth engaged. The future is BRIGHT in southern Kenya. ??????
关于我们
Water is Life Kenya is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to spark personal, economic, and community development in marginalized communities in Kenya, according to existing customs and culture. We do this by providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene, empowering women, and equipping people to develop income through improved resource management. Our capacity-building programs include: 1. Clean Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Projects: Over 100,000 people with access to sustainable clean water. 2. Livestock as a Business: Equip livestock farmers with skills to manage businesses and turn steady profit. 3. Hope for Widows: Empower marginalized widows with entrepreneurial business skills, community, and hope. 4. Planning for Pasture: Organize and fortify local grazing management efforts around Amboseli National Park. 5. Beaded Handicrafts: Provide income generating opportunities to women in rural regions.
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https://www.waterislifekenya.org
Water is Life Kenya的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 非营利组织管理
- 规模
- 2-10 人
- 总部
- Newark，DE
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 2007
- 领域
- Kenya、Fair Trade Jewelry、WASH Projects、Women、Microfinance、Capacity Building、Community Empowerment、Livestock、Clean Water、Leadership Training和Widows
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Water is Life Kenya员工
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HOPE FOR WIDOWS - GROUP 3 ?? This year marks our third working with Maasai widows in our Hope for Widows Program. We recently met with nearly 40 incoming participants to gauge their needs and interests. Each widow has a unique situation, so these first meetings help us fact-find and conduct baseline questionnaires. It's also a chance for widows to share their stories with others -- often for the first time publicly. By sharing, participants step out of the darkness of isolation and into the light of their new community. They realize "they aren't the only ones" and "my situation is far better than hers, so I am I am fine." Gratitude and connection arise naturally. Here are some facts about these women: ?? On average, they have 5 children. ?? Some women have been widowed recently while others have been widows for a long time. ?? A few were young when they married much older men. ?? Several were mistreated and taken advantage of by their deceased husbands’ families. ?? Some have experience selling jewelry or food, while a few feel lost because their husbands were their sole providers. ?? A common thread is that they all want to take care of their children and afford school fees. Hearing their stories is heartbreaking, heartwarming, and inspiring. Part of this first training session is to help women see that they have already done so much to provide for their families. This perspective builds self-esteem and get them fired up for the next training session. This Friday, we'll have the Goats and Grants Ceremony for this new group of widows where we'll distribute 3 goats and a $150 cash grant for this incoming Group 3. We’ll also “graduate” our pilot group, many of whom are doing steady business, turning good profit, and helping out others in need. To end the meeting, a local group ranch official also shared his story for the first time. His father died when he was young, so he was raised by a widow. But he never felt like he didn't have a father--that's how strong, present, and loving his mother was. There is indeed Hope for Widows in Kenya! #hope #widows #hopeforwidows #community #nonprofit #empowerment
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