Womankind Kenya (WOKIKE) - Kenya
Quick information guide
Kenya Government’s leads by example in Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. It has established a Women Enterprise Fund
Aim:
to provide accessible and affordable credit to support women start and/or expand business for wealth and employment creation.
Loans provided by the Fund:
- Constituency women enterprise scheme
- LPO Financing
- Bill bond Financing; and
- Sacco lending
Other services:
- Capacity building
- Market support; and
- Linkages
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Contacts.
Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs.
Directorate of Youth Affairs.
P.O. Box 34303-00100.
Nairobi-Kenya.
Harambee House,
Harambee Avenue
Empowernment Programmes for Women In Kenya
Women in the Kenyan contribute significantly to the economy of the country both directly or indirectly and therefore stirring up the economy out of such a high poverty index would need measures put in place for economic empowerment of Kenyan women.
The government of Kenya has established funds and policies such as the 30% procurement allocation for all government tenders so that more women may have an entry chance in such a competitive space. Private Sector Organisations have also set up programmes to empower women.
Womankind Kenya (WOKIKE)
Womankind Kenya is a national NGO registered in 1995. The organization particularly targets women and children, the most vulnerable members of the society; it addresses issues of Education, sustainable Livelihood, Water Sanitation & Health, Women Empowerment, Good Governance and emergencies interventions.
WOKIKE is guided by four main pillars:
- Climate Change Resilience and Livelihood
- Child Protection and Education
- Women empowerment and just governance
- Peace Building and conflict transformation
List of services provided by the program
Women Empowerment and Just Governance
As guided their mission of building confidence, raising self- esteem and empowering the communities, women form the central pillar for our operations. Wokike provides a platform that enable women to have a feminist perspective on a range of issues related to rural development and reconstruction, with a special focus on Women’s rights and entitlements.
Child Protection and Education
WOKIKE is actively involved in the improvement of school facilities such as building of classes , water storage tanks amongst other crucial amenities for schools . Besides infrastructure, we collaborate with communities by providing them with responsibilities such us Schools board of management to help them own the schools and also define the future for them.
Umulkheir Girls’ Home
One of the major project of Womankind Kenya is Umulkheir Girls Home, this home was established in the year 1995 due to felt need and it is a home for orphaned and destitute girls from the region. The home provides education for the girls, health services, standard meals, accommodation, and clothing as well as reading & learning materials. Generally, the Somali community is a patriarchal society that puts less value to girls education both religious and secular knowledge, as per government statistic only 20% of girls in the community attend schools leaving out a very large portion of the society. The home is the only orphaned and destitute girls’ facility in the region that serves six counties in Kenya with a total population of over three million, however the facility can only accommodate a one hundred and fifty girls at a go.
Contact
Tel +254 726 993895