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

In Kenya, the population of people living below the poverty line has declined from 46.8% in 2005/06 to 36.1% in 2015/16, according to the 17th edition of the Kenya Economic Update.

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.

angle-left Women Empowerment in Kenya Organizatione. (WEIKE)

Women Empowerment in Kenya Organizatione. (WEIKE)

Founded in 2017, Women Empowerment in Kenya e.V. (WEIKE) is a non-profit organization aimed at providing young vulnerable women in Kenya with education and starting capital to help improve their life and the life of their children. Current project targets women from remote villages within Kilifi County.

All activities are initiated and implemented by Uwezo Develpment Initiative in Kenya, who are in direct contact with the targeted women and give them professional training in the cultural environment on-site. Read more;

 

List of services provided by the program

1. The “Empowering Young Women and Girls” Project- This project aims to provide about 200 young women and girls from remote villages in Kilifi County in Kenya with education and starting capital to help them improve their lives

 

2. Integrated Empowerment of the Young Women and the Community- This project aims at providing the women and surrounding women (partner, family, community) with trainings that empower them for their daily life and their future, such as family planning and personal hygiene.

 

3 Economic education for women- Depending on their talents, experiences and professional goals the women are clustered into groups for individual training on, e.g. agriculture, saloon work or tailoring. They are assisted to develop their own project ideas and raise their own startups. To get started they get the needed starting material, e.g. tailoring machines and cloth. Through this they are able to secure basic income that makes them financially independent in the long term.

 

4. Soap Making project- This project aims at training women in soap making. About 20 women from Mnarani have started a soap making project, in which they produce multi-purpose soap for their own use as well as for sale. The soap is filled in empty water bottles that are sold for about 100 KES (1 Euro) each.

 

5. Cultivating Food to Secure Nutrition and Generate Income-In an agriculture project- This project aims at providing women from several villages in Kilifi County with fields near their home. They are trained on how to cultivate vegetables, maize and fruits. The products secure nutrition for themselves and their children and they can also sell the products on the market to have a source of income

 

From all these projects, women benefit from sharing experiences with each other, get motivated to strive for their goals together and strengthens their self-confitence and the team spirit. Read more;

 

Contact

Kilifi, Kilifi County
Website:  http://women-empowerment-in-kenya.org/en/the-project/