by Val | Jul 27, 2017 | BLOG, NEWS, SUCCESS STORY, Uncategorized
My name is Anne Ondaye and I come from Karachuonyo in Homabay County. My first interaction with GROOTS Kenya was in 2002 when I was invited to attend a workshop on HIV/AIDS that was being facilitated by the organization. I met a group of women from Mathare at the...
by Val | Jul 20, 2017 | BLOG, NEWS, SUCCESS STORY
My name is Mary Shimwenyi. I am a member of GROOTS Kenya, a community leader and a human rights defender from Malava Sub-County in Kakamega County. My first encounter with GROOTS Kenya was during a paralegal training in Nairobi where I met Esther Mwaura Muiru the...
by Val | Jun 28, 2017 | BLOG, NEWS, SUCCESS STORY
My name is Jane Nyokabi Gitau, and I am 59 years old. I come from Gitare Village, Kiamworia Location in Kiganjo ward. I am a mother of three boys and two girls, and a grandmother of four. In 2003, I was trained as a Community Based Health Worker and Traditional Birth...
by Val | Jun 22, 2017 | BLOG, NEWS, SUCCESS STORY
My name is Salome Mwangi. I live in Nyota location of Kuresoi North Sub County in Nakuru. I joined GROOTS Kenya through the Access to Markets project in January 2013, and was key in the formation of Nyota New Women’s Group. Before joining the project, I only used to...
by Val | Jun 5, 2017 | BLOG, NEWS
GROOTS Kenya champions from Kiambu, Kakamega, Laikipia and Mathare celebrated this year’s World Environment Day with a series of activities designed to promote a cleaner, safer environment for their communities. Starting them off on Wednesday, 31st May 2017, Laikipia...
by Val | May 26, 2017 | BLOG, NEWS, SUCCESS STORY, Women and Leadership
I am Mary Alwanyi, a 49 year old woman leader from Ikolomani in Kakamega County. I joined GROOTS Kenya in 2010 after being mapped by Alice Isoyi for the Gender Tracking Tool. Previously, I was employed as a store keeper at a local secondary school and I was also a...
