by GROOTS Kenya | Sep 18, 2019 | BLOG, SUCCESS STORY
When it comes to pushing for campaigns in gender equality or women’s empowerment, most tend to focus on women- either by mobilizing or training them. There is so much attention on working with women to help them that we tend to forget an integral contribution towards...
by GROOTS Kenya | Sep 18, 2019 | BLOG, SUCCESS STORY
Helen has been practicing dairy farming for the past 18 years since 2001. She began with rearing one cattle which could only produce up to two litres or less but now she is a successful owner of five diary cattles which produce 15 litres each. She says, ‘I started...
by GROOTS Kenya | Sep 17, 2019 | BLOG, SUCCESS STORY
Accelerating Rural Women Access to agricultural markets and trade is a development project with an objective to contribute to women’s economic empowerment and improved live hoods through enhanced agricultural production and access to markets. The first face of the...
by GROOTS Kenya | Sep 16, 2019 | BLOG, SUCCESS STORY
One of the leading causes of physical and mental disturbances in Kenya is violence conducted against women. Factors such as low levels of education, religion and a socio-economic status contribute to the exacerbation of violence against women. Often it is pregnant...
by GROOTS Kenya | Sep 16, 2019 | BLOG, SUCCESS STORY
“My name is Trizah Wambui, a professional hair dresser from Mwiki in Kiambu County. I have always had an interest in taking up a leadership role in our community but due to a fear of being criticized for not being eloquent or not good enough made me shy away...
by GROOTS Kenya | Sep 13, 2019 | BLOG, SUCCESS STORY
Women’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights: Lacking the right or understanding of one’s own sexual and reproductive health is what many rural women across Kenya suffer with, even today. For many women and girls living in rural parts of the country, there...
