by GROOTS Kenya | Nov 7, 2019 | BLOG, NEWS
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the ICPD – a milestone in reproductive health and rights. The Summit aims to bring everyone together: heads of state, ministers, parliamentarians, thought-leaders, technical experts, civil society organizations, grassroots...
by GROOTS Kenya | Nov 6, 2019 | BLOG, SUCCESS STORY
I am a horticultural farmer from Elburgon, Elburgon is a small town in Nakuru County, Kenya. It is located 30 kilometers west of Nakuru. I have been living in the Elburgon Slums for the last 15 years. Before joining GROOTS in 2014, I was a potatoes small-scale...
by GROOTS Kenya | Oct 14, 2019 | BLOG, SUCCESS STORY
Without women, many communities would not survive. This is true not just for society in general, but especially the world’s agricultural workforce, in which women play a key role in sustaining and transforming the farming model. Women contribute to agriculture, food...
by GROOTS Kenya | Oct 2, 2019 | BLOG, SUCCESS STORY
Timina stated poultry farming back in 2002 with a capital of Ksh. 15000 that she used to buy chicken chicks and rare them to full grown chicken and later sold them at 500 After a while Timina wished to expand her business so as to generate more income to change her...
by GROOTS Kenya | Oct 1, 2019 | BLOG, SUCCESS STORY
Women economic empowerment is about women being confident about themselves, to be able to earn an income and manage their own finances, build their financial security and increase their influence over the household budget, it is about women claiming and holding the...
by GROOTS Kenya | Sep 30, 2019 | BLOG, SUCCESS STORY
If you happened to be an educated woman from Maasai land during our childhood time, then you happened to be very fortunate, during our childhood we faced many obstacles to get an education and to most of us like me, we never even stepped into a classroom. “Education...
