by Wangui Gichuki | Aug 15, 2017 | BLOG, NEWS
GROOTS Kenya is celebrating the win for women in the just concluded general elections. 9 female candidates who were supported by GROOTS Kenya won various elective seats. Wanjiku Kibe the MP elect for Gatundu North, Sarah Lekorere Laikipia North MP elect, Jackie...
by Wangui Gichuki | Aug 11, 2017 | BLOG, NEWS
“My name is Anne Naitiku Kiloku, a 42 year old woman leader from Mukogodo East in Laikipia North Subcounty. I joined GROOTS Kenya in 2010 when some women from the organization came to carry out civic education in Laikipia North. It wasn’t until 2013 that I...
by Wangui Gichuki | Aug 3, 2017 | BLOG, NEWS, SUCCESS STORY
“My name is Angelina Kavithe Francis a married mother of 5, and a member of Tamika Horticulture Women group in Kitui Rural Sub-County in Kitui County. All my life, I had relied on rainfall to cultivate maize on my farm. Each year, productivity in my farm...
by Wangui Gichuki | 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 Wangui Gichuki | 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 Wangui Gichuki | 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...
