Forced displacement and evictions in Africa is largely due to conflict, natural disasters, human rights violations or Political instability. As a result of forced evictions, people are often left homeless and destitute without means of earning a livelihood and in...
Climate change has become one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Whereas, climate change is considered to be a global problem that requires global solution, the needs of community in relation to climate change cannot be ignored if SDG Goal 13 is to be...
As GROOTS Kenya, we join other champions across the world in marking and celebrating International Women’s Day 2019. We reiterate and amplify the call for a gender-balanced society in accordance with the IWD 2019 theme, #BalanceforBeter. Gender equality is about...
My name is Jane Nyokabi Gitau from Gatundu South, Kiambu County. I joined GROOTS Kenya as a community-based caregiver through the Gatundu Mwirutiri Women Initiative, following my participation in a GROOTS Kenya training workshop. After my husband died from TB, I...
GROOTS Kenya is a national movement of grassroots women-led community-based groups (CBOs) and self-help groups (SHGs). Our mission is to facilitate grassroots women effective engagement in development through movement building, leadership and advocacy with the vision...
