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Founded in 1995 following the Fourth UN Conference on Women in Beijing, China, GROOTS Kenya was established to address the limited visibility of grassroots women in development processes and decision-making forums affecting their communities.
GROOTS Kenya is a national movement of grassroots, women-led, community-based organizations and self-help groups committed to advancing community-driven development and women’s leadership across Kenya.
The movement operate using a unique model, the “champions’ model”, which involves a grassroots, community-led development process: Grassroots, women-led organizations, and groups take charge of their development by defining the problem, conceptualizing the solutions, designing and implementing interventions, and tracking change. We understand that no one can truly understand the needs of grassroots women better than they can. In this bottom-up model, an intentional effort is made to promote women’s voices and their personal and collective agency. The champions’ model challenges institutions and structures that disempower grassroots communities as agents of change.
Today, GROOTS Kenya continues to strengthen the voice, agency, and leadership of grassroots women locally, nationally, regionally, and internationally.
A just, peaceful, healthy and equal society (Jamii yenye amani, afya, haki na usawa
To facilitate the effective engagement of grassroots women and girls in development.
Teamwork, Service, Equality and Inclusivity, Justice, Participation and Commitment.
