Life for Maasai women has never been easy. Water is Life Kenya was founded to relieve the daily burden of carrying water far distances that women and their daughters endure, which takes an immense amount of time and energy. But the challenges don't stop there. According to Maasai tradition, women…
In honor of World Day of Social Justice, let's take a look at how our focus on people has enabled us to continue supporting Maasai as they overcome life in the unforgiving, beautiful land they call home.
We began our Hope for Widows program because widowed Kenyan women face immense odds due to disenfranchisement and gender inequality. We'd like to highlight one woman's success within her first year of participation.
We learned so much from the cohort groups from our Hope for Widows Program, and the new groups will benefit from the boost that the grants will provide for their businesses.
It’s a Small World, the saying goes — so small, in fact, that CoroAllegro hopes to take you “Around the World in Eighty Minutes” at its choral concert later this week. Originally published on Delaware Online.
Our Water is Life Kenya team has led many projects across Kajiado County, Kenya, including clean water projects and Livestock as a Business (LAB) trainings. However, some women were excluded from training: impoverished women who couldn’t afford group membership fees. Often, these individuals were widows. Aware that these widows were…
