Bringing Care Closer: How community investment is reshaping maternal health in Bungoma
Dr. Pike Roper Medical Centre in Mechimeru, Sango village in Bungoma County. When Susan Okonji holds her three-month-old daughter, Ariel Violet, the moment reflects a journey marked by both loss and survival …
Savings Groups Transform Livelihoods for Vulnerable Families in Siaya County
In Siaya County and parts of western Kenya, community savings groups have become deeply embedded in everyday survival and progress. For many caregivers and vulnerable households, these groups are no longer just …
A Well of Learning: A library built by the community, for the community in Zimmerman, Nairobi.
Zimmerman, in Nairobi’s Roysambu Constituency, is a densely populated urban settlement shaped by movement, work routines, and households where children often return from school into environments with limited structured learning support. “It …
How strategic funding strengthened NCDA and lifted a community
In Ndithini, a dry rural stretch in Machakos County where unreliable rains have long defined livelihoods, change did not begin with a donor programme or a government intervention. It began with a …
A Juicy Turnaround; How collective action is transforming mango farming in Yatta
Across the semi-arid stretches of Yatta and neighbouring Masinga in Machakos County, mango trees have long been part of the landscape. But for decades, they offered little more than seasonal hope. Farmers …
How community savings groups in Kakamega are changing lives beyond day-to-day survival
In Nabakholo (Bunyala West) and parts of Mumias East in Kakamega County, women’s savings groups have become a key part of household financial life. Members pool small weekly contributions and rely on …
