By Seth Mwangi | Service Delivery Manager
When a health crisis like Covid 19 emerged, it created shocks to the economic, social and health systems, causing different implications for families especially women and girls, with gender impacts across various dimensions of wellbeing.The most marginalized and deprived households are not only the most vulnerable to infection from the virus, but they are the most impacted by the economic shutdowns. Economic challenges during the outbreak continue to pose a serious threat to family businesses and expose them to increased risk of exploitation and abuse. Girls and young women facing severe economic shock are more likely to take on high-risk work for their economic survival.
At Macheo we believe in empowering the community so that they can become better caregivers for their children. We have continued to support vulnerable families with cash transfers to meet their immediate needs.
Our success Story
*Nia is a 32-year-old mother of five children.
When we first met Nia, she was struggling to pay her rent, was in a lot of debt, and her children could not access the most basic needs of food security, water, and even school fees. She felt really desperate and stressed. The Macheo social worker referred Nia to the Macheo Economic Empowerment Intervention.
Nia underwent financial and management training to teach her on ways to save and avoid debt. She was also taught on how to manage her income in different areas like house rent, where she relocated to a cheaper house. After proper training, she was then given seed capital to start a business she had wanted to for a long time. She started selling fish at the local market. Within no time, Nia's business started to do well and she now gets a daily profit of approximately Ksh 600 ($6USD), this has enabled her to provide for herself and her five children. Nia has better hope for her and her children’s future. All her children are now going to school, have a safe place to sleep and never have to sleep hungry again.
We are thankful to our partners for the support they have given us. On behalf of Macheo and our beneficiaries we say 'Thank you'.
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