Physical Health Kenya Project #45351

Support Graceful Aging in Kenya

by Agewatch Africa Foundation Limited

Project Report | Mar 12, 2025
Focusing on the Needs of Retired Sports Legends in Kenya

By Richard Waindi | Project Leader

Dear Donors and Friends,

Thank you for supporting us as we continue to serve our ageing neighbors throughout Kenya in 2025. Through your generous donations in 2024, we have been able to continue providing necessary services to the most vulnerable of our neighbors—the older persons.

With 2025 quickly advancing, we wanted to share with you some of our accomplishments over the last few months. Remember, these accomplishments would not have been possible without your continued support and encouragement.

Following a successful 2024 International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) celebrations that focused on Kenyan football legends, we continued engaging this special target group of older persons through focus group discussions aimed at understanding their needs in retirement and focusing on co-creating solutions for the same. We held two sessions in Nairobi and Kisumu Cities in December 2024 and January 2025 respectively. The outcomes of these sessions form the basis for an upcoming community-based project with an inter-generational approach where youths will benefit from the experiences/skills of football legends as mentors.

This summer, our board of directors was revamped with new members with insightful skill sets and experiences. Equally, the Advisory Board received support by new members with varying territorial and professional experiences, while our team has also received vital support from international consultants. Similarly, from early this year we have assembled a strong team to showcase our story across different social media channels. That team is now working to improve our website and overall online visibility. Follow us on social media to learn more about these exciting changes!

During Q1’2025, we continue to pursue various partnership opportunities with various stakeholders, key among them is the establishment of a Private Public Partnership with Nairobi City County Government, to roll out an extensive five year healthy ageing program that focuses on the overall well-being of older persons in the entire Nairobi City County. We are excited to share this and other results with you soon!

Our next major event will be the commemoration of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on June 15, 2025. Prior to that, we plan to take part in Mother’s Day celebration on May 10-11, 2025. With your kind support, we hope to continue rolling out our home-care and group daycare services for the vulnerable under-served older people throughout Kenya.

We cannot emphasize enough the impact of your support on the lives of older men and women (and their households) that we serve. On behalf of all of us at AgeWatch Africa—the Board of Directors, our incredible volunteers, and the ageing clients that we are humbled to serve—thank you for your generous donations and your incredible support this year.

With much gratitude,

Richard Waindi, Founder & CEO.

Links:

Back to all project reports

About Project Reports

Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.

If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.