Help Empower 131 Artisans in Kenya

Since launching our first sewing training program in 2012, Imani Collective has provided sustainable income + holistic support programs for over 140+ artisans who wouldn't have access otherwise. As our team and community continue to grow each year, so does our impact.

• 27 children in our in-house childcare program
• 41,460  warm meals served over the last year
• 140+ artisans in our holistic support programs
• 20 home visits to artisans and their families

You are truly making a world of difference for our women, their families, and the communities around them! Thank you for standing by our side and showing us so much kindness and love this past year. We couldn’t have done any of this without your help.

Much Love,

Lacy and the Imani Collective Team

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 is a bible passage that talks about a time for everything and how while each time and season we experience in our lives may seem random, it serves a divine purpose. 

This year we have had moments where things looked blurry and the future unknown, but we held fast and believed that all this would get behind us. And guess what? The last month has served us moments of wins and celebrations that we would love to share because it is through your support that we get to do all this.

Employee Mental Wellbeing

Amidst a deteriorating global economy that has pushed prices of goods and services over the roof, conflicts and an unstable political environment, and the uncertainty that comes with it, we understand too well that our employees are affected by these issues and hence the need for combative action.

Mental health classes during our RISE sessions sensitize our artisans on the importance of acknowledging their emotions, speaking out, how to treat fellow employees in the workplace during such volatile times and how recognizing fellow employees who may need help.

We believe that sustainability begins with an individual, without which it can only lead to burnout, chronic depression, or even anxiety.

Mtepeni baby visit

The celebrations turn into song and dance as close to fifteen women from our Mtepeni location enter Fatuma Joseph’s home, close to a mile from our workshop. This time round, welcome baby Shemima Kadzo to the Imani family.

Baby Shemima’s brother Davies just graduated from our daycare after three years and six months with us and is now attending school.

“It makes me proud to be part of these kids’ upbringing till they are ready to start school. All kids who pass through our childcare perform exemplary in their school entry interviews, showing the good work we put into their development.”  Says Regina, who heads our childcare program on location.

Fatuma now resumes work knowing her child is well taken care of and she can spend quality time with her kid between her breaks.

The last quarter has served us moments of wins and celebrations that we would love to share because it is through your support that we get to do all this.

Quarterly Employee Spotlight

The room bursts into applause as Damaris Thuo, our Mombasa Office Administrator who couples up as our shop attendant, rises to meet the glory. She has been feted as our employee of the quarter and rewarded for her outstanding performance in her roles and exceptional personal growth over time. 

“This award means quite a lot to me, first, that my contribution to the organization is valued and second, that the work I put into my personal development has not been in vain. I am now motivated to press on even harder in my personal and professional growth, and I hope my colleagues are too.”

Damaris is the first recipient of this award at Imani!

Mtepeni Baby Visit

The celebrations turn into song and dance as close to fifteen women from our Mtepeni location enter Fatuma Joseph’s home, close to a mile from our workshop. This time round, welcome baby Shemima Kadzo to the Imani family.

Baby Shemima’s brother Davies just graduated from our daycare after three years and six months with us and is now attending school.

“It makes me proud to be part of these kids’ upbringing till they are ready to start school. All kids who pass through our childcare perform exemplary in their school entry interviews, showing the good work we put into their development.”  Says Regina, who heads our childcare program on location.

Fatuma now resumes work knowing her child is well taken care of and she can spend quality time with her kid between her breaks. 

Project Ideation 

We held an ideation project for our leadership team during the first week of the month wherein three teams were expected to come up with working pitch ideas to random companies of their choice on behalf of Imani Collective.

This exercise aimed to improve teamwork, understand company values and products, and increase our team’s overall efficiency as they had to find time in their busy schedules to meet, ideate, and develop new concepts for the pitch presentations. 

Our Community Outreach and Product Development lead Femida Otieno termed the presentations as “impressive and super innovative” as the teams worked on refining their concepts based on feedback from the first meeting.