By Catherine Kaimenyi | Project Leader
October 2016 Report
Nairobi Kenya,
Dear Friends,
Your contributions have left women empowered with some having ventured into small businesses in agriculture, detergent sales and others offering catering services to those holding parties. The funds also purchased things like pots and pans and dishes and silverware for them to do so.
Some girls, like Wairimu, used to think of some jobs, like car washing, as demeaning. She now has a changed perspective. She now believes that any job that help her earn money to empower herself without putting herself or her health at risk is worthwhile.
Other girls, like Maggie, feel gratified that they are now computer literate. Knowing how to use the internet and office programs like Excel and Word have increased Maggie’s confidence and sense of self-esteem tremendously. Maggie is now helping other girls in her community learn these valuable skills.
Ann has learned how to do sewing so that now she can earn a living as a tailor. She has confided to me that if it were not for this mentoring program she would have had to sell herself for money for necessities of life.
SAWAs mentorship program is filling an important role in training girls who are out of school on income generation activities. In this society, girls are extremely vulnerable to early sex, early pregnancy and HIV infection. All because they are not valued and have little opportunities to earn money. These are girls who have unlimited potential.
With extreme gratitude,
Catherine Kaimenyi
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