Economic empowerment to 100 refugee women

This progress report will highlight the activities done for the months of September, October and November. The women in Mihango completed their first round and sold 670 chicks. They have already started round two now targeting the same number of chickens. The organisation continues to provide both technical and financial support to ensure the success of the project.

We were able to provide financial support to a group of 16 women in Mwihoko-Githurai. They are engaging in different types of businesses. These women have children with disabilities, the businesses ensure that they are able to provide physiotherapy services for the children and the families too.  Their long-term objective is ti build their own physiotherapy centre to help their children and the community at large.

We visited Njiwa ya Amani, a group of women in Kayole who specialise in making hand crafts materials. they make napkins, carpets and other beadwork. The group comprises of women from Rwanda, Congo (DRC) and Burundi. They requested support in purchasing raw materials to make their products. Through the TUSA shop, the organisation assured them that it would purchase their quality products and provide a market for them. 

Challenges.

Due to limited funds, we are not able to fund the above initiatives fully. We urge you to continue this journey with others because, through the above initiative, we will be able to provide long-term sustainable solutions to these families.

Conclusion.

The progress made in the last three months highlights the resilience and determination of the women we support. While challenges persist, the impact of these initiatives is evident, and with your continued support, we will achieve even greater milestones.

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This report will bring the progress made in the last three months, May, June and July The last two months June and July were engulfed by a series of demonstrations and unrest mostly in
Nairobi.

This affected many people's lives including refugees, one business owned by a lady whom TUSA supported was torched down by fire caused by the protesters during demos she was left
counting losses. On July 8th TUSA organised a training for women. This training was aimed at imparting skills to women by using local resources to manufacture Jik using saIt and water only. 29 women attended this session, TUSA also encouraged them to form their own SHG (self-help group) so that they can access banking services easily and able to access loans to implement or sustain their projects.

TUSA has continued to support women through the self-help group, in July it held the
capacity building for the self-help group in Rongai. This capacity building aims to provide financial literacy to women and the community in general. It also provided loan capacity to one self-help group in Riruta this facility would help in expanding their businesses. The Mihango project was finally implemented, and a total of 700 chickens have been acquired for the project. As of the writing of this report, the chicks are one week old, after one month there will be a harvest.

In conclusion, a lot is needed in support of refugee women to attain sustainability through economic
empowerment. We are appealing to you to continue supporting us, we need your support to make sure
that the goal is achieved because when you empower a woman, you empower a whole nation.

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