Empowering Women
Women create value.
We create access to opportunity.
Kipsongo is home to families displaced by tribal conflict and separated from economic opportunity. The women who join us did what they could to provide for their families with the options in front of them.
What they lacked was never ability. It was access, to training, to markets, to capital, and to someone who expected something of them. That is what this program provides.
What empowerment looks like
Six things a woman gains.
Opportunity
Access to a market where women can earn income from the skills and products they create.
Capacity
Business training, literacy education, table banking, mentorship, and tools to strengthen faith and transform mindset.
Ownership
Women learn to manage income, make business decisions, save, borrow, invest, and build sustainable livelihoods.
Confidence & leadership
Women develop confidence, learn to lead, solve problems, and take greater responsibility for their businesses and their community.
Accountability & community
The women don’t simply receive support. They take responsibility for their own growth and for the strength of the group. Shared expectations and accountability help create an environment where everyone has the opportunity to prosper and advance.
Faith & mindset
Empowerment is more than earning an income. Women are encouraged to strengthen their faith, challenge limiting beliefs, and recognize their own ability to create change.
The community began calling them “the businesswomen.”
Transformation in action
A respected force in their community.
More than 40 women are building businesses, creating income, and becoming a respected force in their community.
They earn income through the sale of handmade products and other streams of income, creating greater stability and opportunity for themselves and their families.
But the transformation goes beyond income. Through business training, mentorship, faith and mindset development, and the shared accountability of the group, the women have learned to lead, make decisions, solve problems, and manage their organization together.
The community began calling them “the businesswomen” because they were building businesses, creating opportunities, and speaking up for their community.
When decisions were being made that affected the women, they didn’t sit quietly when something wasn’t going to work for them. They spoke up. Eventually, the tribal council invited someone from Baskets and Beads Kenya to join them, a role traditionally held by men.
They didn’t just gain a place in the economy. They gained a voice at the table.
Fair trade matters
A Verified Member of the Fair Trade Federation.
We are committed to fair compensation, dignity, transparency, and long-term relationships with the artisans we serve.
“It has given me confidence in myself and my work.”
Elibit · 67 years old
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