ALARM Kenya, in partnership with the Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF), seeks to transform communities through the Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods for Women in Kilifi Country project and its pass-it-forward approach. As vulnerable women are trained in animal husbandry skills, they are empowered to make a living for their families. After the beneficiaries of this project […]

Since the global pandemic began, there has been a devastation of lives, ranging from death, loss of livelihood, and a decrease in mental health. People living in informal settlements have been severely impacted as they depend on menial jobs for survival. In the wake of the pandemic, many small businesses closed. The Building Resilience Among

The Breaking the Barriers of Young Single Mothers (BBYSM) project in the Kibera slums exists to empower young women (15-25 years old) who are single moms that do not have access to consistent income. These women come into the program hopeless, directionless, and discouraged by their circumstances. In January, 20 young women were given a seed capital of

The Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods program in Kilifi County impacted 256 beneficiaries throughout its 8-month duration. This is a “pass-it-forward” model so that from the ripple effect, more people will be impacted. During the project visit and monitoring stage, ALARM conducted a 3-day trauma awareness and recovery seminar in which 60 women and 2 men participated. Grace,

ALARM Kenya continues to minister to vulnerable community members in Kilifi County. In May, ALARM held a 3-day training on animal husbandry for 60 beneficiaries. These beneficiaries included widows, disabled individuals, caregivers of disabled children, pastors’ wives, and other vulnerable community members. These women come from all backgrounds, denominations, and religions. It is so encouraging to

The Pastoral Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) trains pastors and church leaders in Biblical, theological, leadership, and reconciliation principles and practices while cultivating pastoral skills and encouraging an expansive love of God and others. The program seeks to achieve ALARM’s goal which is to strengthen and empower the African church by equipping the untrained leadership with

ALARM Kenya conducted a general leadership training in Kajiado County. 48 participants from 10 different denominations attended this training and about 1/3 of the participants were women leaders. As these leaders attended the sessions, they received training in servant leadership and were encouraged to train other leaders within their communities by sharing the skills and tools

The Malindi Mixed Farming Project has continued to reduce poverty in the communities and serves as a pay-it-forward project. Each beneficiary that receives a cow or goat is required to pass forward the first offspring to the next vulnerable member of the community. The program has a dairy plant that enables the beneficiaries to sell

As a response to the ongoing pandemic, ALARM Kenya undertook a COVID-19 Recovery Project which ran from November 2020 to April 2021. 60 women involved in small-scale businesses benefited from this project; 45 of them received a business capital injection boost which allowed them to revive their businesses to a sustainable level. The rest received training

ALARM Kenya is working with 20 women in the Kibera slums through the Breaking the Barriers of Vulnerable Single Women (BBVSM) project to foster sustainable livelihood. Since November 2020, the women have been trained in basic business and life skills, customer care, business plans, marketing plans, how to identify income-generating activities, table banking, group management, and conflict resolution. As these