Despite the background in leadership training that some of the Maasai women have, there is a gap in culture and levels of education that hinders Maasai women from being confident leaders in ministry. The women of the Maasai community have expressed a need for knowledge and training in leadership and Christian ministry. In response to […]
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Mathare is one of the oldest slums in Nairobi County and has more than 700,000 residents. Like any other informal settlement, the Mathare community battles with the challenges of congestion, obtaining the necessities of life, and facing crime, lawlessness, disease, and harassment. Vicious cycles of trauma and poverty continue to plague Mathare. ALARM has carried
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ALARM Kenya, in partnership with Kenya Community Development Fund (KCDF), is working alongside vulnerable women by empowering them through capacity building in animal husbandry skills, kitchen gardening, group management training, and trauma awareness. These women are trained and then gifted 3 goats to use for income generation and wealth creation. The goal of this 1-year
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ALARM Kenya, in partnership with Excellence in Giving, empowered 53 women in 2021 through the provision of dual-purpose goats and training in animal husbandry skills. These goats are valuable because they produce milk that offsets malnutrition, they reproduce which multiplies their impact, and they can be sold for income generation. These 53 women received 142
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ALARM Kenya, in partnership with Rise Up Woman International, has implemented the Building Resilience Among Widow and Single Mothers Project in Mathare, Kenya. This project started in September and aims to reduce the vulnerability of 50 women who have been impacted by COVID-19 and violence. In January, 14 of these women participated in an Income
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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
