Economic Empowerment

Economic and social empowerment puts girls and women in a stronger position and gives them the agency to make decisions that promote their own health and well-being as well as that of their families. We believe that social and economic empowerment is a key factor to improving sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and women. It enhances their ability to have a voice in decision making processes.  It also enables them to ensure that water, sanitation and hygiene services respond to their needs. It is with this regard that we have been implementing the following WASH interventions.

-          Hygiene promotion

-          Provision of water tanks to schools and institutions

We define empowerment of women and girls as the expansion of choice and strengthening of voice through the transformation of power relations, so women and girls have more control over their lives and future. We have therefore established savings and lending groups for women and gender equality sessions for men.

We also have community-based microfinance programes. Chicken for fee is one such initiative where women and children are given a capital of improved chicken. Once new offsprings come up, a different lot of people benefit and therefore pass on is encouraged. This initiative has seen many parents benefit from this intervention and therefore able to support school fee payments for their children.

We are also seeking to contribute to increased employability and income generating opportunities for young women and men through provision of demand driven quality vocational and skills training, and access to productive resources. We are also looking forward incorporating capacity building sessions in all our interventions. 

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