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Thank You For Giving The Gift Of Education And Safety This Festive Season!
We are absolutely thrilled to share that Team Kenya’s Big Give Christmas Challenge was a huge success!! We set out to raise £6800 to be invested in the safety and education of vulnerable girls and thanks to the generosity shown by our incredible supporters and matched-funders we raised over £7000, including Gift Aid donations! What will this investment in girls help us achieve? Girls living in Homa Bay County, Kenya are amongst the most vulnerable and disempowered worldwide. Funds raised will help to ensure that girls facing disproportionate inequalities, including multi-dimensional poverty, remain in school to access their right to…
Read moreMy Voice, Our Equal Future – online event 11 October 6pm (BST)
My Voice – Our Equal Future is collaboration for International Day of The Girl 2021, between Team Kenya (UK) and Twende Pamoja (Kenya). The young women leading the collaboration have overcome insurmountable challenges by utilising the support they have received from programmes created and run by Twende Pamoja, with financial and advisory support from Team Kenya. When? 11 October at 6pm (UK time) / 8pm (Kenyan time) Where? Online via Zoom CLICK HERE TO BOOK ON! Join us for an inspiring evening as we hear from empowered young women as they share their stories and raise awareness for vulnerable girls…
Read moreRunning for Equality and Education for Girls
We are thrilled to announce that we have phenomenal runners taking part in the Great North Run for us on Sunday 12 September. This year all our runners are ambitious and inspiring women who are determined to use what they have to empower vulnerable girls and women through education and gender equality. Taking part in 2021 is a momentous occasion as this we celebrate the Great North Run’s 40th anniversary!! The atmosphere on the day promises to be a once in a lifetime experience and if you would like to join Team Kenya from the side lines as we cheer on…
Read moreExciting Volunteering Opportunities Available with Team Kenya
Team Kenya warmly invites you to be an active member of our small, vibrant and dynamic team. The work we do is driven by an expansive community of volunteers who are supported by two part-time employees and an actively engaged Board of Trustees. Together we work closely with our Kenyan based grassroot partner, Twende Pamoja, to ensure all girls from marginalised communities are empowered through education and safety from gender based violence. For over twelve years our commitment to the Ndhiwa community has developed organically and our collaborative projects have extended to include economic empowerment, environmental sustainability and gender equality….
Read moreNew Corporate Partnership with McKesson
We are delighted to share that Team Kenya has been selected as the charity partner for ‘The Paddington Bears’ McKesson, London Paddington office. The partnership was made possible thanks to Molly, an alumni of the Newcastle University Team Kenya Society, and will run across 2021-22. When asked about the partnership, a spokesperson for McKesson said: We are inspired by Team Kenya’s vision for every girl in Kenya to have an equal chance to achieve her potential and be free from poverty. At McKesson, the way we do business is just as important as the business itself, our I2CARE values are…
Read moreTeam Kenya In Conversation with Anatalia
Team Kenya welcomes you to join us on an online platform created to ensure that the voices of marginalised women and girls are included in the global movement for gender equality. For our first online event, we are pleased to welcome to our virtual stage to Anatalia, one of 20,000 girls whose lives have been transformed by the Team Kenya and Twende Pamoja partnership since 2008. We are delighted to be able to offer a virtual platform and an international audience for Anatalia to share her inspiring story and raise awareness of the devastating injustices facing vulnerable girls in Ndhiwa, Kenya. About…
Read moreTwende Pamoja are recruiting in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay County!
Our partner organisation, Twende Pamoja, are recruiting a local Managing Director in Ndhiwa, Home Bay County, Kenya to lead the organisation during an exciting period of growth and transformation. Do you want to work with a grassroots, dynamic NGO dedicated to educating girls, empowering women, and transforming communities in Ndhiwa, Western Kenya? This leadership position will provide intensive support to the development of Twende Pamoja and their team during their next period of growth. The Managing Director will be responsible for the continued delivery of their vision, mission, and strategic goals, ensuring all programs of activities remain in line with…
Read moreInternational Day of the Girl: My Voice, Our Equal Future
The fight for women and girls’ rights has progressed rapidly in the past 25 years, spearheaded by the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: a motion which focused on 12 critical aspects to further the acknowledgment and advancement of such rights. Since then, gender equality has seen a worldwide improvement, with the implementation of new laws protecting women, greater representation of women in the workplace and developments in education, to name but a few. The International Day of the Girl, held annually on 11th October, aims to empower and fulfil girls’ human rights on a global scale, alongside illustrating…
Read moreImproved Food Security in Lockdown
Many women in Ndhiwa rely on agriculture as their primary source of income. The closure of food markets means that agriculture businesses in the community are struggling, leaving vulnerable families with no staple earnings or food. With the additional impact of severe flooding in the area, crops have not done well and families have little if nothing to sell. Many are struggling to provide one single meal for their family each day. Our urgent response team on the ground have been distributing supplies to support those who need it. 450 families have been provided with basic food supplies to address…
Read moreEducation for Girls in Lockdown
Similar to most government measures across the world, schools in Ndhiwa have closed in response to COVID-19. Whilst school closures are necessary to control the spread of the virus, this measure has exacerbated existing gender inequalities in education. In Ndhiwa, girls are more likely to be given the responsibilities of chores and childcare when at home, and their learning is not seen as a priority. This can lead to them never returning to school at all. The programs we run through our partner schools, including our ‘Girls Support Groups’ and ‘Brighter Futures’, have had to be put on hold. However,…
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