EASTERN AFRICAN NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

profile · synthesized from sources

Hand in Hand Eastern Africa is a non-profit organization based in Kenya that focuses on poverty alleviation through enterprise creation and job development. They empower marginalized communities, particularly women, youth, and men, by providing training, skills, and support to build sustainable, market-based economic activities. The organization operates through community groups, offering business development, access to loans, and market scaling support.

named programs · 8 · from sources

what they call their work

Bloom, Buzz, and Business Programme

A program supporting entrepreneurs like Pauline Wambui in developing businesses such as honey farming.

Building Inclusive & Resilient Enterprises (BIRE) Programme

A program focused on building inclusive and resilient enterprises.

Business Beyond Barriers (BBB) initiative

A three-year intervention designed to strengthen grassroots democratic structures and support businesses.

Digitalization

Initiatives aimed at boosting the resilience, efficiency, and competitiveness of beneficiary enterprises through digital solutions.

Digitise Program

A program that provides continuous training to support the implementation of digitalization initiatives.

Farm and Beyond project

A project promoting circularity, exemplified by members like Joyce Rono from the Kiprukit Women Group.

Kampi ya Samaki Fluoride Free Future Water Project

A project jointly funded by ChildFund Kenya and government entities to provide fluoride-free water in Baringo County.

Waste Management

Projects focused on adopting sustainable practices in waste product use and ocean resources to ensure a healthy environment and thriving communities.

activities · 9 groups

what they do

Microfinance and Savings Group Support 1 activity
- Community enterprise and job creation for poverty reduction
  
  Empowers communities by creating sustainable enterprises and jobs to reduce poverty, with cumulative results of 300,000 enterprises and 400,000 jobs created. The organization disbursed 60,000 loans totaling KES 1.2 billion to support these efforts.
Women's Leadership & Empowerment Programs 1 activity
- Empowerment of women and girls to access rights and reduce poverty
  
  Empowers poor and vulnerable women and girls to claim their rights as a pathway to reducing poverty and promoting sustainable change. This includes targeted support for women’s economic and social empowerment.
Vocational and Life Skills Training 1 activity
- Enterprise development model implementation
  
  Delivers a four-stage enterprise development model that includes forming community groups, delivering business training, facilitating access to start-up financing, and supporting market expansion. Provides training and skills to people living in poverty, especially women, to establish and sustain market-based economic activities.
Field-Based Community Development Programs 1 activity
- Field operations and membership network
  
  Operates 25 field offices across 33 counties in Kenya and maintains a membership base of 300,000 individuals, supporting broad outreach and service delivery.
Smallholder Agricultural Support Services 1 activity
- Provision of productive assets to community enterprises
  
  Provides Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) with productive assets such as disc mills for processing, packaging, and branding agricultural products like chamomile, enhancing value addition and market access.
Community Outreach & Support Services 1 activity
- Support for self-help groups
  
  Supports 10,000 self-help groups through training, resource facilitation, and organizational development.
Community-Led Waste Reduction & Recycling 1 activity
- Sustainable environmental and ocean resource management
  
  Implements projects focused on maintaining healthy and productive environments and oceans through sustainable waste and ocean resource practices, including preventive measures against plastic pollution such as the Waves of Change Project.
Green Job and Enterprise Creation 1 activity
- Waste-based enterprise development and technical skills training
  
  Builds waste-based enterprises and technical skills for 1,000 low-income women and men, supporting green job creation and circular economy models.
Uncategorized 2 activities
- Digitalization support for small enterprises
  
  Implements the DIGITISE project targeting 3,000 established enterprises to improve their resilience, efficiency, and competitiveness through digital tools and training.
- Support for apiculture and agricultural circularity
  
  Supports apiculture (beekeeping) enterprises through programs like Bloom, Buzz, and Business in Kiambu County, and promotes circular agriculture through the Farm and Beyond project, which supports women’s groups in rural communities.

relationships · 8

who they work with

ChildFund Kenya Partner — Jointly funded the Kampi ya Samaki Fluoride Free Future Water Project in Baringo County.
Director of MSME Development at Nairobi City County Partner — Engaged with HiH EA's BIRE Programme team in an official capacity
Hand in Hand Global Network Network — Member of the Hand in Hand Global Network, working with affiliated organizations toward shared poverty alleviation goals.
Kenya Forest Service Government — Partnered with Hand in Hand Eastern Africa in a community engagement initiative in Kilawa, Kitui County.
Nairobi City County Partner — Hosted HiH EA's Building Inclusive & Resilient Enterprises (BIRE) Programme team through the Director of MSME Development
National Council of Churches of Kenya Partner — Collaborated with Hand in Hand Eastern Africa and other partners in a community engagement initiative in Kilawa, Kitui County.
UN Women Partner — Collaborates on initiatives related to unpaid care work policy, as referenced in recent news.
Welthungerhilfe (WHH) Partner — Collaborated with Hand in Hand Eastern Africa and other partners in a community engagement initiative in Kilawa, Kitui County.