Empowerment Through Structural Access

Trains and builds the capacity of youth peer advocates in secondary schools to promote gender-based violence awareness and prevention within their communities.

Conducts community education, school-based workshops, and awareness campaigns on gender-based violence (GBV), connects survivors to legal and psychosocial services, and enrolls vulnerable women survivors in economic empowerment programs.

Empowers girls aged 13–18 through education, life skills training, sexual and reproductive health education, and leadership development to promote gender equity and personal growth.

Provides mentorship and support to boys aged 13–18, particularly those from single-parent households, to build confidence, responsibility, and personal development.

Provides entrepreneurial training, tools, and resources to vulnerable women aged 36+ in underserved communities in Kenya to support business development and economic empowerment.

Equips high school, college, and university students in Kenya with skills, tools, and resources for academic success, career readiness, and social mobility through targeted training and mentorship.

Delivers entrepreneurial training, tools, and resources to vulnerable youth aged 18–35 in Kenya to promote business growth and economic self-reliance.

Implements programs that combine digital literacy, business skills, and leadership coaching to support women and youth entrepreneurs, with the goal of increasing incomes, creating jobs, and promoting financial inclusion.

Runs the Beadwork Value Chain Initiative, supporting Maasai women in converting traditional beadwork into sustainable enterprises, which has transformed the lives of over 1,000 women by generating sustainable income.

Completed a Climate Change Vulnerability Baseline Survey.

Provides leadership training and promotes transparent, democratic management in women's cooperatives, and facilitates Village Savings and Loan Associations with financial literacy training for women in Kajiado County through the FAIR for ALL program.

Operates a Food & Nutrition Security program that teaches women to grow, process, and prepare diverse, nutrient-rich foods, including training in kitchen gardening, promoting African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs), food preservation techniques, and nutrition education. This program has achieved an 85% improvement in food security for households, a 55% reduction in child malnutrition, and a 60% increase in dietary diversity.

Drives county-level policy change through the African Leafy Vegetables Strategy to position indigenous crops in Kenya's food security agenda, amplifying the voices of grassroots women.

Supports Indigenous Maasai women in transitioning from pastoralism to climate-smart agriculture.

Provides training to rural women farmers in climate-smart and conservation agriculture practices, including selecting drought-resistant crop varieties, efficient water management systems, soil health management, agroforestry, and using climate information for farming decisions. This training has reached over 5,000 women across 12 counties, resulting in a 45% average yield increase and 30% reduction in water usage among trained farmers.

Provides services to approximately 3,800 individuals annually.

Provides intensive one-on-one case management to African refugees and families to access healthcare, food security, job development, energy assistance, nutrition programs, unemployment benefits, and other mainstream services, delivered through outreach workers and case managers.

Administered over 125 grants from federal, state, local, and foundation sources over 25+ years to support African refugees in San Diego, with a history of managing more than 120 grant-based programs since 1995.