Women's Empowerment Meeting

Canadian Volunteers Ali Higgins and Memona Hossain share their account of a visit to a Women’s Empowerment Meeting in Kibera, led by Kijiji Cha Upendo Volunteers.

Women’s Empowerment Meeting

For full message, scroll down. “What is the definition of a child?”

This is the question that opens the discussion at this particular  Women’s Empowerment workshop. Immediately the women proceed to discuss the issue. They speak with confidence, wisdom and insight….

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A Village, Not An Orphanage!

Kijiji Volunteer community mobilizer Kevin Garo with Josephine and two of the nine children in her care (six orphaned, three biological). Josephine was caring for orphaned children long before she heard of Kijiji Cha Upendo. She is committed to their care and treats them as her own. She is fully capable of providing love. What she needs is our dollars to empower her to feed and educate her childreThe best of both worlds!

Village of Love, where orphaned children are cared for in loving families, combines the empowerment of orphan caregivers through micro-loans with monitoring the care and education of the children. This unique combination allows for orphaned children to be raised with love and a sense of belonging.

• A family is always there!

The families in Village of Love are not providing band aid solutions. They are in it for the long haul. They are there to support the orphaned children throughout their lives.

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