Economic Empowerment
Our Economic Empowerment program was born from witnessing widows and young single mothers living on homesteads with no means to earn income, little education, and even less hope.
Partnering with organizations like SHE Woman, we support Community Savings and Loan Associations (CSLAs), provide financial management training, and offer microloans and small business capital for sustainable livelihood development. We’ve helped women launch businesses in agribusiness, secondhand clothing sales, tailoring, and hair styling. When you empower a woman, you empower her family—and eventually, her entire community.
Why It Matters
For many women in rural Kenya—particularly widows and single mothers—poverty isn’t just about lacking money. It’s about lacking opportunity, access, and hope. Without education or means to earn, they’re trapped in cycles of dependency with no path forward. Their children inherit the same limitations. Communities remain stagnant.
We believe every woman deserves the dignity of providing for her family and the opportunity to build a sustainable future. When we invest in women’s economic empowerment, we don’t just change individual lives—we transform families and strengthen entire communities.
Support a Project
New Business Development - Capital Injection
Target Beneficiaries: Women entrepreneurs
This project provides women with complete business start-up kits including capital funding, business plan review, and 12 months of financial monitoring and best practices guidance.
Microloan through CSLAs
Target Beneficiaries: Women in Community Savings and Loan Associations
This project provides microloans through Community Savings and Loan Associations (CSLAs), empowering women with the capital and financial training they need to start income-generating activities.
Tailoring Centre Support
Target Beneficiaries: Women learning tailoring skills
This project supports tailoring centers that provide women with part-time employment while training the next generation in valuable income-generating skills.
Capacity Building Programs
Target Beneficiaries: Women learning income-generating skills
This project provides hands-on training and ongoing support for women learning skills that generate income for their families—from agribusiness to sales to service trades.
How We Work
01
Train & Prepare
We partner with organizations that train women in financial literacy, business management, and Community Savings and Loan Associations (CSLAs), building the foundation for sustainable economic independence.
02
Fund & Launch
We provide microloans and business start-up kits that include capital, business plan review, and the resources needed to launch viable enterprises in agribusiness, tailoring, sales, and other income-generating activities.
03
Monitor & Sustain
We walk alongside women for 12 months after start-up, monitoring finances, providing ongoing capacity building, and ensuring best practices that lead to long-term success and community impact.
Director, SHE Woman Economic Empowerment Consortium
