Our Heroes

Margaret Wanjiru, moved to Kamulu, Kenya in 2014 after her husband built a permanent home for their family. When they moved to their... Read More

Doris Nyakara arrived in Nairobi in 2009 from Nyamira, in Nyanza. She had come to visit her husband. She was... Read More

Rhoda Kivuva at age 50, was among the first members of Jamii Bora Trust. She started by saving 10 shillings a... Read More

Caroline Anyango Anyang lost her husband 11 years ago. Having had her first child at the age of 15 and left... Read More

William Amollo Osore has the expert-level skill of cutting and preserving meat which attracts many customers to his fabulous butchery in... Read More

At just 26 years old, Lilian Akinyi Odongo is already the proud owner of a fishing boat in Kendu Bay by Lake... Read More

Meet Lydia Shiraya, age 37, whose home and business is in the Deep Sea Slum in Nairobi Kenya. This young... Read More

Alidi Nazifa is 32, married with 3 children. Before joining BUWEA, Alidi had no income-generating activities as she was a housewife who depended on her husband who does tailoring work... Read More

Glatiana Chilato is known around her village as Mama Kuku, “mother of chickens”. She is 48 and married with six... Read More