UU Women in Kenya

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UU Women in Kenya

• These photographs illustrate the income
  generating activities of some members of the U. U
  Womens League in Nairobi Central and Central
  Kenya 

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Tailoring Tailoring and dress making are some
of the trades that are easy to learn and attract
less capital and simple training. This is an area
that some of our members are involved in. They
have small shops and they are able to earn small
income.
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Basket making Baskets are popular with tourists
as well as local Kenyans. The demand is high and
our women the best quality of baskets. 
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Poultry keeping  This is a trade that had a lot
of room for growth and our members are trying
hard to establish several poultry projects. They
buy day old chicks and rear them for several
weeks before selling them for a profit. Rabbit
rearing is also practiced by 5 members.
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Vegetables, Fruits and other Small Businesses
 The members grow or buy the products and sell
by the road side to consumers to generate income.
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Flour milling and Cereal Trading  Maize and
beans are the staple food of Kenyans some of our
members are also in this line of production. 
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Candle making Two groups in Central Kenya are
involved in candle making which they sell to
people in their neighborhoods. 
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Paraffin and Charcoal selling These two are the
main low cost fuel sources for domestic use in
Kenya and the demand is high. Our members have
not been left behind in operating smalls
enterprises within the community.  
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Orphan Support ComponentWithin our program,
there is an orphan support project that gives
assistance to orphaned and vulnerable children.
Some of the orphaned children live with their
grandparents who are involved in the income
generating activities such as the Basket Making
Project- Nairobi UU senior women Basket project.
 
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The little profit realized from the sale of the
basket project is shared among the grandparents
to help them support their orphaned
grandchildren. The U.U.A website has a picture of
the Unitarian Community Children Center in
Central Kenya. This project has a feeding and
medical program.  
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The impact of HIV/AIDS in our community is very
diverse that we as the U.U women league have
stood up to give our support despite our limited
resources.  As already mentioned these
enterprises are impoverished and a lot of support
is needed to make them more beneficial to our
women. Yours sincerely,  Nancy Njeri KamauU.U
Women League Chair