Donating quality seed to local poor women as mean to promote food security in western kenya.

Training Women to Be Entrepreneurs and Leaders in Kenya

Women's Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development (Jan 2011-Jan 2012)

“Muungano made me reach my goals on entrepreneurship development.”

Jane Aluoch, OSIEPE (“friends”) Women's Group leader from Busia.

Women Starting on Their Own

The goal of the Women's Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development Project has been to competently support the women to pursue formal employment, entrepreneurship, and self-employment interest.Food and nutrition training project.

This project has provided the Busia County women with work-readiness and livelihood trainings to empower them to make sound career and life decisions, such as starting an income-generating business on their own. Thus, the women have been receiving market-relevant learning and work experience/opportunities beyond their current education and training activities.Sun flower farming and women empowerment project.

The project has promoted self-employment/livelihood /entrepreneurship training that has provided the women with fundamental knowledge in market relevant skills in some of the complementary areas, including entrepreneurship development, business planning, business skills, practical work attachment, career development planning, and linkage to financial services.

Hands-on Training Reinforces Financial Education

The project modules are standards-based curricula that reinforce academics through real world, hands-on activities.Women involved on training in farmers field day December 2011.

Participants workin teams to start and run their own small businesses. Taking on different roles as leaders, analysts, controllers, and traders, participants learn the basics of money management, saving, investing and entrepreneurship, as they apply for jobs –  and design, manufacture, market, and sell their products in the market place.

After completing the modules, the graduates are assisted to pursue higher education, internship, job placements, and business start-ups or expansion.

In addition, the graduates are formed into a women's community banking structure that enable them to access financial services. The initial phase of the project  lasted for 12  months

So far, 3,000 women from 20 self help groups, have graduated, after completing the programne.

Famine and Drought Affect Programmes

The famine and drought have affected  our programmes in the Teso district province of Kenya.

Famine caused the community  lose their domestic animals –  and lives, too.

Families were going to bed hungry without food.

Muungano Development Gateway (MDG) has been looking for help to save the situation in the region.