Gender Equality Kenya Project #19653

Educate & Give voice to HODI Girls in North Kenya

by Horn of Africa Development Initiative - HODI

Educate & Give voice to HODI Girls in North Kenya

Project Report | Dec 5, 2022
Last update of 2022 from HODI

By Project Team | Project Leader

Karare Primary School students in November 2022

CURRENT DROUGHT UPDATE

The National Drought Management Authority states in their October 2022 drought bulletin that distribution of the October rains was poor both temporally and spatially across most parts of the County.

The Ministry of Education requested for support from HODI for 4 schools which were severely affected by water shortage. The 4 schools received 52,000L of water in total, each receiving 13,000L per school. The schools have now been able to retain their students in school through provision of lunch.

BUILDING RESILIENT HOUSEHOLDS

With immense support from Corteva through GlobalGiving, we have been able to support 93 women in 4 women groups, jointly called the Qusanno Groups. Qusanno is a local word which means saving together.

These women saved 93,900 shillings together over the months of October and November 2022. These funds are then deposited into an already existing pool from which each group’s members borrow loans to start or strengthen their small businesses, pay fees and medical bills.

With the donations received from Corteva and GlobalGiving, the groups have been able to plan and implement an audit of their finances through an external auditor. The audit is expected to provide a summary of each group’s finances and recommendations for any major weaknesses found during the course of the audit.

The audit will also provide accurate information on savings, loans and active membership status for each group. With lessons learned from these women, we hope to expand this initiative to other community members as a way of helping them to build sustainable and resilient communities.

We would like to thank you for your great support this year, and look forward to a properous new year wiith you. We wish you all Happy Holidays!

Students from the same school receiving water

Attachments:

Kubi Bagasa School Letter (PDF)

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Aug 5, 2022
August 2022 Update

By Project Team | Project Leader

School patron taking measurements during workshop

SECURITY SITUATION
At the start of May, the government of Kenya imposed a county-wide dusk to dawn curfew in Marsabit to deal with the security situation that had gotten out of hand, with rampant shootings and general insecurity in the county.

Since then, the curfew has been extended to cover the period of the elections and will lapse in mid August. In general, the curfew and concurrent security operation has reduced the number of incidents in Marsabit over the last three months and the situation has improved.

SHOOT TO SCORE

We distributed twenty-two footballs to three schools and fifteen football boots to one primary school.

The balls and boots will be used during football sessions at these schools, with the balls being high quality leather balls made locally in Kenya. The boots will help to prevent foot injuries and increase comfort during play.

EDUCATING GIRLS IN NORTHERN KENYA

We have, since our last report, made and distributed three hundred and fifty (350) reusable pads to seventy (70) girls in six partner schools. Each girl received a pack of 5 reusable pads that will allow them to continue attending school and reduce the financial cost of purchasing disposable pads.

Another 60 reusable pads to be distributed are ready for distribution once schools reopen after the Kenyan general elections on the 9th of August this year.

We have also conducted a workshop on breast health for 40 girls from 5 primary schools and collected measurements for sport bras. The workshop will help girls to understand more about their bodies and how sport bras make it easier to play football.

We thank all our donors for their support in achieving these results. We also look forward to your continued support.

Distribution of balls and shirts

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Apr 11, 2022
April 2022 GlobalGiving Update Report

By Project Team | Project Leader

Reusable pads making

SHOOT TO SCORE

Under this project, we were able to deliver the following life skills topics to 503 girls and boys in 5 primary schools:

Peace
Wawili wawili (togetherness)
Leaderline
Menstruation and hygiene
Gender and sex

The sessions were implemented between January and March 2022, before schools closed for holidays.

We have also distributed footballs to 603 children, among them 283 girls, through their schools. The balls will be used to play during their after school activities and lesson breaks.

EDUCATING GIRLS IN NORTHERN KENYA

Under this project, using funds received from GlobalGiving, we have achieved the following results:

We trained one graduate of our tailoring and dressmaking class of 2015 to make reusable sanitary pads for girls in schools. We found it was cheaper to make our own sanitary pads instead of buying from suppliers.
In total, we have produced 277 reusable sanitary pads at our tailoring centre.
We have also separately purchased 50 reusable sanitary pads.
In total, 11 girls have received a set of 5 reusable sanitary pads each for their use. This will help them not to miss classes and reduce the financial strain on them and their families. The remaining 222 pads, along with any new ones produced, will be distributed to other girls after schools reopen. Schools have been closed for holidays for the last one month.
128 girls received scholarships from the project between November 2021 and February 2022. The scholarship average amount was 5,900 Kenya shillings ($54). The highest scholarship award was 10,000 shillings ($92).
In total, we used 767,000 shillings ($7,120) to award these scholarships.
We have used 91% of the funds we received from GlobalGiving in November 2021 for the above activities. The remaining $860 will go towards purchasing additional supplies for the reusable sanitary pads and overhead costs like bank charges.
Using solar lamps received from our partnership with Namene Solar, 63 girls and women are now able to study and work better at night. The lamps are very light and durable.

We thank all our donors for their support in achieving these results. We also look forward to your continued support. We have attached a financial report for reference, along with images of some of our activities.

Reusable pads making

Girl and parent making scholarship application

Reporting dashboard

Attachments:

Financial Report EGK-Corteva2021 (XLSX)

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