Nyanam Widows Rising
Nonprofit Organization Management - Kisumu, Kisumu County, Kenya
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Nyanam Widows Rising is a Kenyan non-governmental organization that helps widows in the Lake Victoria region become visibly connected, confident and competent to lead positive social transformation in their communities. Our journey began in 2012 with the establishment of Mboto Sunrise Primary School - currently owned by the government, drilling of a community borehole in partnership with a local organization - Kenya Water for Health, training of early childhood teachers, and creation of curriculum enrichment programs to facilitate learning in local schools. Once the school was established, our work evolved to a focus on widows as the most vulnerable women in our context. We witnessed the marginalization of widows in community projects, and the cultural rites which limit their health, economic well-being, and agency.In the Lake Victoria region in Kenya, one out of five people is HIV positive, and at least 60% of women who are HIV positive are widows. Widows who are fish traders are sexually exploited in a ‘sex for fish' system that demands that women sleep with fishermen to secure fish supply. Widow inheritance, a traditional social intervention designed to protect widows, has evolved to forbid widows' remarriage while demanding that widows' sleep with other men before they can build their house or plant their crops. The purpose of our work is to enhance the dignity and agency of widows in these contexts. We connect widows through leadership circles (support groups). We increase widows' confidence and competence through trainings on servant leadership, voice of change, human rights, micro-enterprise, and health and nutrition. Widows then lead by implementing self-designed social change projects that address barriers to their freedom and agency. These empowered women lead positive social transformation not only in their communities, but also in their families for future generations to come.
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