USHANGA KENYA INITIATIVE

The Initiative seeks to transform the traditional ornamental beadmaking by women among the MAA speaking communities into a viable enterprises. The initiative incorporates several components including Mapping and profiling beadworks in 7 Counties, namely West Pokot, Samburu, Narok, Kajiado, Marsabit, Baringo and Turkana. It has a capacity building component that incorporates training on design, production and entrepreneurship. It also has a marketing component where the bead products are marketed both locally and in foreign markets. To sustain the project, the trained women are mobilized to form cooperative societies where they can access government funds such as the women enterprise fund and Uwezo funds to enable them carry on with their enterprises.