Ruiru, Kenya · Community-Based Organisation
Empowering Women. Nourishing Families. Protecting Our Future.
Wezesha Mkulima CBO works with women, girls, farmers and rural communities to build food security, improve nutrition, strengthen livelihoods and create climate-resilient communities.
Soil, water, seed, family — one continuous story.
Our philosophy
Behind Every Small Farm Is a Family.
Behind many rural families is a hardworking woman who farms with limited land and resources and is determined to give her children a better future.
Wezesha Mkulima CBO believes that empowering a woman farmer can transform an entire family and eventually an entire community.
When we empower a woman, we strengthen an entire family and community.
Focus areas
Where We Create Change
Six connected areas of work. Empower people, grow food, improve nutrition, protect the environment, build resilience, transform communities.
Women farmer empowerment
When a Woman Farmer Thrives, a Family Moves Forward.
The challenges she faces
- Small pieces of land
- Limited water
- Limited agricultural resources
- Food insecurity
- Limited income opportunities
How we respond
- Practical training
- Sustainable farming
- Agroforestry
- Water management
- Organic farming
- Livelihood development
Nutrition & healthy families
Growing Food Is Only the Beginning.
We want families not only to have food, but to have nutritious food.
- Household food production
- Kitchen gardens
- Diverse crops
- Nutrition awareness
- Practical knowledge on healthy family diets
- Improved access to nutritious foods
Girl child
Every Girl Deserves the Opportunity to Thrive.
Wezesha Mkulima CBO supports the development of the girl child through education, life skills, confidence building, awareness and opportunities — a stronger foundation for a healthy and productive future.
Climate action
Building Communities Ready for a Changing Climate.
We promote practical climate responses that communities can adopt with what they already have: climate-smart agriculture, agroforestry, tree planting, water conservation, soil protection, recycling and sustainable energy.
Soil
Water
Trees
Food
People
Future
Sustainable agriculture
Small Land. Big Possibilities.
Most of the families we work with farm on small pieces of land. We support them to use that land productively and sustainably — so it keeps giving, season after season.
Grow more. Waste less. Protect the soil. Feed the family.
Our programmes
Eleven programmes. One connected story.
Our approach
Learning by Doing.
We work through practical demonstrations, farmer training sessions, nutrition awareness, girl-child-focused activities, climate and environmental education, community meetings, farm-based learning, nursery demonstrations, peer-to-peer learning and locally available resources.
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Listen
We begin with the community — its land, its needs and its own knowledge.
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Learn
We study the challenge together: soil, water, crops, nutrition and climate.
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Demonstrate
We show the practice on real farms, not on paper.
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Practice
Farmers try the method themselves, with support close at hand.
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Share
Peer-to-peer learning spreads what works from neighbour to neighbour.
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Grow
Households build on early gains — more food, better nutrition, stronger income.
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Transform
The community becomes more self-reliant, healthier and climate-resilient.
From the first conversation to a community that stands on its own.
Vision
To create empowered, self-reliant and climate-resilient communities where women and girls have opportunities to thrive, families enjoy improved food security and proper nutrition, livelihoods are strengthened, and the environment is protected for present and future generations.
Mission
To empower vulnerable women, girls, farmers and rural families through practical training and community programmes in sustainable agriculture, nutrition, climate change adaptation, agroforestry, water harvesting, environmental conservation, recycling, organic farming, renewable energy, and livelihood development.
Expected impact
The change we work towards, every season.
- Improved food security
- Better nutrition
- Empowered women
- Stronger girls and young women
- More climate-resilient communities
- More trees and community nurseries
- Better water management
- Reduced waste
- Improved soil fertility
- Sustainable energy awareness
- Stronger, healthier and more self-reliant communities
The woman behind the farm
A woman who wakes early.
A woman who works in the garden.
A woman who may carry her child while farming.
A woman who walks long distances for water.
A woman working with limited land and limited resources.
A woman determined to create a better future for her children.
Empower her, and you strengthen an entire community.
Partnership
We do not work alone.
Wezesha Mkulima CBO works alongside institutions and community organisations that share our commitment to women, families and the environment.
Sivana Training College
Kihooto FM Radio
St Eleanor High School
The Waithira Muithirania Foundation
Religious organisations
NGOs and community partners
Together
Change Is Stronger When We Build It Together.
Wezesha Mkulima CBO welcomes partners, supporters and volunteers who want to see women, girls, families and rural communities thrive.