It’s been a rough year but we are grateful for so much. Here’s a quick look at some of the good things that happened for us in 2020. Happy New Year and thank you for being part of Uweza this year!
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Last week, thanks to our partnership with Safe Hands Kenya (Tiba Ni Sisi), our Uweza Soccer Academy coaches joined by some senior team players, were able to carry out a door-to-door distribution of free soap to all of the young soccer players and their families. This also provided a good…
Thank you so much to Fieldtalk for your generous donation of rice. We were able to distribute it to 36 of our men’s and women’s senior soccer team players and know that it will be a big help to them and their families. We are grateful that you thought of…
We all do better when we work together. Today, we distributed 1,870 bars of soap to 11 different partner organizations as part of the Safe Hands Kenya ( Tiba Ni Sisi ) coalition. Each organization will distribute to a different set of households in Kibera, make sure that everyone in…
We are grateful to be a new partner of Safe Hands Kenya, a mission-driven alliance of Kenyan companies deploying free hand sanitiser, soap, face masks and surface disinfectants to all Kenyans, as a first line of defence against COVID-19. Yesterday, we received a donation of 3,300 bars of soap which…
Happy Mother’s Day! This week, supported by a partner in the USA, we have coordinated mobile cash transfers to 200 mothers, grandmothers, and female guardians (representing a total of 1,100 household members) whose sources of income have been severely affected by COVID-19. Cash transfers allow them the flexibility and autonomy…
Our free masks initiative with Lookslike Avido has been featured in Vogue! Read the article here: https://www.vogue.com/article/david-avido-free-mask-kibera-nairobi-kenya-uweza Together and with the help of many community-based organizations and initiatives, we have been able to sew and distribute 11,663 masks in Kibera and surrounding areas. We have just increased our fundraising goal…
This week, with Lookslike Avido and in partnership with I Choose Life – Africa, we distributed free face masks to boda boda (motorcycle) riders from the following groups: Youth Reform, Lindi 68, Makina Law Courts Riders, Kibra DC Riders, Land Force Riders, Kibra Boda Boda Sacco and Raila Village Riders….
It’s back to school week! We wish our sponsored students all the best as they head back to school this week for the first term of the new school year and thank everyone who supports our Sponsorship Program for making their education possible.