We teach women the skills they need to earn a living – running their own businesses on their own terms, so their families don’t have to live in poverty.
Our impact
84%
of women with the power to make their own decisions
4.3m
businesses created and grown
+217%
average increase in income
19m
family members’ lives transformed
Mary’s story
Mary was living in a cramped iron shack, with her young daughter, in a slum near Nairobi when she joined the Hand in Hand business programme.
Today, thanks to Hand in Hand, Mary runs a thriving small business, which has become so successful she has been able to move out of her iron shack and into a brick house. And, she was able to pay for her daughter to go to university.
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Your donation will help us give women the skills and confidence to beat the odds and launch their own microbusinesses – lifting whole families out of poverty.
More stories
Jane Ouma | Street-seller to wholesaler
Thanks to training in digital and social media marketing Jane has expanded her customer base using WhatsApp.
Tabitha Wanjiku | building a family business
Tabitha’s daughters look after the store’s social media presence, marketing the business on WhatsApp and Facebook.
Pauline Wambui | Online entrepreneur
“Now I know selling online is better as compared to local sales,” says Pauline.