Our partnership with Imarisha

Despite impressive economic growth since 2005, poverty still affects millions of lives in Kenya and inequality is rampant. Because 80% of jobs in Kenya are in the informal sector, when COVID-19 struck it had a devastating impact. Most Kenyans couldn’t cease working without it putting them at risk of starvation. This, coupled with inadequate sensitization in rural and informal settings, meant that COVID-19 placed a disproportionate burden on those facing material poverty and marginalized. 

Through our partnership with Imarisha, to ensure the team was protected, the organization procured branded Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) for the 11-member team of volunteers and staff. Volunteers and staff, in cooperation with government agencies, installed 20 innovative hand washing stations at bus parks and other essential places. The public education team strived to ensure that community-based interventions such as social distancing and working from home were observed to help slow the spread of the virus.