Kar Geno Centre for Hope
Kisumu, Western Kenya, Kenya
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Kar Geno Centre for Hope is a community organisation based in Kisumu, Kenya working on gender equality, health, poverty & hunger +5 more.
Kar Geno Centre for Hope is a community-based organisation in Kisumu, Western Kenya, working to empower marginalised communities affected by HIV/AIDS. Its work focuses on women's socioeconomic empowerment, providing skills training, microfinance through the Women Microfinance Fund, and livelihood cooperatives such as moringa, peanut butter and organic poultry. It also runs health services and HIV/AIDS support, a children's programme, and school-based health education and sponsorship. The social enterprise Hope Designers trains and employs HIV-positive mothers in tailoring and design. Kar Geno is supported by its fiscal sponsor Village Volunteers, based in Seattle, USA, and works with international volunteers and partners.
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Women Microfinance Fund
Gender equality · Kenya
Formalised women's lending and savings through table-banking meetings, with financial literacy training and reinvested profits for members.
Hope Designers
Employment & Skills · Kenya
Social enterprise training and employing HIV-positive mothers in tailoring, embroidery, arts and design, with business launch support.
Moringa Cooperative
Poverty & Hunger · Kenya
Women cultivate and process moringa near Lake Victoria into powder sold regionally, with profits reinvested in the cooperative.
Peanut Butter Cooperative
Poverty & Hunger · Kenya
Cooperative providing income-generating work for women in the community.
Organic Poultry Project
Poverty & Hunger · Kenya
Organic chicken farming to improve community nutrition and generate income.
Children's Programme
Children & Youth · Kenya
Weekend and holiday activities for children, plus health education, counselling and school support.
Health Program
Health · Kenya
HIV/AIDS support, medical services, health education and preventive care for the community.
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Village Volunteers, Mathkind Global, Better Me Kenya, Students for International Development (SID Canada)
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