Jikaze IDP Resettlement Village - Uhuru Child - Maai Mahiu, Central Province, Kenya

We worked with Jikaze, a group of 900 Internally Displaced Persons following the Kenyan Post-Election Violence of 2008, to create a sustainable re-settlement village. The problems plaguing the community were as follows: Lack of consistent food; lack of clean water; limited access to health care; women forced into prostitution with Lorry Drivers; overcrowded classrooms and limited access to school fees; half of the community still living in tents; no electricity or easy access to cooking fuels; no financial capital to start businesses; semi-arid region with little rainfall and inaccessible water table. During our first year of working with Jikaze we built 56 houses, conducted 3 months of food relief, distributed 90 micro-finance loans, sold 75 water filters at a subsidy, sponsored 22 children in educational scholarships, planted 145 trees, distributed vitamins to 100 children for a month, and built a deep and lasting relationship with the community.