Pact Kenya undertakes assessment of Self Help Groups in Kilifi
From July 15th to July 19th the Pact Kenya staff from the Nyali, Mombasa office undertook an in depth assessment of the Self Help Groups that have been established under the YMCA Kilifi Branch. Over these five days the PK staff visited 5 different locations within Bahari and Ganze Divisions of Kilifi District. In all they met with about 350 women from about 40 Groups.
The reason for the assessment was because of problems that had arisen in the support being provided by the YMCA. The purpose was to ascertain if the Groups were still functioning and if so to what degree and if so what should be done in the future to help them. The PK Team worked with two of the local SHG Community Facilitators and found that most of the Groups did still meet but that they were struggling to grow through lack of consistent training and support.
The PK Team designed and implemented a series of questions to better understand the situation for these Groups. This included a participatory rural appraisal approach that enabled the Groups to self assess their own group. The Team was also able to analyze the size and reason for loans taken by all the women they met. From this it was found that the Groups were saving and loaning but that many of the loans were taken for addressing emergency issues and only 20% were to try income generating activities. From all this assessing PK was able to identify what assistance the Groups needed and has developed a plan to provided intensive training support to these Groups until the end of the year. This support will be provided by the same Pact Kenya Mombasa Office Team.
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Msambweni, Diani Chale Coast and Marine Conservation & Livelihoods Enhancement Project
Pact Kenya is pleased to report that it has just embarked on a new two year project on the South Coast of Kenya. The Msambweni, Diani Chale Coast and Marine Conservation & Livelihoods Enhancement Project was officially launched on the 10th July 2008 at Ukunda Showground, South Coast by a Kenyan Government’s Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF) representative Ms Pauline Ikumi. The project is funded through CDTF and its Community Environment Facility with funds from DANIDA and SIDA. The signing of the financing agreement by the Project Implementation Committee (PIC) marked the commencement for implementation of the project.
Pact Kenya is the Strategic Partner on this project which has taken 18 months to develop and finalize with its local partners the Tiwi Diani Chale Management Trust, the Msambweni Turtle and Marine Conservation Group and the Simakeni Environment Group.
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Anthony Kariuki (right) of Pact Kenya
and Hon. Najib Balala join traditional dancers during the launch |
Launch of New Tourism Products
The Launch by the Minister for Tourism Hon. Najib Balala, of the Mombasa Boat Owners Association tourist bus and a Dhow and the Tube Renters’ pedal boats and life saver jackets marked a major milestone in the empowerment journey of these two local small scale operators at the Jomo Kenyatta Public site. The Tourism Trust Fund (TTF) grant managed through Pact Kenya has enabled a holistic capacity building and business assets
