September 2022

September 2022

Rwanda: The Cyimbili Health Center Update

The Cyimbili Health Center (CHC) has continued to work alongside the Cyimbili community and CompassioNow to improve the healthcare service system. The funds are used to purchase medicine, beds/mattresses, and provide the necessary refurbishment to the facility. Between the months of April and June, the CHC has treated 5,460 patients! Because of COVID-19 and the regional lockdown, […]

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Kenya: Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods for Women in Kilifi County

ALARM Kenya, in partnership with Kenya Community Development Fund (KCDF), is working alongside vulnerable women by empowering them through capacity building in animal husbandry skills, kitchen gardening, group management training, and trauma awareness. These women are trained and then gifted 3 goats to use for income generation and wealth creation. The goal of this 1-year

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Kenya: Malindi Women Economic Empowerment

ALARM Kenya, in partnership with Excellence in Giving, empowered 53 women in 2021 through the provision of dual-purpose goats and training in animal husbandry skills. These goats are valuable because they produce milk that offsets malnutrition, they reproduce which multiplies their impact, and they can be sold for income generation. These 53 women received 142

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Kenya: Building Resilience Among Widows and Single Mothers in Mathare Slums

ALARM Kenya, in partnership with Rise Up Woman International, has implemented the Building Resilience Among Widow and Single Mothers Project in Mathare, Kenya. This project started in September and aims to reduce the vulnerability of 50 women who have been impacted by COVID-19 and violence. In January, 14 of these women participated in an Income

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Kenya: Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods for Women in Kilifi County

ALARM Kenya, in partnership with the Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF), seeks to transform communities through the Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods for Women in Kilifi Country project and its pass-it-forward approach. As vulnerable women are trained in animal husbandry skills, they are empowered to make a living for their families. After the beneficiaries of this project

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Kenya: Building Resilience Among Widows & Single Mothers Post Covid – Mathare – Business Skills Training

Since the global pandemic began, there has been a devastation of lives, ranging from death, loss of livelihood, and a decrease in mental health. People living in informal settlements have been severely impacted as they depend on menial jobs for survival. In the wake of the pandemic, many small businesses closed. The Building Resilience Among

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Kenya: Breaking the Barriers of Young Single Mothers (BBYSM) Update

The Breaking the Barriers of Young Single Mothers (BBYSM) project in the Kibera slums exists to empower young women (15-25 years old) who are single moms that do not have access to consistent income. These women come into the program hopeless, directionless, and discouraged by their circumstances. In January, 20 young women were given a seed capital of

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Kenya: The Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods Project Follow-Up

The Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods program in Kilifi County impacted 256 beneficiaries throughout its 8-month duration. This is a “pass-it-forward” model so that from the ripple effect, more people will be impacted. During the project visit and monitoring stage, ALARM conducted a 3-day trauma awareness and recovery seminar in which 60 women and 2 men participated. Grace,

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Kenya: Animal Husbandry Training

ALARM Kenya continues to minister to vulnerable community members in Kilifi County. In May, ALARM held a 3-day training on animal husbandry for 60 beneficiaries. These beneficiaries included widows, disabled individuals, caregivers of disabled children, pastors’ wives, and other vulnerable community members. These women come from all backgrounds, denominations, and religions. It is so encouraging to

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Kenya: Pastoral Leadership Training Institute Session 4

The Pastoral Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) trains pastors and church leaders in Biblical, theological, leadership, and reconciliation principles and practices while cultivating pastoral skills and encouraging an expansive love of God and others. The program seeks to achieve ALARM’s goal which is to strengthen and empower the African church by equipping the untrained leadership with

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