Living Spring Initiative

Living Spring Initiative We are a community movement where women, girls and young mothers lead the way.

Through local action and collective care, we turn challenges into opportunities and silence into voice.

23/07/2026

We work with girls who still treat a packet of pads as a luxury. So when someone says Kenya has "strong menstrual health policies," we ask: Where is the pad?
The law is clear. Article 43 of the Constitution guarantees the right to health. The Basic Education (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Section 2(k)) mandates free sanitary towels for every girl in public school. The Menstrual Hygiene Management Policy, 2019-2030 sets the roadmap. The Health Act, 2017 locks in reproductive healthcare as a fundamental right. And Nairobi County just made history with paid menstrual leave for public employees.
Yet girls in arid counties, informal settlements, and hard-to-reach schools still miss class because the pads never arrived, the toilets have no water, and the bins do not exist.
A Class 7 girl who stays home four days a month loses 18 weeks over three years of upper primary, nearly half a year of school. Not because she cannot do math. Because she cannot afford a pad.
This is not a "girls' issue." It is an education issue. A health issue. An economic issue. A dignity issue.
We are not asking for new promises. We are asking for delivery.
County budgets. Supply chains that reach the last mile. Functional WASH facilities in every school. Workplace policies that catch up to Nairobi County. And community voices in every room where decisions are made.
A girl with a pad stays in school. A woman with period dignity stays in the workforce. A nation that invests in menstrual health invests in itself.
That is the Kenya Living Spring Initiative is building. One pad, one policy, one girl at a time.

Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence is not "online harassment." It is power and control using digital tools as ...
21/07/2026

Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence is not "online harassment." It is power and control using digital tools as the weapon.
We need to stop treating TFGBV like a tech problem that lives only on screens. It lives in the same power structures that enable violence offline, just faster, more scalable, and harder to escape.
A few things we keep coming back to:
Data is now a site of violence. Doxxing, deepfakes, location tracking, hacked accounts - the target is not just the body anymore. It is the digital identity.
Silence is exclusion. Every woman pushed offline is lost income, lost leadership, lost voice. This is an economic and democratic issue, not just a "women's issue."
The digital divide has evolved. Some people log on without fear. Others log on knowing abuse is waiting. Meaningful inclusion requires both access and safety.
AI is not the villain or the hero. It amplifies harm and it can detect harm. Governance and accountability decide which side wins.
Prevention starts with design. Platforms built with privacy as default, reporting that actually works, and abuse made harder to commit - that is where the real work is.
TFGBV cuts across. It is a workplace issue, a public health issue, a governance issue. No single actor fixes it alone.
The reframe that stays with me:
Technology is the medium. Power is the root cause.

Domestic work is real work. Every well-prepared meal, every safely managed kitchen, and every carefully planned menu ref...
20/07/2026

Domestic work is real work. Every well-prepared meal, every safely managed kitchen, and every carefully planned menu reflects knowledge, professionalism, and skill.
Yesterday, Living Spring Initiative proudly partnered with Molly's Kitchen to equip 10 domestic workers with practical culinary and workplace skills under Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth.
The participants received hands-on training in: Menu planning, Food safety and hygiene, Basic nutrition, Food presentation, Basic kitchen safety
This training was not about teaching people who "don't know how to cook." It was about recognizing domestic work as skilled work, strengthening professional capacity, improving workplace standards, and ensuring domestic workers are valued, respected, and fairly compensated for the expertise they bring into every home.
When we invest in domestic workers, we invest in safer homes, healthier families, decent employment, and stronger communities. Skills development creates opportunities, enhances dignity at work, and opens pathways for better livelihoods.
Our sincere appreciation goes to individuals who contributed towards this activity, Molly's Kitchen for facilitating such an engaging and practical session and to all our project participants who dedicated their time to learning, sharing experiences, and growing professionally.
At Living Spring Initiative, we remain committed to advancing SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth by promoting skills development, economic empowerment, and dignified employment for domestic workers.
We recognize that domestic work is skilled work-and skilled work deserves respect.

Living Spring Initiative wishes to inform our partners, donors, stakeholders, and the general public that we have offici...
16/07/2026

Living Spring Initiative wishes to inform our partners, donors, stakeholders, and the general public that we have officially updated our organizational logo as of today the 16th July 2026
This change reflects our evolving identity and renewed commitment to our mission.
All official communications, branding materials, digital platforms, and correspondence will gradually transition to the new logo over the coming weeks. During this period, both old and new versions may appear across our channels as we complete the rollout.
We remain the same organization at heart, dedicated to flowing life into every community we serve. We appreciate your continued support and partnership as we grow.
Living Spring Initiative
"Flowing life into every community."

15/07/2026

Domestic work is real work. Cooking is a skill, not a default expectation. Next week, we are running a training for domestic workers who want to sharpen their craft, menu planning, food safety, nutrition, presentation. Not because they do not already know how to cook. Because they deserve to be valued for what they know, and paid for the skill they bring. Watch this space.

Happy Disability Pride Month. This July marks the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, an equival...
13/07/2026

Happy Disability Pride Month. This July marks the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, an equivalent of the Kenya’s Disability Act of 2025, and it's a good time to recognize what that moment started, and what still needs finishing.

Disability Pride is not about inspiration or overcoming. It is about identity, community, and the right to exist in spaces that were not built with you in mind. It is about rejecting the idea that disabled bodies and minds are problems to be fixed, and asserting instead that they are whole, valid, and worth designing for.

The work Living Spring Initiative does sits right in that space. Climate policy, economic systems, and social structures still default to abled norms, and people with disabilities pay the cost, whether through inaccessible shelters during disasters, exclusion from green jobs, or health systems that treat disability as a liability. Disability Pride Month is a reminder that justice only works when it includes everyone, and that "everyone" means the full range of human bodies and minds.

So this month, we are not just celebrating. We are pushing harder.

SRHR IS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE Adolescent girls with disabilities are experts on their own bodies. Yet they're routine...
06/07/2026

SRHR IS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE
Adolescent girls with disabilities are experts on their own bodies. Yet they're routinely excluded from SRHR conversations, denied accessible health information, and treated as if autonomy doesn't apply to them.
Here's what we actually see in our communities:
→ Girls with disabilities being skipped during school health talks because "the content isn't for them"
→ Healthcare providers speaking to caregivers instead of the young person in the room
→ Myths that disability = asexuality, or worse, that it justifies removal of choice
→ No accessible formats for contraceptive counseling, STI screening, or menstrual health resources
Living Spring Initiative works directly with adolescent girls with disabilities to change this. We create safe, accessible spaces where they lead conversations about their own bodies, health, and futures.
SRHR for girls with disabilities means: ✓ Accessible, confidential health services ✓ Comprehensive sexuality education in formats that work ✓ Choice. Full stop. ✓ Being seen as whole people, not medical cases or inspiration stories
The barriers are systemic. The solutions are community-led.
We don't need more awareness campaigns that forget to include the people they're "raising awareness" about. We need funding that reaches grassroots organizations. We need health workers trained in disability rights, not just medical procedures. We need girls with disabilities in every room where decisions about their bodies are made.
This isn't about "vulnerable populations." It's about rights holders who've been systematically excluded.

TFGBV is not "just online." It has offline consequences.Living Spring Initiative calls on:Tech companies to design acces...
01/07/2026

TFGBV is not "just online." It has offline consequences.
Living Spring Initiative calls on:
Tech companies to design accessible reporting and safety tools
Government to enact and enforce comprehensive TFGBV legislation
Civil society to integrate digital safety into GBV programming
Communities to stop blaming survivors and start holding perpetrators accountable
Women and adolescent girls, are disproportionately targeted, yet systematically excluded from digital protection conversations.
We are asking for Inclusive, accessible, survivor-centred digital safety for all.
Join us in building a safer internet.

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