The Malkia Initiative

19/08/2026

Day 1 of our Leadership Academy and Entrepreneurship Bootcamp opened with energy, movement, reflection, and joy.
The Academy brought together 26 girls, 16 young mothers, and 10 Malkia high school scholars. Our friends at ChezaCheza Dance Foundation held the day beautifully using play, dance, and experiential learning to help the girls build trust, check in with their emotions, explore life skills, and imagine new possibilities for themselves.
The girls also created vision boards and sisterhood shields, naming their biggest dreams, superpowers, support systems, and promises to themselves before closing the day with dance choreography and reflection.

This day taught them that leadership is not only taught in speeches. Sometimes, it is learned through movement, laughter, courage, and the moment a girl sees herself as a queen.

10/08/2026

Day 1 of the CROWNED Leadership and entrepreneurial Academy

31/07/2026

Schools are closed for the August holidays, but the work of learning has not paused. As learners take a well-deserved break, we are already preparing for next term by training 30 teachers from Kajiado South on Teaching at the Right Level under our foundational literacy and numeracy program.

Next term, we want children returning not just to school, but to classrooms ready to help them learn.

23/07/2026

Economic empowerment is power.

It changes what a woman can say yes to, what she can say no to, and what she no longer has to tolerate. When women earn, create, and make decisions, girls watch and they begin to imagine leadership differently.

That is the heart of Liloe: women using skill rooted in culture to build income, dignity, and possibility because when women rise, girls see what is possible.

20/07/2026

Introducing Liloe.

A bracelet born from women’s hands, community skill, and a belief we hold deeply at Malkia: when women have income, choice, and dignity, girls inherit a different future.

Through , women are turning traditional beadwork into economic opportunity and Liloe is our first step in sharing that story with you.

Liloe is more than a bracelet. It is purpose you can wear.

Coming soon.

30/06/2026

30/06/2026

Teenage pregnancy remains a barrier to girls education. But so is stigma, so is blame, so is the failure to support girls before and after crisis.

Through Eunice spoken word piece on teenage pregnancy she reminds girls to protect their crown and chase their dreams. She is also reminded us why girl led advocacy matters.

22/06/2026

This is how learning begins in our KUZA classes.

Play is one of the ways children find their way back to learning.

10/06/2026

The joy of learning is beautiful to witness.

Through TaRL program KUZA, we are seeing classrooms slowly change from places of fear and uncertainty into spaces of confidence, curiosity, and real learning. Children are no longer being pushed to fit where the syllabus assumes they should be, they are being met where they are, supported at their level, and reminded that learning is possible.

09/06/2026

We’re gearing up to meet ward leaders and stakeholders at the Ward Assembly. Girls did the work, they asked the questions, gathered truth, and named what’s standing between them and school. Now we’re taking that evidence to the people with budgets, mandates, and power.