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We buid the capacity of women and young farmers to become informed decision makers and key industry players.

25/08/2026

📌📌Nakuru County – Bavuni Ward

🌳 Roots of Resilience Project

The restoration journey continues in Bavuni! Under our ongoing Roots of Resilience Project, AWAK trained the third cohort of smallholder farmers on practical approaches to site preparation and tree care, implemented through the programme by TerraFund.

The session focused on equipping farmers with practical skills to prepare planting sites for successful tree establishment and provide the care needed to support healthy seedling growth and survival.

The training culminated in a hands-on field demonstration, 🌱 giving farmers the opportunity to put the techniques into practice, gain practical experience, and build confidence in applying them on their own farms.

Because restoration is not simply about planting trees, it is about planting well, caring consistently, and giving trees the best chance to thrive.

By investing in farmers’ knowledge and skills, we are strengthening the foundation for healthier landscapes, stronger livelihoods, and more resilient communities.

WRI Africa

21/08/2026

📌📌Mombasa County

What happens when women don’t just receive knowledge but take it, use it, and pass it on? 🌱

These women from Mombasa’s informal settlements learned climate-smart urban farming, and today, they are teaching other women how to grow food in small spaces using vertical sack gardens.

From learning… to doing… to leading. 💚

They are proving that small spaces can grow healthy food, create income, and strengthen household food security.

The lesson for us? Empower a woman with knowledge, and watch her multiply the impact.

Let’s learn from these women. Let’s grow. Let’s lead. 🌱

19/08/2026

📌📌Mombasa County

✅️P.O.W.E.R. Begins! 💚 | Turning Waste into Opportunity

Something exciting took shape in Mombasa last week!

The Association of Women in Agriculture Kenya (AWAK) team have began the rollout of biochar production using drum kilns under the P.O.W.E.R. Project – Prosperity through Organic Waste & Energy Resilience, marking the beginning of a new journey with women and youth in our communities.

But P.O.W.E.R. is about much more than producing biochar.

It is about rethinking waste as a resource and an opportunity.

Through the project, AWAK is supporting communities to transform organic waste into valuable products while creating opportunities for green livelihoods, enterprise and cleaner energy solutions.

We are working towards communities where:
🌱 Waste is better managed and transformed into value
🔥 Cleaner energy solutions contribute to healthier homes and better air quality
👩🏾‍🌾 Women and youth can turn environmental solutions into income-generating opportunities
🌍 Communities are empowered to take action on environmental and climate challenges
🌾 Biochar can contribute to healthier soils, food security and nutrition while supporting climate action through carbon sequestration.

At the heart of P.O.W.E.R. is a simple but powerful idea:

From waste to value.
From pollution to cleaner air.
From discarded resources to livelihoods.
From environmental challenges to community-led solutions.

This is the P.O.W.E.R. we are building together. 💚

12/08/2026

🌱 What if the most important thing we invest in for restoration isn’t a tree, but a leader?

Restoration is more than planting trees, restoring hectares or regenerating landscapes. At its heart, restoration is about , , and .

AWAK was honoured to be part of the Equity Leadership Program (ELP) training as a local restoration champion under the WRI Africa Initiative—joining fellow grassroots restoration leaders from Kenya, Rwanda, Ghana and Burundi in exploring what it takes to make restoration truly equitable and inclusive.

The experience reminded us that transformative restoration requires transformative leadership.

Leadership that is relational.
Leadership that listens before it leads.
Leadership that combines clarity, the ability to understand systems, power and complexity with clarity, the ability to recognise emotions, build trust, practice empathy and lead with care.

As AWAK continues to support women, youth and communities to lead restoration, we are reminded that the trees we plant can only thrive when the leadership, relationships and systems around them are also nurtured.

🌍 We cannot restore landscapes without transforming the systems that shape them. And we cannot transform systems without investing in the people who lead the change.

10/08/2026

📌📌Nakuru County

🌱 Advancing Inclusive Agroecology in Nakuru County

The Association of Women in Agriculture Kenya - AWAK was proud to be part of the launch of the Nakuru County Agroecology Stakeholder Mapping, Implementation Framework and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework—a key milestone in translating the County’s Agroecology Policy into action.

We were honoured to co-lead the Gender and Social Equity thematic area, reinforcing AWAK’s commitment to advancing inclusive food systems and strengthening women’s meaningful participation, leadership and agency across agrifood systems.

As Nakuru moves from policy to implementation, AWAK remains committed to championing approaches that leave no one behind—especially women, youth and other marginalized groups.

05/08/2026

📌📌Women at the Center of Climate Action

In Kenya's informal settlements, the rising cost of cooking fuel continues to place an enormous burden on families, forcing many to rely on charcoal , a practice that fuels deforestation, indoor air pollution, and poor health.

But women like Martha are changing that story.

Through AWAK's training on renewable biomass carbonization and clean cooking briquettes, Martha became an early adopter of green technology. She transformed organic waste into affordable, clean cooking fuel, then went on to train other women and establish a thriving local production group.

As demand for their briquettes grew, AWAK equipped the group with briquette-making machines, enabling the women to scale production, create green jobs, and provide more households with affordable, smoke-free energy.

Today, these women are more than producers, they are entrepreneurs, climate champions, and changemakers proving that when women are intentionally placed at the centre of climate solutions, they don't just embrace innovation, they lead it.

At AWAK, we believe that investing in women means investing in healthier families, greener communities, and a more sustainable future.

💚 When women lead, communities thrive.

30/07/2026

📌📌Reef Hotel _ Mombasa Kenya

Association of Women in Agriculture Kenya - AWAK appreciates the invitation by GIZ and the East African Community (EAC) to participate in the National Coordination Committee Meeting on the implementation of the EAC Fruits, Vegetables & Nuts Value Chain in Mombasa.

The meeting brought together regional stakeholders to review progress in strengthening the fruits, vegetables, and nuts value chain through discussions on the implementation and incentive frameworks, international certification compliance, export competitiveness, investment opportunities, and value addition.

Participants also visited the NUTS and MORE EPZ processing plant, gaining practical insights into cashew nuts processing, value addition, and market development.

AWAK remains committed to advancing women's leadership and inclusive participation in regional agricultural value chains that promote sustainable agriculture, market access, and economic empowerment.

28/07/2026

📌📌 Nakuru County - Bavuni Ward

✅️Roots of Resilience Project

AWAK trained the second cohort of smallholder farmers from Bavuni on site preparation and tree care under our ongoing Roots of Resilience Project, implemented through the programme by TerraFund.

The training equipped farmers with practical knowledge on preparing planting sites for optimal tree establishment and caring for seedlings to improve survival and long-term growth. To reinforce the learning, the session culminated in a hands-on field demonstration, giving participants the opportunity to apply the techniques and gain first-hand experience.

Healthy trees begin with proper preparation and consistent care. By building farmers' skills today, we are laying the foundation for restored landscapes, improved livelihoods, and more resilient communities.

WRI Africa

One Tree Planted

24/07/2026

📌📌 Most Significant Stories

✅️From an open space to a thriving urban garden. 🌱

Women are at the heart of food and nutrition security. What was once an unused backyard is now a flourishing climate-smart urban farm, demonstrating how the right skills and determination can transform small spaces into productive sources of fresh, nutritious food for families while strengthening household resilience.

Watch her inspiring transformation Story❤️

22/07/2026

📌📌When women are equipped with the right skills, they don't just participate,they influence. They lead. They transform systems.

This moment captures one of our grassroots women leaders presenting a memorandum to the Governor of Kitui County Government - Hon Dr. Julius Malombe, on behalf of women across the county, advocating for priorities such as improved water access and better roads. Their collective voice led to real commitments and action.

Women are not just beneficiaries of development, they are drivers of change.🌎

In Kitui County, grassroots women are proving that when equipped with the right civic engagement and policy advocacy skills, they can influence decisions that shape their communities

At AWAK, we believe Gender Transformation happens when women have the knowledge, confidence, and platform to influence policy and hold leaders accountable.

When women lead, policies become more inclusive, communities become stronger, and lasting change becomes possible.

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