Enkare Oltau Foundation

Enkare Oltau Foundation Award-winning Volunteer Powered Organization. Dedicated to women and youth empowerment for SDGS 4,5,8,13 actualization.

05/08/2026

Kuwakumbusha tu!…🙂 Our classes for the young mums are still ongoing…
Our volunteers Maggy Mavin has begun her sessions with the young mums. She is a multi talented business woman who is flourishing in the hair business. She makes and sells wigs, hair extensions across the country. She took time to make sure the young mums are equipped with this marketable skill. Our aim is to aims to promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all (SDG 8). This session involved learning where to purchase the materials at an affordable price, how to make the hair extensions, how to price the finished product and where to sell the finished product. We will have a separate class on how to market the hair extensions. This is the first of three sessions aimed at training the girls hands on practical skills in wig and extension making as a business. The journey continues…

13/07/2026

And our practical sessions are officially on🥳🥳🥳🥳 our2026 cohort of young mums are not playing. They are bringing their A game. This class was inspiring, facilitated by our volunteer, Fiona Gichohi who runs a beauty school and her two apprentice students. This was an all hands practical session, where the young mums were taught all things manicure and pedicure. Each of them had to in turn practice what they learnt on another young mum. We know these skills will go a long way in ensuring the young mums are not only empowered into economic independence, but also to see themselves from a different angle..one where their image is a priority and they also get to feel good about themselves. This is how we choose to put SDG 5 and SDG 8 in action in this season. Do you have a skill you would like to empower the young mums with? Do reach out.

Teenage pregnancies are at an all time high…It is happening…it is a reality we need to come to terms with as a country…w...
12/07/2026

Teenage pregnancies are at an all time high…
It is happening…it is a reality we need to come to terms with as a country…what is causing this rise? What are we doing about it?what interventions are making a difference?
Read about our work with teen and young mothers in Majengo slums in the standard newspaper Standard Digital

06/07/2026

Let’s talk about family planning…here we do not walk on egg shells around certain topics. This past weekend we were at Luton Hospital with our young mums..for three particular reasons.
First reason being, we need a change of environment every so often for our classes, so we broke the monotony of the same venue..exposing the young ladies to a different environment. Second reason, we were giving the young mums an opportunity to heal their relationship with hospitals and how they relate to health care provision..why? Most of these young ladies have gone through traumatic experiences not just whilst delivering their babies, but also while seeking healthcare services for they and their babies..reason being? They are discriminated for being young mothers. We were healing that wound by visiting a hospital that believes in humane service delivery to all… The Luton Hospital and third and most important, we were going to learn about the different forms of family planning. Truth of the matter is most young mums do not know what type of family planning suits their body, and they go for any option available after their first baby.placing themselves at risk of the dangerous side effects and reactions. The knowledge they receive on family planning comes from friends and social media. We had a doctor from Luton take the young mums through an informative, practical session on family planning and it’s different menthods. Then he took time to answer all the girls questions on maternal health. Patiently making time for each of them and advising on individual cases. We finished the day by touring the hospital, including the upcoming VIP wing, giving room for the girls to experience and believe in their potential, capacity and right to also experience the best of healthcare that others do. This was an eye opening and encouraging experience for all our young mums. As we organize for the next session on ground after individual tests to ensure every young mum receives family planning care that aligns with their body, we would like to appreciate our partner Luton Hospital Foundation Foundation for all their support in this transformative program…and a big applause to our enkare

26/06/2026

June babies for the win🥳🥳🥳
Our young mums classes are beautiful..beautiful because we make the most amazing memories, we exhale, we laugh together, we cry together and we celebrate together.
Here’s to all our June babies…and just as we did in May..our volunteer Kavindu chose to celebrate her birthday with the young mums..funny enough there were two of the mums who had birthdays on the same day including our facilitator Kennedy.. To top it all up, someone decided to bless the babies and the young mums with some beautiful baby clothes. Fun was had..every session we have is not just about learning, but also making positive memories that remind our young mums to live in the moment and believe that brighter days are coming…to making memories and celebrating life in every session.

23/06/2026

What is your understanding of child protection? why is it important? Especially in this day and age where children’s rights are being violated left right and center…
This past weekend, we brought down the importance of child protection to the level of our young mums in our ongoing year long empowerment training.
What a session we had!
Delivered by our long time partners and child protection specialist Nyota care innovations organization and Taji Zuri who specialize in child protection, nutrition, care and upbringing. This was a transformative session.
Feedback included
“I did not know I was violating my child’s rights by not getting her birth certificate, I will address this by our next class.”
“To be honest there are times my child begins to cry and I don’t know what to do, I feel frustrated and end up beating them or leaving them to cry to sleep, at times she wants to play but I want to work, so I tie her on my back so I can have her under my control till I finish working, after this class I am learning that it is denying my child their right to play and expression, I will work on this.”

As an organization, such feedbacks keep us going. It is not just about economic and financial empowerment, it is about nurturing wholesome young mums through the program we offer. This child protection class continues…we are grateful to Aoko Martina Adega and Nyota Care Innovations as they walk this journey with us and our young mums.

15/06/2026

And we take this time to celebrate Serena Juliet. A walking powerhouse. She started off as a beneficiary of our training for teen mums last year and she has now evolved and grown into a member of our team. She is vocal, passionate about girls rights, and it was only right that she be a part of us at the girls first summit, where she shared her knowledge, experiences and expertise with young girls. She is growing into greatness and we are here for it! Cheering her on and holding her hand as she steps into her purpose. We are grateful to Girl Rising for this opportunity and we look forward to more meaningful engagement that will see not only us, but our mentees like Serena Juliet live out her full potential even as she impacts other girls.

The girls first summit…this was a learning curve…We were honored to have been invited to this transformative summit that...
15/06/2026

The girls first summit…this was a learning curve…We were honored to have been invited to this transformative summit that brought together community serving organizations uplifting the girl child. Present in the room we had our founder, our interim teen mums program lead, Peace Koinange and our mentee, alumni from our teen mums program and now volunteer Serena Juliet. Each of our 3 representatives getting to represent us in the different sessions.This summit was not your normal kind. Let us unpackage. Let us begin from the panelists, we had young girls in the panel, this was a powerful statement: the girls have a voice, they not only want to be heard, but need to be heard. Many a times, civil societies make decisions on behalf of the girls they serve, often sidelining the opinions and contributions of the girls themselves, resulting in programs that are not as effective.
The girls did not shy away from the hot seat! some of the greatest takeaways from that plenary was that the girls requested their mentors to trust them, understand their needs and background, give them a sense of security and most importantly, give them room to lead by getting them in peer led groups and give them leadership responsibilities. The conference also looked at sustainability for organizations beyond grants, with innovation, partnerships and organization capacity building being key pillars. We also had a very practical session on advancing girl-centered program design and delivery by applying feminist mentorship approaches and exploring practical strategies for building girls’
agency, confidence, and
leadership through feminist mentorship. This particular session was of great significance to our founder who will be implementing some of these practical takeaways in our programs in the coming days. Peace was in her element in the session on stories that empower and transform, using film to advance social-emotional learning and SRHR with girls. Serena Juliet was present and truly represented in the girls session, where the girls shared and learnt on their bodies, their safe spaces, their rights and identifying safe spaces. The cherry on the cake was the networking and experience sharing

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