umoja charity

This site was set up to help the Samburu in their fight against poverty and privation. All the proceeds of the sales go directly to the Women of Umoja Village. A commune consiting of only Women who formed themselves into a pro-active group to voice their concerns about womens rights in kenya. The village supports women who have been tortured, beaten and raped. They also help to raise children who have been abandoned, orphaned or suffer from Aids.Every penny from the sales of the handmade articles, that they produce themselves, goes to them. Each item is crafted and designed by the women who work under the shade of the Village tree. Which they sit under in the blazing heat of the African sun. Together we can build the School, Hospital and Visitor Centre that they so badly need.

The Umoja Uaso Women’s Group lies in the Uaso division of Samburu district, Kenya. This group is a women-run community-based organizations of Indigenous Samburu women who have declared their village a Violence-Against-Women-Free Zone. The community was formed in 1990 by 15 women who became destitute because they were abandoned by their husbands and were facing many social and economic difficulties. The women of Umoja support themselves through tourism and the sale of beadwork. They have established a school for the children of Umoja and surrounding villages, but are in need of support to fund the construction of more school buildings, the creation of a feeding program, and a school bus for children who must otherwise walk for miles to reach the school. Umoja has helped to encourage the women not to give up, but to work together to curb violence against women and negative cultural practices that are harmful to women’s health, safety and well-being.
The sale of handmade goods helps to give them the simple support that they need today.

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REBECCA SAMARIA LOLOSOLI
CHAIR PERSON.
UMOJA UASO WOMEN GROUP
ARCHER'S POST SAMBURU,
P.O. BOX 548-60300,
ISIOLO, KENYA
EAST AFRICA.
C/phone: +254 721 659 717/722 886597/ 735 395576

E-mail: paranlolo@africaonline.co.ke

I thank you for your kindness in reading this and ask for your prayers and support in our fight for justice and equality.

Eternally yours,
Rebecca Lolosoli

Elephants crossing the Uaso-Nyeri River

Umoja Uaso women group