Tunaweza Project - Empowering Reproductive Health Rights

Tumakinike Trust started with the sole aim of enhancing knowledge to girls and women on Sexual Reproductive Health Rights particularly on Technology Backed Gender Based Violence who were facing diverse challenges with GBV/Sexual Reproductive Health Rights issues.

We then set up an initiative 'Tunaweza Project' which loosely translated from Swahili means 'We can do it - Project'. Why Tunaweza we noted a gap in knowledge and sexual rights self awareness in both girls and young women. Our prject was then to bridge the knowledge gap through our capacity building and training initiatives in identified informal settings and rural communities.

Focus area: Homa Bay was supper special, poverty rates and child led homes having been clearly noted.

Thematic area; GBV/SRHR (Focus on Technology Backed Gender Based Violence)

Our Objective - Provision of Sanitary Towels and knowledge enhancement on Sexual Reproductive Health with emphasis on Technology Backed Gender Based Violence

Our Goal - Impacting every goal within Homa Bay County (1,000,000) girls

Time Period - 18 months

Actions to be taken - Co-ordination on the training dates for each sub-county/Team facilitation and training

Intended Impact - Mental Transformation & Social Re-engineering on aspects of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights and Gender Based Violence

Happy to report we did a whooping 800+ girls in our first session during the first quarter of the year and the response was you should have come sooner and please make a return visit.

Our approach was slightly different - we had the normal presentation and later incorporated small group chats, use of talents such music and drawing + personal pitching sessions to further draw out leadership in addition to the knowledge enhancement.

We established a register to continue tracking the progress of each girl and evaluate the progress made in the different classifications using the basics of ABC - Abstain, Be Consistent Chill and continue to follow through in other parts of the country as well.