Kenya
In Kenya, we are committed to helping our most vulnerable neighbors access education, nutritious food, clean water, safe communities and basic rights.
Across Marsabit, Kitui, West Pokot and Tana River counties, we’re working with communities to strengthen food security, improve livelihoods and build resilience to climate change. Farmers are learning modern beekeeping techniques, joining Village Savings and Loan Associations and receiving improved livestock breeds, vegetable inputs and training in financial literacy.
Families are better able to put food on the table by growing kitchen gardens, conserving natural resources and accessing water for agriculture. These efforts promote gender equity, reduce climate-induced migration and improve household nutrition and income.
We’re also responding to emergencies caused by droughts and floods. In Marsabit and Tana River counties, we reached more than 112,000 people with food baskets. In West Pokot, we’re supporting climate-resilient communities through sand dams, climate-smart agriculture and sanitation efforts that improve nutrition, hygiene and household income.
Communities in Kenya are trailblazers for change. Together, we’re building a path toward a more resilient and hopeful future.
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Women Rising in Arid Lands: Resilience, Leadership and the Fight for Gender Justice
CWS’s recent gender analysis in arid and semi-arid lands in Kenya shows that climate pressures are deepening existing gender inequalities, while also revealing that women’s leadership is central to building resilient households and communities. Women and girls in arid and semi-arid lands in Kenya are experiencing some of the harshest effects of climate change. As drought deepens and rainfall becomes unpredictable, families face growing threats to food security and …
“It All Begins With Water”: How Sustainable Access Sparks Community Transformation in West Pokot
In the communities of West Pokot, Kenya, lasting transformation starts with one essential resource: water. Through long-term partnership and community-led development, CWS supports families as they move from water access to sanitation to thriving livelihoods. From Water Access to Community Health When we think about transformation in a community, it’s easy to notice the visible things first—gardens full of greens, chickens clucking …
Transformation Begins With Women: Vivian’s Story from West Pokot
CWS Senior Director of Fundraising Strategy, Mary Catherine Hinds, shares her visit to Psirwo, Kenya, where women are transforming their community through water access, poultry farming and cooperative savings. From Water to Opportunity In early September 2025, I traveled to Psirwo in West Pokot, Kenya—where women are leading community transformation with support from CWS and our local partner, Yang’at. We …
