Mifuko blog

Dorcas attended training on hygiene and soap-making organized by Wash and Grow! Project. Here, we interview her about her experience.

Mari Martikainen interviews Jane Mutala, Chairperson of the Mifuko Women Development CBO and Vilma Autio, previous Chairperson of Mifuko Trust.

Poor hygiene and sanitation conditions were brought up by women in Makueni and Machakos as a major challenges in everyday life. In May, 20 women will be trained in hygiene and soap-making. 

We are living in challenging times and the biggest challenge for many is the uncertainty. Income from Mifuko has also helped our artisans to maintain their family businesses.

French fashion house Chloé turns Finnish design and Kenyan craft into high fashion with two new basket collections.

From our collection you can find ornamental wooden birds, that have been carved from fast-growing locally sourced Jacaranda wood by Kapya and his team. 

We can all celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness against bias, and promote equality. For us, empowering women and increasing gender equality is at the core of our business. 

Mifuko Trust has built dry toilets as a pilot project for two active members of self-help groups that cooperate with Mifuko.

Income earned by women is often allocated more fairly within households than by men and is spent on the kinds of consumption which better assure familial health and wellbeing.