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Mifuko Trust collaborates with German Little Sun - By Mifuko Trust
Mifuko Trust is collaborating with Little Sun with a campaign taking place from 15.7.-15.8. During the campaign, Little Sun’s solar lamps will be collected through the webshops of the two companies to Machakos, Kenya.
First pilot for the Mifuko Ecological Sanitation Project is now ready! By Mifuko Trust
The first pilot latrine for the Mifuko ecological sanitation project has been finished, and the project team is eagerly waiting for feedback from the users.
Girls and sanitation - By Mifuko Trust
Have you ever not gone to school or work because of the period? Perhaps because of cramps and pain, but less likely because you were not able to afford a pad or were too shy to tell your parents you need one. Many African girls face this problem on a daily basis.
Compost and cultivation - By Mifuko Trust
The ecological dry toilet in Jane Mutala’s yard is well up and running, and the first batch of self-produced compost has been left to cure in the sealed toilet chamber. At the end of this winter the compost should be ready to be used on the nearby fields!
How do rain water tanks work and why are they important? By Mifuko Trust
There are two rain seasons in Kenya followed by a drought in-between. Heavy rain season lasts from April to June and a “short-shower” rain season lasts from October to December. All in between is a drought. So that is when the water is most needed.
Mifuko's women leaders in Kenya embrace equity
Women are the pillars of the society and having more women in leadership creates more diversity in perspectives to the table to ensure more effective business discussions and solutions.
The History of Kiondo Baskets
The tradition of weaving baskets in Makueni region of Kenya started in the early 1930's. The women weaved baskets for various uses, such as shopping, carrying goods in the markets, storing food, spices and water, and giving as gifts at weddings. However, the main use for baskets was during the harvesting season to carry fruits and vegetables. Without customers and earnings from the baskets, the weaving skill fades away and is no longer taught to the next generation.
Why empowering women is the solution to tackle poverty
Extreme poverty, i.e. people living with less than $1.90 a day, has tremendously declined in 25 years – from 36% of the World’s population in 1990 to 10% in 2015. However, since 2013 the rate of decline has slowed and more and more of the extreme poverty is concentrating in specific regions. Such a region is the Sub-Saharan Africa, where forecasts indicate that by 2030 nearly 9 in 10 of the extreme poor will live in.
Sustainable fashion - human rights point of view
Fashion garments these days are extremely cheap. Sounds great for fashion-lovers, right? What we pay for a product does not however pay for the whole cost of the garment; the true cost can be counted in human rights violations, such as child labour, dangerous working conditions, sexual harassment and lost lives. While the workers can’t even afford to live in slums with the minimum wage, the majority of what the consumer pays goes to the never-ending pockets of the shareholders of multinationa...
Fast-fashion vs Sustainable fashion: Environmental Point of View
Fashion is nowadays available to a bigger group of consumers than ever before; prices are extremely low due to mass-production and standardisation. Although buying fashion items is made extremely easy, finding out how the product is made can be incredibly hard. Usually the tag tells where the product is made and from which materials. However, it doesn’t say where the materials are from, how much water and other resources where used and how much greenhouse gas emissions were released during t...
Good news - WASH and Grow! has received additional funding!
Launched in January 2021, the WASH and Grow! project has made consistent progress on ecological sanitation, strengthened local civil society by supporting the establishment of Mifuko Women Development CBO, a women artisans' own grassroots level organisation, and established effective cooperation with local government.
Good news - WASH and Grow! has received additional funding!
The achievements and new challenges of Mifuko Trust's WASH and Grow! project
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Projects Mifuko Trust regularly monitors the needs and wishes of the women working with Mifuko Oy. New project ideas are developed and funds are raised for the projects through special events and institutional fundraising. The projects implemented by Mifuko Trust...
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