Mifuko Trust is a women's aid and advocacy organization founded in 2012. We strongly believe in the importance of empowering women to promote the entire community's well-being. We work together with 40 women's self-help groups in rural southeastern Kenya, reaching about 1300 low-income families and 60 villages. The work has a positive impact on the lives of about 8,000 women, men, and children.

Members of the Mifuko Trust women's groups produce baskets for the fair-trade company Mifuko and are also small-scale farmers. The work of Mifuko and Mifuko Trust complement each other, as Mifuko creates jobs and livelihoods for the self-help groups, while Mifuko Trust strengthens the well-being, resilience, and participation of women and their communities, for example through WASH and Grow! Project. 

Most of our funding comes from institutional donors, at the moment the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. However, we need a minimum of 7,5 percent of the funding to come from private donors (individuals and companies) and a minimum of 7,5 is a voluntary work contribution. With the donations from private donors, we are able to cover the self-funding part, scale up the project activities, and strengthen the sustainability of the results. You can read more about some results of our projects on our website. 

Through donations, we've been able to undertake various initiatives that align with our mission of empowering communities and promoting sustainability. For instance, the implementation of remote sensing technology in partnership with SoilWatch to investigate the progress of our WASH and Grow! project in Makueni, Kenya was funded by Mifuko Ltd as a carbon offset.