Celebrating the life of our Founder, Director and CEO, Dr Kawango Agot
This incredible lady has touched many lives, taking over 500 girls through the formal education system without donor funds, and other hundreds through vocational training, provided employment opportunities for countless others and inspired people to drive change within their communities using their own resources. She does deserve to be celebrated.
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INTRODUCTIONGiven the year-in, year-out depressing statistics placing Nyanza at the bottom of almost all public health indicators (HIV, teen pregnancy and subsequent school dropout, gender-based violence, FGM),
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COMING SOON...GIRLS EMPOWERMENT CENTRE (GEC) - ‘Wacha Wasichana Wasome’ NIGEE received funding from French Embassy, Star Foundation (With and For girls), Globalgiving in 2016 and 2018
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NOW FEATURINGEmpowering Girls to be Self-Reliant:
"After completing my course and graduating, with support of NIGEE’s Girls Employment Bureau, I was able to get attachment at Vera’s Saloon where I currently earn KES 500 (USD 5) on a good day and I’m happy that I can pay rent, sort out my bills and even support my sibling’s education" . ~ Quinter
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What's Happening
THE GIRL-LED ADVOCACY PROJECT
Our girls have officially launched their campaign to end Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in four counties namely Kisumu, Migori, Homabay and Siaya. The campaign was launched after 6 days intensive training on advocacy.
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WITH AND FOR GIRLS AWARD – ‘Girl-led Initiative’
Through this award, NIGEE has trained 19 girls mentors as part of our effort to build a strong network of Volunteer Mentors who will be reaching out to the girls at home, in school, within the community, and at individual level. NIGEE has also engaged a team of mobilizers to work with community leadership to identify girls out of school within the informal settlements of Kisumu. NIGEE established 3 mobile Bridging centers (BC) in the 2 informal settlements and one in rural area (Obunga, Manyatta and Seme) in Kisumu aiming at reaching 300 girls and teen mothers who dropped out of school due to various reasons such as, lack of school fees, early pregnancies and early marriages to facilitate their return to formal learning.
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THE GLOBAL GIVING FOUNDATION NETWORK
NIGEE is officially on Globalgiving website as a partner and we are a Superstar!!. GlobalGiving is focused on helping people get the funding they need to change the world and also help nonprofits become more effective with that money. They connect organizations to resources that help them continually learn and improve. As nonprofits become more effective, they have a far-greater impact on social problems. GlobalGiving enables you to fund the underdog. They make it possible to support creative ideas that might never be funded through traditional development and philanthropy approaches. NIGEE was also awarded four badges as of December 31, 2019: Top Ranked Organization and Vetted Organization for being an active member of the Global Giving Community and attaining Superstar status with Global Giving Rewards. Also as and Effective organization and a Site Visit certificate was also awarded for the year 2020
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STRENGTHENING THE GIRLS' STEERING COMMITTEE (GSC)
NIGEE has a vibrant Girls’ Steering Committee (GSC) that enhances sustained participation and involvement of beneficiaries. The GSC is part of the organization key organ involved in project designing, implementation and evaluation. The GSC is always involved in key strategic decision making during project designing, planning and selection of new beneficiaries. They always propose interventions which address their priority needs. Four of GSC members are part of NIGEE’s Board of Governors.
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THE GLOBAL GIVING FOUNDATION
NIGEE is officially on Globalgiving website as a partner and we are a Superstar!! This year, we have been recorgnised by being awarded a Site visit verified Certificate stating that...
GBV Prevention Network
We are a vibrant network of activists and organizations working to prevent violence against women (VAW), united in our mission to uphold equality in our homes and communities. The Network...
Girls not Brides Campaign
NIGEE is now an official member of Girls Not Brides Gobal Network. This is a global partnership of more than 400 civil society organisations committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls...
The Girl Generation Campaign
It's true that hard work driven with passion can inspire many. Our visibility banner is now raising higher and higher; we thank the almighty God for bringing us this far....
Every Girl Deserves a Second Chance
“Our theory of change focuses on girls’ education and empowerment; we believe that education is the foundation of lifelong empowerment and its benefits manifest beyond the girl.”
News & Resources
SGBV Training
We also capacity build grassroots stakeholders to better respond to and manage reported sexual and gender-based violence cases, thereby contributing to the elimination of the vice.
RHAY Conference
Reducing HIV/AIDS in Adolescents and Young people (RHAY) conference is a unique conference that aims to meaningfully involve Adolescents and Young People (AYP) in identifying solutions and measures to reduce...
Marking of International Days
NIGEE partners with like-minded civil society organizations to mark international days, such as International Women’s day, International day of the African child, 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, International...
Kisumu County Girls Summit
In 2018, in partnership with PLAN International, we held the maiden Kisumu County Girls’ Summit, a summit that brought together adolescent girls and young women, various stakeholders,
Football Tournament
In 2020, we held a football tournament in Ombeyi location, providing a multifaceted platform that advocated for girls’ education as well as provided the much-needed sexual reproductive health services and...
Dignity Packs Distribution
To meet our beneficiaries at their points of need and alleviate the impacts of COVID-19, NIGEE, with the support of the American Jewish World Service, Global Fund for Children, Mundo...
Girls Advocacy Forums
We conduct girls’ forums, where girls are taught key life skills. There are sessions where girls are mentored together and sessions where they are divided into junior and senior teams....
Boda-Boda Festival
We involve men too in advocacy, especially local motorbike riders, realizing that as key members of the society and the girls’ fathers, partners, brothers and uncles, they too need to...
Community Advocacy Forum
We conduct various community advocacy forums targeting duty bearers, private sector representatives and other opinion leaders, discussing topics around girls’ education, empowerment and sexual reproductive health and rights. These forums...
Our Partners
The Team at a glance
Nyanza Initiative for Girls' Education & Empowerment is an organisation that envisions a society and a future of self-determining and self-reliant girls and women.
