OUR MODEL
How Are We Creating Change?
We use a 'Responsibility Model' rather than a 'Rescue Model'. Instead of handouts, we equip and empower women with the necessary tools they need to lead and thrive in all areas of life.
Street Outreach
Every fortnight on Saturday nights, a team of committed volunteers goes out to the streets in Nairobi's red-light district. We serve and share a home-cooked meal with roughly 20 -40 women a night.
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To us, this simple act of eating together might not mean much but to the women who are only seen and valued for their bodies, it is a chance to be seen, heard, and respected.
Join our Volunteer team here!
Trauma-informed Therapy
We offer 6-week trauma-centered group therapy sessions with a qualified therapist. This unique opportunity allows women in commercial sex work to courageously face their past traumas, discuss their mental and emotional challenges, and develop practical tools for emotional resilience and self-care.
Job Skills Training
Our job skills training program empowers women who wish to permanently exit commercial sex work with practical skills, confidence, and resources needed to access other job opportunities. This comprehensive program covers both;
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Small business skills and financial support to start or grow a business
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Employment skills and access to formal jobs through partnerships
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Empowerment Forums
Empowerment Forums offer women a unique space to learn and engage with topics that matter most in their daily lives. We invite expert teams to lead discussions and workshops on a variety of relevant issues such as Financial Literacy, Substance Abuse, Food & Nutrition, Parenting, etc.
These sessions offer valuable insights and practical skills, empowering women to foster growth in all areas of their lives.
Women and girls in sex work are often driven by desperation, trauma, and lack of alternative economic opportunities. Regardless of how they ended up here, we are committed to helping them rewrite their stories.
Measurable Impact to date:
300+
Women reached through Rejesha Street Outreach
35
Women have accessed Group Therapy
87
Women have accessed our Empowerment Forums
15
Women have received support starting or expanding a business
KES 500K
Awarded in seed grants to women starting small businesses
