Cherehani Africa

About

Location: Siaya County, Kenya
Key(s): Economic Empowerment

Cherehani Africa is a social enterprise that pursues financial inclusion through asset financing of sewing machines and provision of business loans to asset-less but skilled women in emerging and under-served markets. The women they attract in the initiative hardly possess any documented financial history or assets, therefore they largely use their demonstration of tailoring skills as a pre-qualification for business support.

Their vision has inspired the alignment of our work to the 5 ‘Cherehani’ Pillars:
1. Financial Inclusion
2. Quality Education
3. Zero Hunger
4. Clean Energy
5. Water Footprint

Projects

The Cherehani Project

Developments

Their work has seen development in economic security, decreased vulnerability, cushion for emergencies, improved livelihoods, financial independence, financial literacy, economic citizenship, and improved decision making.

Cherehani Africa participants have registered the following increased revenues:

6% of the participants earn between $251USD-$300USD monthly
11% of the participants earn between $201USD-$250USD monthly
18% of the participants earn between $151USD – $200USD monthly
52% of the participants earn between $101USD-$150USD monthly
8% of the participants earn below $100USD monthly

News

Rockflower News

Cherehani Africa

Cherehani Fundraiser Results in Training of Young Women in Kenya

Early in the New Year, we completed a campaign to fund training of women in Kenya, through Rockflower partner, Cherehani Africa. Subsequently, Robert Mboya, Cherehani's COO & Co-Founder, sent a few pictures of the young women who, as a result of our fundraiser, are receiving training in the tailoring trade.

Rockflower Completes Funding to Support Entrepreneurial Young Women in Kenya

Rockflower completed funding of an initiative to extend opportunities to young women to launch a tailoring business in Kenya.Building on the success of this fundraiser, Rockflower plans to raise funds for an additional 130 women as part of the Rockflower's Cherehani Project.

Rockflower and Cherehani Africa Partner to Train Women as Tailors

Rockflower is pleased to announce a new partnership with Cherehani Africa, a social enterprise that pursues financial inclusion through asset financing of sewing machines and provision of business loans to asset-less but skilled women in emerging and under-served markets.

Rockflower Launches Fundraiser to Promote Young Women Financial Independence in Kenya - The Cherehani Project

Today, Rockflower launched a fundraiser to promote financial independence for young women in Kenya. The goal of this fundraiser is to provide funding for 40 sewing machines and technical training of young women in Kenya to facilitate them launching a career in tailoring. A sewing machine costs $100 and the training materials approximately $25.

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