In Western Kenya since 2008, Sasa Harambee using donations and grants has had a big impact on a rural subsistence community. Over 5,000 people have clean water, 4,000 teenagers are empowered to make better choices, 450 subsistence farmers are feeding themselves and applying school and medical fees; and 170 caregivers of People Living with Disabilities are receiving psychosocial support through the 16 groups at the community level. 98% of the donations go directly to the people they are meant for in Kenya. Give to a project or help us keep the lights on. December 10th is Colorado Gives Day and you can give all year around too.
Organic Farming For Food Security Participant:
"I began learning from Sasa Harambee how to grow maize and hay in 2016. I was one of the poorest women in the village and did not know where to find food, Now in 2022 I teach others how to grow organic hay for sale. I supervise 6 farmer-teachers. I hire other people to do my work. I look forward to many years of not only supporting myself but being able to support others." - Sarah Awour, widowed farmer
School Health Club Participants:
"The student health club helped me to build my self esteem, leadership and decision making capacity, understand myself better and equipped me with knowledge on how I can handle everyday challenges." - Lucas Onyango, Student
"The school health club helped me improve my parental skills, especially how to initiate a dialogue with my adolescent girl on sexual reproduction issues, how to discipline and understanding my roles in child upbringing, Through application of the teachings, I started engaging my girl who could not give me attention and started dropping her academics. We started understanding each other and at the end my girl turned out to be disciplined and the best pupil in the school in the National exams." -Helen Onyango, Parent
"The school is recording less indiscipline cases, with reduced drug use through enhanced peer to peer mentorship. The school, especially club members, realized increased academic performance in the last examination." - William Ochieng, School Administrator
Protected Spring Beneficiaries:
"Those who live near the spring will use this water to farm fresh vegetables. This spring will result into further developments and environmental cleanliness. People will fetch this water and carry even further for drinking." - Alice Onyango, Village Elder
"We have had water borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and Bilharzia. This project is a good thing for this village. I urge us to take care of this community spring for the sake of ourselves and our future generations." - Susan Onyango, Uhembo Village
Sasa Harambee partners with communities, organizations and individuals to help them identify strategies to achieve their full socioeconomic potential. Needs are identified by our partners; together we look for solutions our partners can implement. Our long term objective is for our partner organizations and communities to develop the required skills and infrastructure to operate independently, without Sasa Harambee's involvement.
Sasa Harambee (Let Us All Pull Together) was founded in 2008 by Carol Joy Carper and George Oyeho when they were invited to participate in promoting self-sufficiency for the local villagers. An initial Rotary grant funded training in organic farming techniques for 50 famers, enabling them to achieve food security. Since then we have trained more than 2000 farmers. In May of 2022, 325 famers started to raise and sell organic hay to dairy famers, providing much needed capital to invest in their families and businesses.
Community members told us of their need for safe drinking water. We have protected 50 springs to date, and plan to continue until all have access to clean, safe water.
The organization has a long history of advocating for People Living with Disabilities. We helped form a group to support the disabled and their caregivers.
Since 2021 Sasa Harambee has partnered with 22 government schools to work with teens and their parents. The groups address teen pregnancy and other health concerns such as STIs and drugs.
Sasa Harambee continues to work with the community in these four areas. We have 501 (c) 3 status with the Internal Revenue Service and are registered with the State of Colorado. We have no paid staff in the US so our administrative costs are for accounting and fundraising.
Organization name
Sasa Harambee
other names
Harambee Inc.
2009
Tax id (EIN)
94-3435198
Category
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
25587 Conifer Road ste 105-515Sigomere, Siaya, KE