GRÁ works directly with community organizations, community representatives, other NGOs, youth groups and individuals/families to implement our projects. GRÁ has built a strong partnership with Mafanikio Community Based Organization who implements numerous GRÁ projects on the ground.

Sharing the GRÁ (love) :Mafanikio
Mafanikio is a Kenyan community based organisation set up to fight poverty in the marginalised regions of Kenya. The name Mafanikio means success or succeeding reflecting the positive changes that the organisation has facilitated in the Kirasha region of Kenya.

The organisation focuses on promoting gender equality, human rights and sustainable development through a range of diverse programmes. These programmes, which include school feeding, local work camps, skills based training and community-based campaigns, contribute to an overall goal of poverty alleviation.

International volunteers are invited to participate in work camps. The work camps are an enjoyable means of working together in a diverse cross-cultural setting to bring about positive, equitable and sustainable changes to Kenyan society.

Mafanikio Background:
Mafanikio Community Based Organisation is a non-government organisation registered under the Kenyan Ministry of Culture and Social Services set up in 2003 to fight poverty in the marginalised regions of Kenya.
Kenya as a developing country is facing a myriad of developmental problems with many Kenyans living below the poverty line, surviving on less than a dollar a day. Mafanikio is at the forefront of offering solutions to poverty stricken communities.

Mafanikio objectives

• To mobilize all purpose resources to assist in the improvement of livelihoods in the needy communities.
• To empower women and girl child
• To provide an opportunity for experimental learning.
• To create awareness on topical issues such as environmental conservation, girl child education, civic education.
• To foster exchange of useful ideas both locally and internationally through exchange programmes.
• To provide youth development and empowerment.
• To lobby and advocate for peaceful intervention in conflicts.

How Mafanikio achieves the objectives

• Establishment of communal farms that serve as a means of livelihoods.
• Establishment of an educational fund to assist the bright but needy students.
• Organizing training workshops to enhance capacity building within the local community.
• Organizing exchange programmes and sporting events in the bid to tap and develop talent.
• Organizing workcamps to serve as a platform through which meaningful cross cultural exchange can take place.

Contact
Diana Chipo is Executive Coordinator of Mafanikio and also a board member of KVDA (Kenya Voluntary Development Association).
For more information please do not hesitate to get in contact:
Diana Chipo in Kenya
Email: info@mafanikio.com
Cell: +254720825340
See: www.mafanikio.com

"It brings a lot of satisfaction to be the messenger of goodwill and hope and to brighten people’s lives. It is full of challenges, but when I think of how many people we touch, I remember to persevere and hang in there."
Diana Chipo (MBCO)