In the remote village of Laborshereki in Oldonyiro Ward, Isiolo County, lies Nabore Group of 12 members, established in February 2024, under Promoting Resilience Inclusivity and Meaningful Engagement (PRIME) program being implemented by MID- P in partnership with Mercy Corps. The group’s mission is to foster financial savings and provide a safe space for learning essential skills to improve their lives. a 26-years-old Napanuni Lesaibile is a member of Nabore GIRL group, a mother of four (a daughter and three sons), has become a leader and an agent of change within her community. Through the support from Nabore Group, Napanuni took a KES 10,000 loan in October, 2024 to construct a toilet, which is currently a critical sanitation issue within her village. Her initiative to build a toilet came after the group was introduced to safe space sessions under the PRIME project, which includes various topics like nutrition and hygiene promotion among others. Nine groups in Oldonyiro with 135 participants are currently undergoing the safe space training sessions, which is having positive impacts, like participants learning how to handle newborn, knowing different variety of foods to consume for good nutrition and good hygiene practices like hand washing and using toilets. Nabore group has a total savings of KES 75,000, With…

  Living in a pastoralist community has its challenges, especially where only men are expected to be breadwinners of their families, however, Chuluqe Adan Jarso has changed the narrative and set the pace for other women in her area. Chuluqe Adan, a 24-year-old mother of two girls living in Sericho town of Isiolo county. She is a hardworking mum who became the sole breadwinner of her family after her husband lost his job as a security guard. Suddenly there was no source of income like before and with the little savings they had with her husband, she saw a market niche and opened a butchery in the year 2020, which was the only source of income for the family at the time. However, in December, 2023, they were affected by the heavy floods in Sericho which led them to close down the butchery. They had to move to another area because their house was among the ones affected and the price of livestock shoot up hence, she could not continue with the butchery business. Chuluqe is a member of Lelo Self Help Group, a women group consisting of 17 members, which was formed under the GIRL-H program by MID-P in partnership with Mercy Corps. The group members do savings and…