Blog: Our Sustainable Future

FAWCO member clubs are creating a varitey of amazing events that raise awareness and educate about the Target Poject Awesome Blossoms – Safe Spaces. Whether you are focused on hydroponic farms or nutrition and food security, here are three examples for inspiration. AAWE visited a strawberry hydroponic farm in Paris, AWC Amsterdam made their own speically branded bowls, and AWC The Hague...

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• Awesome Blossoms

Financial Literacy Training Report: Trinity Credit’s Training for Safe Spaces Organization’s Awesome Blossoms Project in Mathare

Introduction: Trinity Credit conducted a comprehensive financial literacy training program for the women participating in Safe Spaces Organization’s Awesome Blossoms Project. The training aimed to empower marginalized women from the Mathare community with essential financial skills and knowledge. The training was held over...

Information courtesy of Safe Spaces Organization, including Allan C'oredo, Awesome Blossoms Project Manager

Safe Spaces Organization, a community-based organization in Mathare, has undertaken a pioneering project with FAWCO called “Awesome Blossoms” to address food security and empower marginalized girls and women. Through the implementation of hydroponic food systems in urban areas, the organization aims to enhance nutrition uptake, entrepreneurship...

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• Awesome Blossoms

by Allan C'oredo, Awesome Blossoms Project Manager

Co-writer: Leslie Janoe, AWC Amsterdam

Background

Mathare, an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, with a population of over 500,000 residents, faces environmental and nutritional challenges due to its lack of basic amenities, including poor air and water quality, inadequate access to green spaces, and a lack of sustainable agriculture. To address these...

By Anne van Oorschot, AWC The Hague

Water: Changing the Flow – Tabitha: Wells for Clean Water 

FAWCO’s Target Program was created as an opportunity to increase awareness about an important global issue and to fundraise together in support of a project. Let me start with a bit of background information on the first Target Program for those of you who...

Target Project 2023–2025

 Target Project 5: Awesome Blossoms 

  Organization: Safe Spaces 

  Location: Nairobi, Kenya 

The Project 

Awesome Blossoms is the latest evolution of a community-based organization, Safe Spaces, created by Mrs. Peninah Nthenya Musyimi. This project features organic, water-efficient urban farms with 500 gardens in each farm to support girls’ education and empowerment programs and...

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