A few words
About Us
History
Our story starts in 2012 when WOHED was established
- 2012 - established as a community based organization (CBO)
- 2018 - registered as an ngo
Women Education and Health for Development (WOHED) is a non-profit making Non-governmental Organization established in 2012 to support Girl Child Education, Women Empowerment, Public Education and Awareness in order to mitigate challenges among women and young people through community education as a strategy to disseminate, Educate and Inform communities on issues of Health, Education, Food Security, Human Rights, Good Governance, Climate Change, Protection of the Environment, Counter Violence Extremism programs (CVE) and Socio Economic Empowerment.
Empowerment means moving from an enforced powerlessness to a position of power. Education is an essential means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to fully participate in the development process. Sustainable development is only possible when women and men enjoy equal opportunities to reach their potential. Women and girls experience multiple and intersecting inequalities in all communities.
We believe that economic empowerment must be at the core of development and therefore we seek to provide development initiatives that offer economic alternatives and provide solutions out of poverty to the women and youth. Our programs seek to ensure that young women and girls in slums, urban setups and rural areas are included and empowered to actively participate in all aspects of development.
As an organization we realized that girl’s empowerment cannot be achieved without addressing the challenges affecting the young men in the same age group. This is because they live in the same society and they at times come from the same families therefore empowering only one gender is not a realistic way of fighting poverty.
We therefore work with both women and youth through community projects that promote social change, sustainable and holistic community development programs and awareness campaigns. We bring together communities and partners of diverse backgrounds and expertise to work towards a common goal.
WOHED partners with organizations that have a track record of helping poor communities by improving their quality of life through education, health, Life skills training and empowerment projects.
Geographical Coverage:
WOHED geographically is working in all counties but with it has headquarter based in Garissa. The organization has satellite offices in the following regions.
- Coastal region - Mombasa
- Central Kenya - Murang’a
- Eastern Kenya - Meru
- Northern Kenya - Lokichoggio
- Rift Valley - Eldoret
- Western Kenya - Kakamega
- Nyanza Region - Kisumu
- Nairobi Region- Westlands
- North Eastern - Garissa
Our values
what WOHED stands for
Vision
Communities Empowered and free from Diseases and Poverty.
Mission
Our Mission is to support and strengthen the lives and livelihoods of venerable members of the society using most sustainable interventions in order to reduce the risk of diseases and socio-economic situations among women and youth in Kenya
Core Values
- Mutual Respect
- Ambition
- Creativity
- Integrity and Professionalism
- Transparency and Accountability
- Equality and Equity
- Compassion
- Team work and Partnerships
Beliefs & Values
- We believe in the dignity of people and their capacity to overcome the problems and pressures which crush them or exploit them.
- We believe that if healthy education and communication within the society is natured communities can respond to whatever challenges they face more effectively.
- We believe that the success of an individual lies in the significant other (family, peers, colleagues)
- We believe that women are the drivers of the economy and if empowered we can achieve some of the critical SDGs- Sustainable Development Goals.
Main Goals
- To develop the youth and women’s physical, mental and financial capacities with particular emphasis on poverty alleviation by supporting and strengthening their skills and by ensuring that women’s voice, concerns and issues are represented wherever it is most appropriate.
- Improve livelihood through vocational and entrepreneurial skills among young girls who have fallen out of the safety net of academic system in order to enable them face and mitigate the problems of unemployment, poverty, drug, crime, alcohol, prostitution, social exclusion and moral degradation.
Board of Directors
WOHED is managed by a board of directors who are
Prof. Mohamed Yussuf Elmi
Chairman of the board
Fatuma Dekow Maalim
Secretary(Executive director)
Omar Siraji Hassan
Treasurer
Hafsa Mohamed
Board member
Dr. Hassan Adan Ahmed
Board member
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
- Increase capacity of WOHED staff and associates by strengthening our resource base in order to ensure a good program design and credible implementation.
- Integrate and strengthen capacity to support services and increase access to information, resources on Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) among youth to ensure quality youth friendly services through research and development of IEC materials.
- To build the capacity of the organizations internal structure and promote collaboration and partnership and strengthen integration and linkages with other programs through synergy.
- Promote collective bargaining of Women and Young people and ensure improved livelihood and enhanced quality of life in the communities where we work.
Come work with us
If you would like to work for an organisation making a real impact on the lives of Women and Girl Child.
The secretariat
WOHED is managed by a talented secretariat
Fatuma Dekow Maalim
Executive director
Anthony Njoroge Ngugi
Programs management
Miriam Muringi
Program Manager
Samuel kingori
Communication Manager
Timothy kiarie
Program finance