Leaving school
Many had to stop school when they became pregnant, and few find a way back.
WHAT WE DO
Support for the whole young mother.
Every mother who joins Her Tomorrow 360 Degree becomes part of a peer group and moves through three connected pillars, because a mother's health, income and wellbeing rise or fall together.
THE SPEAK UP FORUM
The challenges our mothers face every day.
The Speak Up Forum is where our mothers tell us what they have gone through and why they need help. Kajiado has one of the highest rates of early pregnancy in Kenya: about 22% of adolescent girls in the county have been pregnant (FAWE Kenya, via The Star, 2024). By 18 to 21, many are mothers facing all of this at once:
No income of their own
Most depend on parents or relatives for food, rent and their baby's needs.
Missed clinic visits
Without bus fare or someone to go with them, antenatal, postnatal and immunisation visits are missed.
Stigma and loneliness
Judgement at home and in the community leaves many young mothers isolated and low in spirit.
Unsafe homes
Some face gender-based violence and are forced out of home with their babies.
No voice
They have no one to speak for them and no way to reach the people who could help.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
“I always had a dark cloud hanging over my head before I met Madam Lyma. My world was empty. Now I look forward to her meetings, because they brighten my days. I am able to laugh again.”
— A mother of two“We had no one to look up to at home. We find hope every time we come here. Our prayer is to find a donor to turn our dreams into reality.”
— A group leader, young mothers' group“Every time I come here to learn, I feel safe and I feel heard.”
— Our youngest mother, age 18
How you can help
Heard their stories? Chat with us on WhatsApp and we will tell you how you can support a mother: a skills kit, a clinic visit, a month of school savings for her child, or your time.
OUR 360 DEGREE MODEL
Three pillars, one mother.
Each challenge makes the others worse: a mother without income misses clinic visits, and a mother in poor health cannot work. So we tackle them together.
PILLAR 1
Health
Healthy mothers, healthy babies.
With our partners and Community Health Promoters, we follow every mother through her antenatal and postnatal clinics, a safe birth and her baby's immunisations.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Antenatal and postnatal clinic follow-up
- Support for a safe birth in a health facility
- Tracking each baby's immunisations
- A post-birth starter pack for every new mother
- Nutrition and child-feeding sessions
- Community Health Promoters finding mothers at home
PILLAR 2
Economic wellness
From dependence to income.
We bring in experts to train mothers in practical skills, then give each mother a starter pack of tools for the skill she has learned so she can start earning.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Financial literacy: saving and using money as a tool
- One-to-one skills consultations
- Expert-led training in hairdressing, tailoring and nail technology
- A skills starter pack of tools and materials
- Table banking with her peers
- A child education fund of KES 1,000 a month for each child
PILLAR 3
Dignity and wellbeing
Confidence, care and rights.
Our counsellor and peer groups offer a safe space to talk, heal and grow. Our mental health approach is LUV: we Listen, Understand and Validate every mother.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Psychosocial support and counselling
- Mental wellness sessions and peer support
- Sexual and reproductive health rights education
- Referral to a safe home for mothers and babies displaced by gender-based violence
- Leadership workshops where mothers lead
WHERE WE WORK
Olkeri and Keekonyoike, Kajiado North.
We work in Olkeri Ward and parts of Keekonyoike Ward, in dense settlements where many young mothers live far from support. Our mothers meet at the Chief's Office, Lemelepo.
OUR WORK SO FAR
57
mothers reached, without outside funding
57
trained in financial literacy
8
referred to antenatal or postnatal care
HOW WE MEASURE
We count lives changed, not just mothers reached.
1
Enrol
Each mother joins a peer group of about 20 and we record where she is starting from.
2
Follow
Every mother has a simple progress record: clinic visits, trainings, savings and wellbeing.
3
Compare
After a year we compare each mother's progress with where she started.
4
Report
Funders receive quarterly reports, and members hear the results at our Annual General Meeting.
OUR COLLABORATORS & PARTNERS
Stronger together for every mother.
Mama na Mwana
An initiative of St John Ambulance, working with us on safe motherhood and safer deliveries.
Elmah College
Training in caregiving for mothers and children.
Miale ya Tumaini
A safe home for mothers and babies displaced by gender-based violence, while we find a hospital partner.
Each pillar can be funded on its own.
Or as part of the full 360 Degree programme: KES 73,700 supports one mother for a year.