About Imani Program
Our Mission
Empowering Women, Transforming Lives.
The Imani Women Empowerment Program seeks to support and encourage vulnerable women, both young and old. This program is a vocational and life skills training program that aims to equip young women to start and run a successful business venture.
Imani Program is a nonprofit organization with the goal of equipping young women in life and trade skills. Teenage pregnancies in Kenya have contributed to the rise of poverty and the increase in street families. Stable employment opportunities are much more difficult to find without a college education. By creating self-employment opportunities and jobs, these young women are able to provide for their futures and for their children’s basic needs.
By empowering the next generation of young women with vocational skills and business training, the cycle of poverty and hopelessness can be broken. We believe in the potential of each and every one of the women who come through our program!
Our Programs
- Vocational Training: Teach specific skills for better job opportunities
- Home Life: Daily home tasks to prepare young women for running their own household
- HIV/AIDS Awareness: Promote health education.
- Emotional Support: Offer counseling services
- Community Outreach: Build supportive networks
- Biblical Teaching: provide a solid biblical foundation for a strong relationship with Jesus
The Imani Program includes all educational classes, equipment training and usage, and supplies, but it encompasses much more than just specific skills training. Our cohort program also includes 6 months of room and board, medical services, as well as HIV/AIDS awareness counseling.
Additional programs may be offered in the future, including but not limited to beauty, weaving, jewelry, computer literacy, cooking, and more.
Students in each 6-month cohort will learn tailoring skills as well as the business aspects of our sewing business. They are mentored and equipped to not only be skilled in tailoring, but to be confidently prepared for their future after program completion.
The Imani Women Empowerment Program also cares for 30 widows in the mountain town of Kinangop with a special gift of a Christmas food basket every year. This festive basket helps our 30 students and these 30 widows with extra food and supplies to celebrate with friends and family.
Program Impact and Vision
Imani Women Empowerment Program was launched in 2021.
With a total of 8 cohorts since our beginning, Imani has trained a total of 44 young mothers:
- 8 women- 2021
- 8 women- 2022
- 8 women - 2023
- 20 women - 2024
These are 44 mothers with tailoring and business skills, families who now have an empowered mother who is able to confidently care for and provide for her children.
Our 2025 target is to train 30-40 women in tailoring and business skills, with various new skills training to be added in future years, such as jewelry/beadwork, housekeeping, computer training, cooking, and more able livelihoods and support their families.
Our 2026 vision is to open a school uniform production facility and shop!
What does the logo mean?
The Imani logo is a thread woven behind the word “faith” in Swahili, and it represents both the valleys and mountains that God has brought them through, as well as the powerful thread of friendship and collaboration that the Imani House brings to women across the globe.
The button reminds us that God uses our stories in powerful ways as we come together for a purpose!