Oxfam Kenya

Oxfam Kenya

Promoting women's rights through flexible funding
Promoting women's rights through flexible funding
The Women's Rights Fund (WRF) is a multi-year initiative funded by Oxfam Great Britain (OGB) that supports women's rights organisations to advance gender equality and the rights of women and girls....
Guidance notes for humanitarian projects design
Guidance notes for humanitarian projects design
The now cyclical climate emergencies continue to increasingly destroy critical water infrastructures, and are changing the humanitarian operating landscape. Communities suffer when essential system...
Floods proofing to mitigate climate chamge effects in Turkana
Floods proofing to mitigate climate chamge effects in Turkana
Most arid & semi-arid lands like Turkana, are known for dry spells that deplete and create acute water unavailability. But paradoxically, floods have also become a destructive force to water infra
Diagnosing Kenya's state of inequality in the private sector lenses
Diagnosing Kenya's state of inequality  in the private sector lenses
In March 2026, we, in collaboration with Global Compact Network Kenya (GCNK), organized & participated in a roundtable on the Business Risks and Responsibilities of Rising Inequality in Kenya, whi
Local as possible, International when necessary - the big shift in global humanitarianism
Local as possible, International when necessary - the big shift in global humanitarianism
Localization is moving from policy to real practice, and this conversation matters now more than ever. Catch up with the records of our recent webinar themed “Localization in 2026: From Policy to ...
Centering Care in Kenya
Centering Care in Kenya
Women often spend up to 14 hours a day on tasks like cleaning, cooking, and collecting water, limiting their ability to work, study, or engage in public life. Promoting a just society where women ...
Care work is work
Care work is work
Supporting households with care responsibilities is not just a social imperative but also a driver of macroeconomic growth.
#TimeToCare
#TimeToCare
Care work is the heartbeat of every society: it contributes to our wellbeing as a nation and is crucial for our social and economic development. Yet the disproportionate responsibility for unpaid ...
Oxfam Kenya
100d ago
Where water flows, equality grows- World Water Day 2026
Where water flows, equality grows- World Water Day 2026
Water is a basic human right—but access to it is not equal. Across Kenya and globally, women and girls are disproportionately affected by the water crisis, often bearing the burden of collecting wa...
Oxfam Kenya
133d ago
Building a resilient pastoralist community through VSLA in Turkana
Building a resilient pastoralist community through VSLA in Turkana
Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) is a great tool for building drought resilience in affected communities. With value-driven accountable structures, the system provides a self-managed f...
Oxfam Kenya
134d ago
Entrepreneurship for Garissa women is a gamechanger
Entrepreneurship for Garissa women is a gamechanger
Drought is one of the deadliest climate change episodes, with far-reaching impacts on communities in Garissa. Oxfam is investing in long-term projects that help communities withstand drought shocks...
Oxfam Kenya
168d ago
Promoting circular economies in Kenya
Promoting circular economies in Kenya
At Oxfam Kenya, under our Impact SME Project (iSME), we support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to grow sustainably and create positive social/environmental impact. We strive
Oxfam Kenya
169d ago
Entrepreneurship for Resilience
Entrepreneurship for Resilience
Over the past few years, we have deliberately shifted our strategy to incorporate local entrepreneurship as a way of building pastoralist communities' resilience by diversifying income sources beyo...
Oxfam Kenya
172d ago
Kenya is deeply unequal: Oxfam Kenya report
Kenya is deeply unequal: Oxfam Kenya report
Today, we share the foundational video of Kenya's inequality situation, borne out of the recently launched #Inequality report 🫳 https://lnkd.in/dA5AjaP2. This epic audiovisual piece sets us on a n..
Oxfam Kenya
173d ago
Diversifying livelihoods to tackle perennial extreme weather events in Garissa
Diversifying livelihoods to tackle perennial extreme weather events in Garissa
In Northern Kenya, climate crises have crippled survival prospects of once thriving pastoralist communities. In Masalani, Garissa County, with financial support from Development Partners such as D...
Oxfam Kenya
173d ago
Promoting grassroots entrepreneurship to tackle climate emergencies in Garissa
Promoting grassroots entrepreneurship to tackle climate emergencies in Garissa
Drought and floods have been known to cripple sustainable livelihoods in Garissa County. In partnership with the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) Danida Fellowship Centre and Pastor...
Oxfam Kenya
183d ago
Defining Inequality: Kenya's State of Inequality
Defining Inequality: Kenya's State of Inequality
Kenya's inequality continues to rise with 7 million people becoming extremely poor in the past decade. Also, according to the latest report: State of Kenya's inequality - the great economic divide,...
Oxfam Kenya
202d ago
Kenya a nation of the rich or the poor? - Oxfam report
Kenya a nation of the rich or the poor? - Oxfam report
Oxfam Kenya's Inequality report highlights deep disparities in wealth ownership amongst Kenya's populations. while the economy has been growing at an average 5% for the past decade, seven million p...
Oxfam Kenya
204d ago
Kenya grows wealthier as population gets poorer- Oxfam report
Kenya grows wealthier as population gets poorer- Oxfam report
Even as the economy grew averagely by 5% since 2015, seven million Kenyans sunk into extreme poverty. It means therefore, that the growth is benefitting only a few. Our report calls for urgent pol...