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Our work · Livelihoods & enterprise

Small enterprises

A maize mill, a solar-chilled village shop and a poultry project, each paying its own way and creating jobs.

Where
Gede (coast) & Laikipia
When
Ongoing
Status
Active
Hens and drinkers inside a poultry house

Some of the most lasting change comes from small businesses that a community runs for itself.

Posho mill, Gede

The maize (posho) mill that GIFT helped set up still serves the community. In 2023–24 GIFT added equipment so the mill can make better-quality products.

The duka, Gede

A small shop (duka) with solar refrigeration sells fresh food and creates jobs.

Nashula poultry project, Laikipia North

Egg sales pay small dividends and help feed the community’s elders. GIFT supplied two water tanks and pipework in 2023–24.

Other small projects

GIFT’s reports also list dairy cows, dressmaking and aloe vera among the small enterprises it has helped.

Photos

Trainers demonstrating a stainless steel honey extractor to Maasai women

Gede (coast) & Laikipia

Beekeeping & the Honey Centre

GIFT's longest-running enterprise. It began with hives and training, and now includes a community-owned Honey Centre, a mangrove apiary and beekeepers training other beekeepers.

Maasai woman in red shuka standing among cattle near thatched huts

Maasai Mara & Ngong

Women's groups & cattle

Cattle owned by women's self-help groups. Selling cattle rebuilds the herd, and the remaining profit pays for education and health.

Small grants, real change

Every gift goes to projects that communities have chosen and run themselves.