Social Impact

Investing in Women. Creating long-term change.

About Kayole

Kayole is one of Nairobi’s most densely populated informal settlements, with approximately 55,600 people per square kilometre, where:

  • 38% of households are female-led

  • Many families live on roughly $1 per day

Women - particularly widows and single mothers - face systemic exclusion from formal employment.

Our intervention targets these structural barriers directly through skills development, education and mental health support.

Street scene in a low-income area with small shops, motorcycles, and people walking under a clear blue sky.
Exterior of a small shop with colorful painted signs reading 'Blessed Shop,' 'Gas,' 'Cosmetics,' and 'Saloon,' located in a rural area with a corrugated metal roof.
A street scene in a developing area with several people walking, some shops on the left side, and a large unfinished or under construction building in the background. The street is unpaved.
Three children sitting and standing on a sidewalk in an urban area. The two children sitting are smiling, while the child standing looks serious. The background includes corrugated metal walls, a Coca-Cola crate, and signage.
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Our Partner - Skylit Centre

 

The Skylit Centre, a flagship women’s empowerment initiative run by UNESCO Africa in Kayole Soweto, is the foundation of our work.

The Centre provides skills training, entrepreneurship support, and peer-led learning opportunities in a safe, community-driven environment. Women develop vocational skills, including garment production and beauty services, building pathways to income generation

A woman with a bright smile, standing beside a wall of hanging pieces of fabric or clothing with embroidery and patterns.

Initially, Chloe visited the Skylit Centre once a week for two months, teaching nine women how to hand-embroider different fabrics with different stitches.  As the embroiderers grew in skill, they were commissioned to work with Chloe to create handmade products. Groups of women continue learning under her tutelage every week, practising their embroidery skills by working on the fabric packaging of the goods. 

All the women in the Collective are paid a fair rate for their work and are now earning a sustainable wage.

Our Programmes