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GWC, The Starbucks Foundation and Amref Health Africa have developed a high impact partnership to empower women and girls in coffee-and-tea-growing communities of Kenya and Tanzania.

The projects are building community resilience and improving the health and economic status of smallholder women farmers and their families.

The initiative is part of The Starbucks Foundation’s commitment to positively impact 1 million women and girls in coffee-, tea-and-cocoa-growing communities globally by 2030. The projects are currently supporting work in Kenya’s Embu, Meru and Tharaka-Nithi counties and Tanzania’s Kilolo and Mufindi districts (Iringa region). 

GWC and its women for water platform manage the effort and collaboration with its implementing partner Amref Health Africa on the ground in Kenya and Tanzania, building the capacities of local partners and removing barriers to community WASH, education, health and nutrition in these communities.

The partnership is improving the health and economic status of women and girls in coffee-and-tea-growing communities of Kenya and Tanzania through improved access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), the establishment of entrepreneurship groups promoting women’s leadership and training on various agriculture techniques, entrepreneurship skills and financial literacy.

  • Improving community access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
  • Establishing entrepreneurship groups
  • Promoting women’s leadership roles
  • Training on agriculture techniques, entrepreneurship skills and financial literacy

Women and girls’ livelihoods are being improved through infrastructural development and outreach campaigns. This includes the construction of clean water access pipeline extensions, water kiosks, training in WASH facility construction and the promotion of sustained behavior change in proper WASH practices. Additionally, women are receiving entrepreneurial training and resources to support income-generating activities.

Infrastructural Development and Construction of Clean Water Access and Sanitation Facilities

Training in WASH Facility Construction

Promotion and Training of Sustained Behavior Change in Proper WASH Practices

Entrepreneurial Skills Development and Financial Literacy Training

Working in East Africa to uplift women and girls through improved WASH access, building greater community resilience through entrepreneurial and financial literacy training and economic development opportunities for small-scale women coffee farmers.