Impact & Milestones
Impact & Milestones
Over the past seven years, the Hijabi Mentorship Program (THMP) has driven measurable change across communities, institutions, and policy spaces in Kwale County and beyond. Our impact spans grassroots empowerment, systems strengthening, and legislative reform — grounded in community trust and survivor-centered practice.
We measure impact not only by numbers reached, but by shifts in access, safety, leadership, and accountability.
COMMUNITY REACH & EMPOWERMENT
250,000+
community members reached through sustained awareness initiatives on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender-based violence (GBV)
4,000+
girls and young women supported through mentorship, advocacy, and community-based programming
600
students engaged through school-based outreach promoting SRHR knowledge and gender equality from an early age
These engagements have strengthened community understanding of rights, improved health-seeking behaviour, and reduced stigma around SRHR and GBV.
HEALTH, SRHR & SURVIVOR SUPPORT
Through direct service delivery, partnerships, and innovation, THMP has expanded access to essential health and survivor support services:
Conducted groundbreaking research on SRHR and GBV in underserved communities with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, contributing evidence for regional advocacy and program design
In partnership with Addis Clinic:
• Empowered 38 medics with new healthcare technologies
• Trained 22 healthcare providers in youth-friendly and survivor-centered service delivery
• Mentored 96 girls from underserved communities
• Provided free health screening to over 2,000 community members
• Reached 6,522 community members, with 4,176 women and girls supported through mobile clinics and telemedicine
• Supported five rescue centres, strengthening access to critical care for vulnerable girls and women
These efforts have expanded access to timely, confidential, and dignified care for women and girls facing systemic barriers to health services.
LEADERSHIP & MOVEMENT BUILDING
Established the first Gender Champions Training Academy in Kwale County, equipping 20 young women and men with feminist leadership skills through support from CREAW Kenya
Co-founded the Coast Women Rights Movement, alongside FIDA and 20 civil society organisations, strengthening collective advocacy on GBV, human rights, and economic justice across six coastal counties
This work has strengthened local leadership, collective action, and feminist organising at county and regional levels.
POLICY & SYSTEMS CHANGE
• Played a key role in supporting the review, advocacy, and passage of the Kwale County Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Act (2023) — a landmark legal framework strengthening county-level GBV prevention and response
Actively participated in the review and assessment of:
• The Kenya National Action Plan (2020–2024) on UNSCR 1325: Women, Peace and Security
• The Kwale County Action Plan (2022–2024) on Women, Peace and Security
These engagements have strengthened accountability, women’s participation in peace and security processes, and alignment between policy and lived realities.
INSTITUTIONAL & FRONTLINE CAPACITY STRENGTHENING
To improve survivor response and service delivery, THMP has trained 160 frontline actors, including:
• 40 local administrators
• 40 police officers
• 40 healthcare workers
• 40 journalists
This capacity strengthening has improved confidential reporting, ethical media coverage, and coordinated response to SRHR and GBV cases.
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT & SOCIAL CHANGE
• Launched the first-ever soccer league for older women in Matuga Sub-County, empowering 66 older women from three villages through sport, leadership, and community visibility
• Expanded the Nikumbuke Soccer Initiative to include 66 young mothers, bringing total direct beneficiaries to 132 women
The initiative uses sport as an entry point for confidence-building, leadership, economic inclusion, and collective action.
