👋 Hi friends,

My name is Ruth Akinyi, and I am the founder of Wasichana Tunaweza (Girls We Can) — a small but powerful community-based initiative in Kenya helping teenage mothers reclaim their education through permaculture and poultry farming.

🐣 My Story

When I was still a teenager, I became pregnant and had to drop out of school. It was one of the hardest seasons of my life.

But through determination — and a small income from my own chickens — I was able to return to school and complete my education.

That experience changed everything.

It inspired me to create a program that now helps twenty young mothers do the same:

learning permaculture, managing indigenous chicken enterprises, and rebuilding their future with dignity.

🌾 How the Program Works

Each young mother receives hands-on training in:

Permaculture principles & regenerative farming
Organic flock management
Natural health for indigenous chickens
Small business & marketing skills

Upon graduation, each mother receives indigenous chickens to start her own micro-enterprise.

Income from eggs and chicken sales helps her support her family and return to school, turning what once felt impossible into a new beginning.

🌍 Why This Matters

Wasichana Tunaweza sits at the heart of girls’ education, environmental justice, and community resilience.

Girls’ Education

Helping young mothers stay in school reduces poverty, strengthens families, and transforms communities for generations.

Permaculture Training

By teaching sustainable farming and ecological awareness, we cultivate confident young women who can build healthier, more resilient communities.

🌼 The Dream Expands: Kanyawegi Learning Centre

In 2025, I shared a dream with two close friends:

“I want a daycare where the children of young mothers can learn, play, and receive three meals a day while their mothers return to school.”

Today that dream is real.

Kanyawegi Learning Centre now cares for 36 children — providing safety, early learning, and nutritious meals. Resources are limited, but hope is abundant.

The children are learning permaculture for kids, planting their first crops, and discovering what it means to care for the earth.

We still urgently need chairs, uniforms, food, and learning materials — but the community spirit keeps us moving forward.

💚 How You Can Help

Your support will help us:

Keep teenage mothers in school
Feed and care for 36 children at Kanyawegi Learning Centre
Expand our poultry flock and improve the chicken house
Provide learning materials, uniforms, and nutrition
Strengthen our permaculture youth programs

Every donation — no matter the size — supports a mother, feeds a child, and strengthens an entire community.

✨ Thank You

It has been a long journey, but every day we see the dream growing.

Together, we can raise a generation of empowered young women and resilient communities.

Wasichana Tunaweza — Girls We Can.

Because when we invest in girls, we invest in the future.

🙏 Thank you for supporting our mission.

— Ruth Akinyi

🌱 Empower Young Mothers in Kenya: Support Wasichana Tunaweza (Girls We Can)

By Africa Permaculture Support Network

🌱 Empower Young Mothers in Kenya: Support Wasichana Tunaweza (Girls We Can)

Practical training in poultry, business, and permaculture with daycare support for teenage mothers