About Us
Rural to Action Organization is a registered, non-profit, community-based organization working towards empowering young minds and creating sustainable social impact in rural communities in Kenya. Started in 2022 as a peer mentorship group for teen mothers guided by mentors. The group was then officially registered under the Community Groups Registration Act No. 30 of 2022 and the Kenyan Constitution as Community-Based Organization Registration No: CBO/HUD/HB/0449/2023. Founded on values of compassion, inclusivity, and sustainability, we are devoted to breaking the cycles of school-age hunger among children in rural primary schools and poverty through youth economic empowerment, access to health. Rural to Action envisions enhancing the lives of children and youths in rural Homabay communities.Â
Making the world a better place
Rural to Action is on a mission to make the world a better place through generosity and community-led social entrepreneurship. We strive to create positive change through our everyday cup of porridge for children, youth entrepreneurship skills training, and community outreach programs.
Our History
Homabay is one of the counties burdened by the triple threat, high teenage pregnancies, gender-based violence, and HIV/AIDS. Established out of compassion, Rural to Action started as a youth peer mentorship group for teen mothers in the rural village in Homabay. Taking responsive care of adolescent mothers through mentorship and psychosocial support, our founders had the vision to create a shift in the lives of young girls in their teen motherhood, mentoring, giving entrepreneurship skills, child nurturing, and linking the girls to opportunities, including back-to-school re-entry. Our founders envisioned a transformative impact on the lives of young girls navigating teen motherhood with a mission is to create positive change and empower young girls and their children in their journey.
Funding
Rural to Action is currently funded by grants, individual donations, and corporate sponsorships. We work with partner organizations; individuals whose values and vision align with us. However, we are building a sustainable structure through social entrepreneurship, including income-generating activities to sustain our social impact.
Our Work
School-age Hunger
We fight hunger among children in rural primary schools by nourishing children with nutritious school meals (Cup of Porridge) every day.
Good Health
We conduct community health education and medical outreaches on Malaria, SRH, menstruation, and HIV/AIDS.
Quality Education
Our school meals create transformative educational outcomes. Increases enrolment, performance, concentration and school attendance among childre.
Meaningful Partnership for SDGs
We work with communities, organizations, companies, schools, and the government to collectively achieve our objectives.
Make a Difference Today
Support our work
- KSh 100 / $1 feeds a child for one week
- KSh 400 / $4 feeds a child for one month
- KSh 4,800 / $48 supports one child’s school meals for an entire year
- Adopt a School
- Donate to support us establish a social entreprise to sustain our work
Our goal to sustainable impact.
Our goal is to create a world where children and youth have equal access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunities. Every act of kindness not only changes one's life today, but also forever.
- Changing lives, improving lives one step at a time.
- Building futures: Empower more youths, Feed 10,000 children by 2030.
- Movement for change through community organizing: Empower and establish community youth groups, cooperatives for sustainability.
- Lasting impact through domestic resource mobilization: Establish revenue-generating social enterprises to sustain our social impact.
Meet Our Team
Our Executive Team
We are comprised of a small, dedicated youthful ,team that drives our community-led social impact and ensures the organization meets its objectives.
Joseph Were
Co-Founder/CEO
Joseph is a passionate community development worker, community-led researcher, and social entrepreneur with 8 years of experience in the non-profit sector. Hold a diploma in social work and currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business management at BYU Pathway University USA.Â
Beryl Adenyo
Co-Founder/Programs Manager
Holds certificate in ATC and Currently pursuing bachelors degree in finance. Beryl is passionate about youth empowerment and community health. Prior to co-founding the organization she worked as a youth mentor with Breakthrough Action, AMREF.
Jared Oyuko
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Holds a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural biotechnology. Jared has experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning. He supports rural to action in programs monitoring and evaluation. Besides that, Jared is a spiritual leader and a pastor.
Our Board of Directors
Frankie Picasso
Felix Ouma Nyangata
Mr. Opakwa Obwatsi
CPA. Pauline Gatua
Cameron Watson
Joseph Were
Brian Akodhe
Alayna Dean
