"Can two walk together unless they agree?" (Amos 3:3). This was the theme of our first ever team retreat, held at Lemon Valley on 1 and 2 October 2025. Twelve Resilient Woman team members, including staff, volunteers and community leaders, gathered to bond, learn, have fun and begin to read from the same page as a team.
Growing together
Lucy Karambu, our Founder and Executive Director, opened the retreat by reminding us that we are on a shared journey, each person contributing to the vision and mission of Resilient Woman. Drawing on Psalm 78:72, "David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them", she challenged us to serve in a way that empowers the women and girls we walk with, and never leaves them feeling like victims.
Asked how it feels to be part of Resilient Woman, the team answered: inspiring, encouraging, fulfilling, energised, uplifting, inclusive and humbling.
What we learnt
- Stewardship: serving others begins with our own relationship with God, and with how we steward our families, work, money and health.
- Wholistic Transformation: we revisited our vision, mission and values, and how we help formerly imprisoned women and girls restore their relationships with God, themselves, others and their environment.
- A strengths-based approach: recognising our spiritual gifts, and reframing weaknesses as strengths misapplied.
- Generosity beyond fundraising: generosity is an act of obedience and discipleship, built on authentic relationships.
Between sessions we shared meals and stories around a bonfire, and tried the zipline, horse riding, archery and hiking.
Thank you
This retreat was made possible by the generous support of the First Fruit Foundation. We also thank Life In Abundance International, whose investment in us continues to unlock our potential, and our facilitators, Augustine Muema, Country Director of Life In Abundance Kenya, and Ebenezer Gift Omwilwatsi of Ebeno Consultancy.
We grow best when we walk together. Read the full retreat report on our Downloads page, and see the photos in our gallery.