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Our Impact

Our impact
The impact that we envision
Our objective is to reduce the psycho-social and economic vulnerability of formerly imprisoned women and girls, and their chances of re-offending.
7,800
People reached directly through our programmes since 2014
20,000+
People reached indirectly through our programmes since 2014
45+
Boys and girls kept in school
9+
Partner organisations
Programme highlights, 2023 – 2025

Four thematic areas

01

Trauma healing & mentorship

We provide psychosocial support to promote emotional stability, healing and resilience among women and girls affected by imprisonment.

  • 136 trained in basic trauma healing, including healing facilitators and host communities
  • 146 prison officers, pastors and church leaders trained in trauma-informed care
  • 100 reached through in-prison mentorship

Impact Formerly incarcerated women and girls are emotionally stable and take a greater part in community activities.

02

Economic empowerment

We support women and girls to rebuild livelihoods and achieve economic independence through mentorship and business skills development.

  • 87 formerly incarcerated women and host community members trained in financial literacy, record-keeping and group cohesion
  • 12 business mentors trained to support women’s groups

Impact Women and girls take part in economic empowerment groups and can meet their own needs and those of their children.

03

Education & life skills development

We support children impacted by imprisonment and those living in difficult circumstances to grow wholistically and develop essential life skills.

  • 102 children reached
  • 54 supported through trauma-focused camps
  • 48 reached through the Creating Positive Relationships programme

Impact Children grow up whole, equipped with life skills and able to navigate life successfully.

04

Reintegration advocacy

We create awareness and advocate for dignity, inclusion and community support for formerly incarcerated women and girls and their families.

  • 2 community dialogues held
  • 3 global missions conferences and commissions attended

Impact A community that is informed about the needs of people affected by imprisonment.

How we work

The Resilient Woman Reintegration Model

For ten years our work was guided by experience and practice. Through our OCAT mentorship we documented it as a clear, shared framework, grounded in Wholistic Transformational Development: meeting spiritual, emotional, physical and social needs together.

At its centre: breaking generational vulnerability.

  1. 1 Prison engagement & preparation
  2. 2 Trauma healing & mentorship
  3. 3 Economic empowerment
  4. 4 Education & life skills
  5. 5 Family & community support
Why it matters
Women, prison and the road home
  • 60% of incarcerated women in Kenya have children under 18.
  • 90% of formerly imprisoned women report discrimination from employers.
  • 11% of released women re-offended, compared with 2% of men (2024).

Figures and sources are in our article Women, prison and the road home.

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A certificate presentation after training at Kamae Borstal
Where we work
Our reach

We currently work in Nairobi, Kiambu, Nakuru, Kericho and Bomet, with plans to expand to Machakos and Meru counties, and to other counties in the medium and long term.

  • Nairobi County Where Resilient Woman is based. We run menstrual health and life skills sessions for teens in informal settlements, and mentor women after prison.
  • Kiambu County One of the counties where we support formerly imprisoned women and girls, and children affected by imprisonment.
  • Nakuru County One of the counties where we support formerly imprisoned women and girls, and children affected by imprisonment.
  • Kericho County Home to healing groups such as the one in Londiani, business mentorship for women's groups in Kipkelion, and trauma-informed care training for church leaders.
  • Bomet County One of the counties where we support formerly imprisoned women and girls, and children affected by imprisonment.
Correctional facilities
Working alongside prisons

We work closely with correctional facilities, including:

  • Lang'ata Women's Prison Where Resilient Woman's story began, through conversations with women in prison in 2013 and 2014.
  • Kericho Medium Women's Prison In-prison mentorship and training for women, and trauma-informed care training for prison officers.
  • Nakuru correctional facility A correctional facility we work with in Nakuru.
  • Thika Women's Prison A women's prison we work alongside in Kiambu County.
  • Kamae Borstal Institution Hosts girls aged 15 to 18. We run trauma healing training here, and it is where we first met girls in juvenile detention.
Accountability

How we measure and learn

Looking ahead

Our priorities for 2026

Thank you for walking with us and investing in building more resilient communities. Your generosity helps restore dignity, strengthen families and transform lives.

  • Expand trauma healing programmes for women and children
  • Strengthen economic empowerment programmes
  • Scale community sensitisation and reintegration advocacy
  • Mentor other organisations through shared OCAT learnings