Community Farm:

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40% of the children we work with are from single-parent families. Of these, the majority are female-headed households, where there are on average two to three children. They have little chance of finding work in Kibera, but have nowhere else to live: by marrying they forfeited any rights they may have had to family land, even though their husband has died or deserted. The majority of these mothers are unskilled and only semi-literate, and have little choice but to resort to desperate measures, such as prostitution, to try to provide for their families.































Turning Point have established a Community Farm in Kinangop, a fertile area in the foothills of the Aberdare mountains, 120km from Nairobi. The community has space for 12 of these single-mothers with their children at one time, and the farm provides for all their needs.

Living in community is the first step towards complete independence and self-sufficiency for these families. After they have spent two years here, we will allocate them a small piece of land to build their own home on, and they will be able to rent locally, and affordably, their own smallholding.