• Nawirisha Mama,

    Tunawirishe Watoto

    Nawirisha is an organization that works to transform the quality of early childhood care and education, in Kenya’s informal urban settlements.

    WHY SUPPORT NAWIRISHA?

  • Nawirisha Mama,

    Tunawirishe Watoto

    A business development support program that aims to improve the entrepreneurial skills of women informal childcare providers.

    BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

  • Nawirisha Mama,

    Tunawirishe Watoto

    A community led, childcare policy advocacy initiative, that aims to improve informal childcare regulation in Kenya's urban informal settlement.

    CHILDCARE POLICY ADVOCACY

  • Nawirisha Mama,

    Tunawirishe Watoto

    An innovative ‘community-led’ childcare food service that connects informal childcare enterprises with local women food vendors.

    MAMA'S LUNCH

  • Nawirisha Mama,

    Tunawirishe Watoto

    We work side by side with women and their communities to define, design, and implement solutions for the informal childcare system.

    PUBLICATIONS

    • Nawirisha Mama,

      Tunawirishe Watoto

      Nawirisha is an organization that works to transform the quality of early childhood care and education, in Kenya’s informal urban settlements.

      WHY SUPPORT NAWIRISHA?

    • Nawirisha Mama,

      Tunawirishe Watoto

      A business development support program that aims to improve the entrepreneurial skills of women informal childcare providers.

      BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

    • Nawirisha Mama,

      Tunawirishe Watoto

      A community led, childcare policy advocacy initiative, that aims to improve informal childcare regulation in Kenya's urban informal settlement.

      CHILDCARE POLICY ADVOCACY

    • Nawirisha Mama,

      Tunawirishe Watoto

      An innovative ‘community-led’ childcare food service that connects informal childcare enterprises with local women food vendors.

      MAMA'S LUNCH

    • Nawirisha Mama,

      Tunawirishe Watoto

      We work side by side with women and their communities to define, design, and implement solutions for the informal childcare system.

      PUBLICATIONS

      About Nawirisha

      Transforming women’s informal childcare enterprises, enabling children to thrive

      Nawirisha is an organization that works to transform the quality of early childhood care for young pre-school children in Kenya’s urban low income settlements such as Mathare.

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      Our Belief

      At Nawirisha, we believe that women childcare service providers are at the center of the quest for quality, affordable early childhood care and development. Investing in them and their childcare enterprises, therefore, is key in enabling children to thrive ... “Nawirisha Mama, Tunawirishe Watoto”.

      Our Vision

      Borrowing from a swahili word “nawirisha” which means “make thrive” ,our vision is thriving young children in a care economy anchored by women’s childcare enterprises, a suitably qualified workforce, and enabling policy environment.

      Our Promise

      To keep women caregivers and their communities in the lead through Consultation, Involvement, Engagement of all solution design, implementation, and decision-making processes, in order to deliver value to children.

      OUR WORK

      MAMA-Care Movement

      Childcare Policy development

      Childcare Business Development

      Mama's Lunch

      Empowering mothers, transforming children

      jOIN Us

      OUR IMPACT

      Childcare Enterprises
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      Women Entrepreneurs
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      Community Leaders
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      Meal Deliveries
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      Locations
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      Nawirisha aims to transform the urban informal childcare system by working with women informal childcare entrepreneurs and local service providers to create innovative community-led solutions that work for children.

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