Pursuing life after abuse Let me tell you a story of empowerment. It doesn’t begin that way, though – stories like these rarely do. This story begins on a bus travelling through chaotic city streets. The air is thick and heavy with heat, the way it is with city buses in the summertime. There’s a..
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JUMPSTARTING CAREERS AND INCREASING MEDICAL EQUITY WITH NARMA
Jumpstarting careers and increasing medical equity with Narma partnership It can be difficult for young adults to find jobs upon graduation. In Kenya, job markets are especially sparse, with many opportunities concentrated in large cities like Nairobi. Limited opportunities in rural areas mean young professionals often must move to larger cities, leaving behind their families..
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RIJK ZWAAN PARTNERS WITH HORIZON TO BOOST GREENHOUSE PRODUCTION
Rijk Zwaan partners with Horizon to boost greenhouse production A partnership is growing between vegetable seed company, Rijk Zwaan, and Horizon Empowers! Rijk Zwaan is a leading, global presence in the vegetable breeding industry, which is great news for our agriculture department at Horizon Micro Communities. With 16 greenhouses in Kenya, agriculture has been a longtime..
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ENTERING A PARTNERSHIP TO BRING CLEAN WATER TO STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY
Entering a partnership to bring clean water to students and community. At least 500 people from the student community of La Providencia and its surrounding areas now enjoy drinking water produced by an onsite modern purification plant using microfiltration and ozone treatment. With a capacity of 200 gallons per hour, it will serve the academy..
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KENYA LAYS A PATH FOR GIRLS’ EMPOWERMENT
Kenya lays a path for girls' empowerment. The road to empowerment is often unpaved — and for girls, it’s barely a visible line in the dirt. Girls in many countries face a variety of unique challenges through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood — from unequal access to education, to household responsibilities, even just having a period...
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CEO update – March ’23
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THE GIRL WITH A BURN
The girl with a burn. This story is hard to read. While the girl’s name is fictional in order to protect her identity, her story is real. Not just for her, but for the many children like her with unstable housing and unsafe families. This story is also one of hope and justice, of wrongs..
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BEHIND THE PHOTOS WE CANNOT SHARE
Behind the photos we cannot share This past January, we traveled to Honduras with Horizon’s Board of Directors. The trip reawakened our awareness by granting us direct experience with circumstances and environments that those who work on the ground know all too well. The kind of situations that quicken your heart with horror, knot your..
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