Article 43: Our Approach

FACTS ABOUT TURKANA COUNTY

8 in 10 people in Turkana County cannot afford basic needs on their own.

Turkana is one of the poorest parts of the world

A majority of community members rely on relief food supplies for survival.

Reliance on donations and food aid has been happening for the last 50 years

NGOs that have been working in Turkana County have always adopted a short sighted and unreliable approach and focus on short term solutions.

Just like the government, the organizations major on distributing corn maize and beans whenever there is hunger and famine in the community

WHY AT ARTICLE 43, WE FEEL THAT IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM

The community has always been placed at the receiving end. Nairobi based NGOs which do not understand the problems facing the community well have been focusing on UNRELIABLE and SHORT TERM initiatives such as Food Distribution during Droughts.

Communities can best fight poverty if they are empowered and capacity-built to engage in sustainable initiatives such as Agribusiness, Bee keeping, Bead Work, Canal Irrigation, Entrepreneurship etc

Grassroots Organizations, which operate in the target communities will easily emancipate community members from poverty as they are run by community members who understand the most innovative ways to empower the community to be self reliant

Article 43 is a Turkana-based Community Trust that exists to fight poverty in Turkana County, Northern Kenya which is undoubtedly one of the poverty-stricken parts in the entire world.

We place special emphasis on working alongside the youth and poor women because previous data has shown that, supported with the proper resources, women and the youth have the ability to help entire families and communities out of poverty

WHAT WE DO TO FACILITATE SUSTAINABILITY AND LASTING CHANGE

Strengthening capacity for self-help among community members

Making community members the drivers of the Poverty Eradication Agenda

Providing business training and capital to Community Members in a bid to emancipate them from dependence on foreign aid

We do Community Capacity Building Trainings, Workshops and Public Meetings in Turkana County

We run a micro-finance initiative that is now supporting 15 Vulnerable Community Members

OUR TARGET

In the next 5 years, we intend to expand our impact to 10,000 vulnerable community members. As of today, that number stands at 15. We invite you to join and support us as we endeavor to make a positive impact to the rural communities in Kenya that look up to us with hope.

HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT US

Support us to provide hope, dignity and economic opportunity to the forgotten communities in Northern Kenya.

With your support we can:

Help poor families in the rural parts of Kenya to put food on their table on their own and send their children to school.’

Grow our impact to over 10,000 Community Members in the next 5 years.

Build the Capacity of Vulnerable Community Members through business training to start and sustain their own Income Generating Activities

Help helpless women build a better life for themselves, their families, their communities and their country.

Bring an end to the shame of the community’s reliance on relief food donations and make them self-reliant

THE LORD BLESSETH THE HAND THAT GIVETH

At Article 43, we believe that there is no Reason why in the 21st Century, some people in our midst are going hungry for days because they cannot afford food on their own. Please join us in fighting the root causes of hunger and poverty - by supporting our work today. YOU CAN HELP PAINT TURKANA COUNTY “SELF-RELIANT” BY JOINING HANDS WITH US TODAY.