Widows Might
Skill and business training that empowers widows to support their families paired with Bible teaching that give them eternal HOPE.
24 Months to Generational Hope
The Widows Might Program seeks to instruct, encourage, and empower destitute widows by providing food assistance each month, skills training they can turn into a business, and Bible teaching.
The cost of this program is $65 per month, and the length of the program for each sponsored widow is 24 months. At the end of the 24 months each widow receives a "Business in a Bag" that provides her all the tools she needs to run her own business. Our Maasai widows receive five goats to start their own self-sustaining goat herd and our Kibera widows receive a sewing machine.
The impact of this program stretches beyond the widow herself, but allows her to support her children, send them to school and create a generational hope.
Skill Training
Five goats (Maasai Widows)
Sewing Machine
Monthly Food Assistance
Bible Study
THE LIFE OF A WIDOW IS HARD
- Most of the time when a husband dies, his extended family comes and forcefully takes everything of value from the widow, often leaving her homeless.
- Widows often send their children to find work at young ages to help provide for the family.
- Many widows were victims of child marriage and never had the chance to attend school.
- The average age of our widows range from 20 years old to unknown (as many of our widows never knew their birthday).
Widows Might has proven to be highly effective in helping widows become completely self-supporting.
To date, 204 widows have graduated from our program with 85 currently enrolled.
Our graduated widows are able to afford homes for their families, put food on the table and send their children to school.
For every widow that we help, there are hundreds of other widows who also need assistance.
Widows Needing Sponsorship
Nalotuesha Mailtoyo
NKU-WM82
Nkoisusu Hope Center
Nalotuesha is 69 years old and was married to Moses Ole Maitoyo. He passed away in 2012 from a traumatic injury. They had five children who are all married. Two of her boys were able to go to school but dropped out before finishing their education. The family is at peace with her because of the circumstances around her husband's passing. After her husband's death, she was left with the struggle of raising her children alone. She is doing little jobs to sustain herself and she can make bread. She is needy though and wants to be in the Widows Might program.
Nalotuesha comes from the Maasai community of Nkoisusu. This is a hard life in the remote, rural community. They live in mud houses and have no electricity or running water. Since Nkoisusu has become a Hope Center, they have a well for fresh water, but still must carry it to their homes. They still need to find firewood for cooking. The closest market is at least a five-mile walk, if not longer.
Noolimerisho Nkurumwa
OLO-WM49
Oloolototo Hope Center
Noolimerisho is a widow in Olooloto. Her husband, Suupet Nkurumwa, passed away in 2022 of stomach cancer. They had eight children together, including five boys and three girls. Their birthdates are not known. Six of her children are married, one is joining university in September, 2025. We don't have info on their 8th child.
She has mourned her husband. The family doesn't have money for school fees and other basis needs. She is doing a small business to sustain her family. She has so many challenges in life, especially during the dry season.