Foundation embarks on sensitizing groups in Kisumu on funds as more than 2M women enterprise fund disbursed

Kisumu aspiring Senator Prof Tom Ojienda hands over shs 2,087,000 from Women Enterprise Funds to some women groups in Kisumu Central Sub-county today to help boost their businesses which have been hardly hit by the Corona virus disease. He says his Foundation have partnered with the kitty so as to sensitize such groups on making applications and proper utilization of thefunds-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo

By Dickson Odhiambo

November 4, 2021

Foundation embarks on sensitizing groups in Kisumu on funds as more than 2M women enterprise fund disbursed

A Foundation in partnership with the Women Enterprise Fund has embarked on sensitizing women groups in Kisumu County about the need to have knowledge and borrow the funds to do businesses.

Tom Ojienda foundation says they target over 150 women groups within Kisumu County to educate them more on the women Enterprise Fund and the need to apply for it for boosting their businesses.

Addressing the press in Kisumu today where the Women Enterprise Fund disbursed a total of shs 2,087,000 to women groups in Kisumu Central Sub-county to enable the members to continue with their businesses which were hard hit as a result of the Corona virus disease, the Foundation’s President Prof Tom Ojienda said such funds would enable the groups to raise up again in doing their businesses.

Ojienda says the foundation is partnering with the Women Enterprise Fund to sensitize the registered women groups in the 35 wards within Kisumu County to educate them on how to apply for the funds and its proper utilization to help uplift their standards of living.

“We all know that Women Enterprise Funds disburse funds to only registered women groups across the country. As a foundation, we are partnering with the kitty so as to carry out sensitization program to such women group so as to equip them with knowledge on how to make applications and use the funds prudently,” Prof Ojienda says.

He says since this is a revolving funds, it is good for members of the women groups to know that refunding the money is very important so that other groups can also benefit from the Kitty.

Ojienda who  has declared his interest to vie for Kisumu County Senate seat on Orange Democratic Movement{ODM} Party in the next year’s polls says the Foundation will crisscross all the 35 wards in Kisumu County while sensitizing the women groups on the essence of the fund.