BOOSTING ONESELF THROUGH INNOVATION FROM A GROUP INITIATIVE

Tujiendeleze Self Help Group which started in 2007 in Kakamega Central District now has over 20 members. The Self Help Group to which I am a member, has pulled many of our families from poverty. I joined it lying low in economical terms. Being jobless I was unable to support my family very well from my small income through bodaboda (bicycle). Upon joining the group in 2009, the Group was able to support me with finance through a system called "table banking" which loans members money to upgrade themselves. 

I have been able to buy more bicycles from the first loan of 27,000 shillings I got in 2009 and invested heavily in the transport business of bodaboda, hiring other youths and a bicycle repair clinic in Ikonyero.

Location: IKONYERO, KAKAMEGA CENT., KENYA