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Health & Wellbeing
Household outreach, maternal and child health, nutrition, prevention, early referral and access to essential care.
Illeret · Marsabit County · Kenya
Healthy people.
Strong households.
A resilient future.
HEAL & RISE is a community-led initiative building a healthier, economically empowered future for the Daasanach people.
Why Illeret?
Breaking a cycle that holds families back.
In this remote pastoralist community, poor health and poverty reinforce each other. Limited access to healthcare, food security and economic opportunity leaves households vulnerable.
Poverty
Poor access to care
Illness
Loss of income
Deeper poverty
Six programme pillars
One connected path to lasting change.
Health, livelihoods and resilience move forward together—because progress in one strengthens every other.
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Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment
Savings groups, entrepreneurship, skills, livestock-based livelihoods and opportunities for women and young people.
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Lake, Food & Environmental Resilience
Sustainable fishing, safe food from the lake, value addition, conservation and shoreline protection.
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Women, Girls & Child Protection
Community-led FGM prevention, girls’ education, women’s leadership and protection for every child.
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Peace & Community Cohesion
Dialogue among elders, women, youth and local leaders to prevent conflict and strengthen peaceful communities.
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Food Security & Resilience
Nutrition, livelihood diversification, drought preparedness and locally appropriate food-security initiatives.
Our approach
With the community.
Not simply for the community.
Elders, women, youth, community leaders and local partners shape the work from the beginning—building ownership that lasts.
01Identify
02Support
03Empower
04Strengthen
05Sustain
Stand with Illeret