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Building Age-Friendly Communities Through Road Safety Awareness in Naivasha
Road safety and elder dignity intersect in everyday community transport systems. Ethel Foundation for the Aged is working with bodaboda riders in Naivasha to build safer, more inclusive environments for older persons.
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What We Learned from Visiting Older Persons Building Their Own Livelihoods
This week, we spent time in the field visiting beneficiaries of the Older Persons Livelihoods Project supported by KCDF. What we encountered was not simply programme implementation—it was a living demonstration of what becomes possible when dignity, structure, and opportunity are aligned. Across the different households and enterprises we visited, one thing was clear: older…
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How Livelihood Work Becomes Dignity in Practice
At the beginning of many livelihood programmes, participation often looks like engagement—but not yet ownership. People show up, receive support, and follow guidance, but the deeper shift is still unfolding quietly beneath the surface.
In the Ethel Foundation chicken livelihood programme, this was also the starting point. Over time, however, something began to change—not just in productivity, but in mindset. Participants moved from cautious involvement to active responsibility, and eventually toward a sense of ownership over what they were building.
What emerged was not only improved outcomes, but a deeper transformation: restored confidence, renewed dignity, and the return of agency in everyday life.
This is where livelihood work becomes more than support—it becomes systems-based change in how people see themselves and their future.
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From Advocacy to Systems
Dignified ageing in Kenya is increasingly being shaped by integrated approaches that combine advocacy, livelihoods, and legal empowerment. Recent work in Kisumu County demonstrates how engaging older persons as active participants in governance, while simultaneously strengthening their economic resilience and access to justice, can create more sustainable and impactful outcomes. As this model expands to new regions, it offers critical lessons for social work education and practice on the importance of building systems — not isolated interventions — to support ageing populations.
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Strengthening Livelihoods for Older Persons in Kenya
At the Ethel Foundation for the Aged (EFA), our commitment to dignity, inclusion, and improved quality of life for older persons continues to guide our work across Kenya. Between July and December 2025, we made significant strides in implementing the Sustainable Livelihoods for Older People and Advocacy in Kenya (SLOPAK) project in Kisii and Kisumu…
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Designing for Dignified Ageing
Dignified ageing is not built on goodwill alone — it requires intentional systems, consistent care, and sustainable models. As populations grow older, the responsibility shifts from charity to design: creating structures that ensure every stage of life is lived with dignity, connection, and purpose.
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Seen, Valued, Remembered: Good Friday Reflections
Good Friday reminds us that compassion is not just a feeling—it is a responsibility. At Ethel Foundation, we are turning reflection into action by restoring dignity and care to older persons who need it most.
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From Policy to Reality: Advancing Dignity for Older Persons in Nairobi County
Policy alone is not impact. As our latest research reveals, bridging the gap between intention and lived reality is the defining challenge in advancing dignified ageing in Nairobi County.
