Ethel Foundation for the Aged recently conducted a needs assessment and fact-finding exercise in Baringo County to better understand the challenges facing older persons in the region. Through community dialogue with elders, local leaders, and stakeholders, the meeting highlighted pressing issues including food insecurity, limited access to healthcare, economic vulnerability, and social isolation. The insights gathered are now informing Ethel Foundation’s ongoing deliberations on how it can work alongside communities and partners to strengthen support systems, promote dignity, and improve the quality of life for older persons in Baringo and across Kenya.

On 28 January 2026, elders and community advocates from East Kano Location gathered at Hope School for a landmark meeting—one that signaled a shift from isolated interventions to a structured, village-anchored system for elders advocacy, protection, and empowerment. Convened under the guidance of Ethel Foundation for the Aged, the meeting brought together trained elders advocates,…

Some moments remind you that impact is not abstract — it is personal, practical, and deeply human. Today, Ethel Foundation for the Aged reached a major milestone: we completed our single largest sale of 2026 so far through the Inua Wazee Program, with the sale of handwoven baskets made by older persons in our communities….

In Kenya, too many older persons are made to feel like they have “become a burden.”This is not a moral issue. It is a systems failure. Our own laws are clear. Article 57 of the Constitution of Kenya guarantees older persons the right to: In addition, the National Policy on Older Persons and Ageing (2009)…