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Listening First: Ethel Foundation’s Needs Assessment on the Plight of Older Persons in Baringo
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.
Day of the older persons
Feeding the elderly with a message
BRIDGING INTER-GENERATION CONNECTIONS
As we marked this year’s International Day of Older Persons, we chose football as a bridge to foster lasting intergenerational connections. In a world where age often creates divides, football stands as a universal language that brings generations together. Through organizing and participating in intergenerational matches, we not only promote physical health and well-being but…
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.
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.
