Kenya – Rona Foundation
Rona Foundation is a widow human rights organisation in Kenya, championing and advancing the rights of women – mostly widows who continue to suffer exclusion and marginalisation
Rona Foundation conducts psycho-social support, life skills, and Para-legal and income-generating programs including micro-finance, tailoring, organic vegetable farming, and beads-making for rural widows in Kenya.
Rona currently serves more than 8000 widows in Siaya County, clustered in over 60 widow groups, and has become a model that has now been replicated in 12 counties in Kenya through county chapters.
Website – ronafoundation.co.ke
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News from Rona Foundation
From Three Widows to a Movement for Justice: Reflections on the Siaya Widows Protection Act (2025) – Kenya
By Roseline Orwa. It began in a small room—three widows sitting in my living room, carrying stories that had long
Kenya’s Concrete Steps to Protect Widows: Siaya County’s Model and a Beacon of Hope
By Roseline Orwa. Kenya's dedication to implementing the UN Resolution on the Situation of Widows is evident through the remarkable
Widows in Crisis in Kenya – Rona Foundation
By Roseline Orwa. As we mark International Women’s Day 2023: themed “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, we –
#16Days of Activism: RONA’s ONE Action Campaign
By Rona Foundation. In most African communities, widowhood is not only a personal status but also a social one... In
Women’s Day: Celebrating Widow Change Makers in Covid-19 Times
By Roseline Orwa. Widows, male champions and other active citizens became a new face of social and human rights defenders
#16Days of Activism: Celebrate, Advocate, Encourage a Widow
By Rona Foundation. During this year's 16 Days of Activism, Rona Foundation aims to amplify widows' voices through an online