In Kericho, Kenya, 

a grassroots anti-Child Labor revolution is unfolding, powered by 150 women who diversified their coffee cherry picking with gooseberries and chickens on one-hectare community plots. 

We don’t use revolution lightly. The move made national news when Nando Ngandu, IT whiz, field strategist and relentless changemaker, took the story live on Kenyan national TV.

“It’s about poverty, power dynamics and lack of choices,” Nando says. “If we want children in school, families must be able to afford it. That’s why we sit with committees, chiefs, teachers and faith leaders to design interventions that work for their communities.”

Watch the interview (in Swahili) here: youtube.com/watch?v=kztzsYANALk&ab_channel=TV47Kenya

From zero income to thriving microenterprises, these 150 women are proving that when local voices lead, child labour loses and brighter futures win.