Posts Tagged ‘kenya’
Sustainability, local leadership and impact: Reflections from So They Can’s 2026 Immersion Trip with Georgie Herb, So They Can Board Director
Every year, So They Can’s Founder and CEO, Cassandra Treadwell, takes So They Can Board Directors and engaged supporters to visit our teams and programs in Kenya and Tanzania. These Immersion Trips are a transformative opportunity for our Board Directors and supporters to deep-dive into So They Can’s programs, understand the specific economic, political and…
Read MoreAn update on 2 essential infrastructure projects in Kenya following So They Can’s UK launch
On Thursday 25th September 2025, So They Can hosted its launch event in the UK, Generously hosted by Simmons & Simmons at their London offices, the event marked an exciting new organisational chapter. The UK launch also marked the beginning of an urgent fundraising drive to complete 2 essential infrastructure projects in Baringo, Kenya, to…
Read MoreLocal Leaders Series: Meet James Wabara, Assistant Country Manager & Head of Community Development Program, Kenya
Our teams in Kenya and Tanzania are the backbone of our organisation. Everyday, they are working to ensure that children across Tanzania and Kenya can break the cycle of poverty through access to quality education. Our entire on-the-ground team is made up of local nationals who have a deep and culturally appropriate understanding of the…
Read MoreFrom Surviving to Thriving: Our Family Strengthening Project in Baringo
Our Family Strengthening Project (FSP) supports vulnerable families in Baringo, most of them led by women, to build stable livelihoods, protect their children, independently. This year we measured what that support has achieved. A survey of 24 families who have graduated from our FSP program found exactly what our project aims for, every family has…
Read MoreOur Sustainability Model in Action
Time and again, it has been shown that when international development support is delivered through short-term projects or relies too heavily on external implementers, communities can be left no better placed to sustain change than they were before a partnership began. At So They Can, we challenge outdated models of external and short-term aid. Our…
Read MoreBehind the numbers: How we collect data to reflect, adapt and scale our work.
At So They Can, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) underpins everything we do. MEL is critical to understand how effective and efficient our interventions are. It is also an opportunity to inform learning, foster continuous program improvement, and provide evidence for scaling up our programs. How do we measure our impact at So They Can?Our…
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