Across a portfolio of 11 development projects in 16 counties and regions, we measure progress through transformed lives, strengthened systems and communities equipped to lead their own development.
Figures across AiRD's portfolio of 11 development projects, reviewed quarterly.
Youth trained (Learning for Life)
Households with clean water (P&G)
Litres of safe water provided
Youth enterprises started
Learning for Life graduates employed
Smallholder farmers supported
Women empowered (Women in Business)
Widows supported (Nguzo Project)
18,910
Women and girls trained through Learning for Life
17,349
Young men trained through Learning for Life
107,241
Households reached with water, energy and health services
126
Additional jobs created by Heshima graduate enterprises
1,241
Homes lit with clean, affordable solar energy
568
Youth equipped with digital and ICT skills
Our four areas of intervention work together — economic empowerment, WASH, climate resilience and stronger institutions.
Employability skills, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, mentorship and market linkages for youth, women and producer groups.
Solar-powered boreholes, P&G purification sachets, hygiene promotion, water governance and community ownership of infrastructure.
Climate-smart agriculture, agribusiness value chains, clean energy access and market linkages for rural households.
Governance, strategic planning, organisational development, leadership and mentoring for CBOs, youth and women-led groups and government institutions.
Every project, where it runs, what it has delivered and who funds it.
Showing 11 of 11 projects
| Learning for Life (Phases I–IV) | Nairobi, Machakos, Makueni, Embu, Nakuru, Kilifi, Kwale, Mombasa, Nyeri, Meru | 36,295 trained (18,910 female, 17,349 male); 43% secured employment; 10,888 enterprises started | EABL Foundation / Diageo |
| Project Heshima | Nairobi, Murang'a, Nakuru, Kiambu, Kilifi | 3,800 reached with info sessions; 1,486 trained (852 female, 634 male); 423 secured employment; 725 started enterprises employing 126 more | EABL Foundation |
| Duluti Project | Duluti, Arusha Region, Tanzania | 5,000+ households accessing health services | Community-led / AiRD own resources |
| P&G Children Clean Safe Drinking Water | Makueni, Kitui, Murang'a, Embu, Kirinyaga | 300M+ litres of clean water provided to 100,000 households | Procter & Gamble (P&G) CSDW Program |
| Community Safe Water Project — Makueni | Makueni (Mutyambua & Kiima Kiu) | 6,000 households (~36,000 people) reached | Procter & Gamble (P&G) CSDW Program |
| Youth in Agribusiness (VijaBiz) | Nakuru, Kilifi, Kwale, Machakos, Makueni | 160 groups (1,168 youth) trained; 50 groups accessed grants (KSh 100,000–2M each); 345 started own enterprises | USTADI / IFAD |
| Women in Business | Nairobi, Murang'a | 1,247 women equipped with business skills | AiRD |
| Gender Empowerment & Solar Lighting | Nairobi, Nakuru | 1,241 households reached | AiRD |
| ICT & Digital Literacy | Nairobi | 568 youth reached | AiRD |
| Sustainable Crop Care | Machakos | 5,850 smallholder farmers trained/reached | Machakos Cooperative Union (MCU) |
| Nguzo Project | Busia County | 568 widows/women benefited (target: 1,000) | Individual Kenyans and AiRD staff |
AiRD works across more than 14 counties in Kenya and has expanded its reach into Tanzania.
Nairobi
Learning for Life, Heshima, Women in Business, solar lighting, ICT & digital literacy
Machakos
Learning for Life, VijaBiz and Sustainable Crop Care with Machakos Cooperative Union
Makueni
Solar-powered safe water in Mutyambua and Kiima Kiu, P&G sachets, Learning for Life, VijaBiz
Kitui
P&G Children Clean Safe Drinking Water
Embu
P&G safe water and Learning for Life vocational training
Kirinyaga
P&G Children Clean Safe Drinking Water
Murang'a
Project Heshima, Women in Business and P&G safe water
Kiambu
Project Heshima youth vocational training and enterprise support
Nakuru
Learning for Life, Heshima, VijaBiz and solar lighting
Nyeri
Learning for Life employability and entrepreneurship training
Meru
Learning for Life employability and entrepreneurship training
Kilifi
Learning for Life, Project Heshima and VijaBiz agribusiness groups
Kwale
Learning for Life and VijaBiz agribusiness groups
Mombasa
Learning for Life employability and enterprise support
Busia
Nguzo Project — support and microcredit for rural widows
Arusha, Tanzania
Duluti Project — integrated health, WASH, livelihoods and education
Every success story from our programmes — click through to read the full account.
Makueni County
From Mutanda Girls' High School to the community of Mutyambua, safe water is changing how families live, learn and earn in Makueni County.
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Embu County
Three years after finishing secondary school, Violet Wanjiru joined Learning for Life — and turned hospitality training into a fast-moving career.
Read the story →“There is a high level of concentration among the girls as evidenced by improved term scores. Our candidate class registered an improved mean score of 4.25, up from 2.95.”
“With the right training and commitment, it is possible to transform opportunities into a successful career.”
