Program Overview
Across Kenya, many women especially vulnerable mothers, widows, and women in low-income communities face significant barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRHR) services and sustainable livelihoods. The cost of healthcare, lack of health insurance, limited referral pathways, and economic insecurity often force women to delay or completely forgo essential SRHR services. At the same time, limited access to capital prevents many women from starting or sustaining small businesses that could improve their household stability.
National data consistently shows that out-of-pocket healthcare costs remain a major burden for women, while informal work and unstable income sources leave many without health insurance or financial safety nets. These overlapping challenges mean that poor health and poverty reinforce each other keeping women and their families in cycles of vulnerability.
Imarika Program was created to bridge this gap between health access and economic empowerment. The program focuses on practical, dignity-centered solutions that connect women to SRHR services, affordable health coverage, and small financial support to build sustainable livelihoods.
What We Do
- SRHR Referral Pathways: Though our trained CHVs, we link women to trusted health facilities, counselors, and service providers for SRHR care, ensuring timely access to information, screening, treatment, and follow-up support.
- Imarika Care Access Pathway: Imarika connects women to affordable and inclusive SRHR health coverage through ethical partnerships with health and insurance providers. The pathway is designed to reduce financial barriers to care and protect women from catastrophic health costs, while ensuring dignity, choice, and continuity of care.
- Small Business Seed: We provide small, targeted financial support to women to start or strengthen income-generating activities, helping them build independence and resilience.
- Safe Housing Access: We provide women with access to safe, affordable, and sustainable housing solutions, including home construction, renovation, or temporary shelter support. This pathway ensures that women and their families have secure living conditions, reducing homelessness and creating a stable foundation for improved health, livelihoods, and overall wellbeing.
Why It Matters
Imarika recognizes that health and economic stability are deeply interconnected. By addressing both simultaneously, the program:
- Improves women’s ability to access and sustain SRHR care without financial hardship.
- Strengthens household incomes through women-led micro-enterprises.
- Reduces dependency and vulnerability, particularly among widows and marginalized mothers.
- Contributes to healthier families, stronger local economies, and more resilient communities.
Our Impact Vision:
Through strategic referrals, insurance partnerships, and small business support, Imarika aims to ensure that women are not forced to choose between their health and their survival. We believe that when women are healthy, insured, and economically empowered, entire communities thrive.
Join Us:
Whether you are a woman seeking support, an insurance provider committed to inclusive health coverage, or a partner looking to empower women at the grassroots, Imarika Program is building pathways to dignity, health, and opportunity.