Invest in Her
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Back Women Together. Strengthen Entire Communities.
Invest in Her is Global Health Connections' flagship campaign: a simple monthly investment that backs an entire CHEC together — never a single individual — so every member shares in what they build.
What Makes This Different
The CHECs we fund have already completed training in health, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship. Your investment helps them turn training into income, and income into lasting change for their families.
We fund the whole CHEC, not individuals or a handful of members. In a 60-member CHEC, backing just five women creates resentment and pressure the chosen few shouldn't carry alone. When the whole CHEC earns together, everyone benefits. CHECs are over 90% women, and the program centers women's leadership — which is why it's called Invest in Her.
Every CHEC you back is part of a larger community transformation through our CHEC model. Each project lifts not just the members running it day to day but every member of the CHEC — because earnings flow back into the table bank the whole community draws from.
Proof
Here's what's already happening across our villages.
In Kanyamfwa, the Tailoring Group recently completed their second share-out since GHC came to the village:
- 141,080 KSH total saved
- 80,010 KSH in interest, shared among members
- 43,000 KSH in profit
The group voted unanimously to reinvest the profit into a fourth sewing machine and more materials to expand stock.
In Nyamecheo, women pooled savings to lease land and run a shared vegetable farm with staggered weekly harvests and steady market sales.
Invest in Her puts seed capital directly in a CHEC's hands — so a whole community can launch its chosen project without taking on debt at interest. And because those earnings flow back into the CHEC's own table bank that members already borrow from, your gift keeps working long after the grant lands.
Jackline
A widow and mother of four, Jackline is part of the Kanyamfwa Tailoring Group, a women's savings group inside a GHC CHEC. She used a small loan from the group to buy a sewing machine and grow her income. Today she supports her family, educates her daughters, and pulls other women in the group along with her.
The Tailoring Group shows exactly the skill and drive Invest in Her is built to back. They've got the skills already. What they're missing is the seed capital.
Their next move is more machines and more materials, so other members can earn the way Jackline does.
Jane
A 64-year-old widow and mother of five, Jane (pictured left) is a member of the Kanyipir CHEC. She's been the sole provider for her family since losing her husband 20 years ago. After learning how to make liquid soap through her CHEC, she started a soap business that now supports her household and her four grandchildren.
Jane built that business on her own.
Invest in Her backs whole CHECs like Kanyipir, so the next women coming up after Jane can build together, with seed capital in their pocket.
Nyasumi CHEC
Nyasumi CHEC
The Nyasumi CHEC, one of the three villages in the Invest in Her pilot, has chosen its project together: a Napier grass farm — a hardy, fast-growing fodder crop with steady demand from local dairy farmers. With seed capital, the whole CHEC can plant at scale and turn a dependable cash crop into shared income that flows back into the CHEC's own table bank.
This is exactly what Invest in Her is built to fund.
Brenda
Nyamecheo Women
Nyasumi CHEC
A 27-year-old wife and mother of two, Brenda lives in Nyamagesa Village, one of the three villages in the Invest in Her pilot. She used her first merry-go-round contribution to start a small business selling second-hand clothing. What began in her village has grown to include nearby markets. Today she contributes alongside her husband to cover school fees and daily household needs.
Brenda turned a single savings contribution into a steady source of income.
Invest in Her backs the whole Nyamagesa CHEC, so the next Brendas can start with seed capital from day one.
Milka
Nyamecheo Women
Nyamecheo Women
A 35-year-old mother of seven, Milka lives in Kanyipir Village. She turned her tailoring income into something unexpected: a tree nursery in her dry community. Using her savings, she began raising and selling seedlings, traveling long distances to fetch water and keep them alive. The nursery now earns enough to help her cover food and school fees for her family.
Milka built that nursery one bucket of water at a time.
Invest in Her is bringing seed capital to whole CHECs like Kanyipir, so the next woman with an idea like Milka's has her community behind her from the start.
Nyamecheo Women
Nyamecheo Women
Nyamecheo Women
The women of the Nyamecheo CHEC, one of the three pilot villages for Invest in Her, pooled their savings to lease land and start a shared vegetable farm. They grow black nightshade, cowpeas, and spider plant, using staggered planting to create weekly harvests and steady market sales. The income helps them pay school fees, support their households, and reinvest in the farm.
This is exactly what Invest in Her is built to fund. With seed capital, their next move is more land and more production.
She’s Not Asking for Charity.
She's part of a whole community ready to turn training into a real business — all it needs is the seed capital to start.
Join our newest campaign backing women and their communities across western Kenya as they turn training into shared income.