Kimuka Village

FAST FACTS:

Village Location: KAJIADO COUNTY

# of Villagers: 900-1200

Village Started: SEPTEMBER 2024

# of Households Surveyed: 125

# of Villagers Who Started in the CHEC:  125

Graduation Date: May 2025

# Graduated from Health Training: 125

# of Participants in Economic Training: 125

Primary Economic Groups: Chicken Farming

Kimuka is one of GHC's 2 remote pilot CHEC communities, a pastoral Maasai village in Kajiado County with 900-1,200 residents. Baseline surveys in September 2024 revealed limited access to clean water, inadequate sanitation, and widespread preventable illness. All 125 surveyed households joined the CHEC.

The chicken farming project launched in June 2026. Members built the facility themselves over several months: water piped in from Chief Joseph's borehole, two 10,000-liter storage tanks installed, latrines and fencing constructed, a feed storage facility renovated, and the coop completed from the ground up. Total investment: 2.35 million KSH (about $18,000 USD).

The table bank has reached 200,000 KSH in savings.

Before the launch, select CHEC members received training from KALRO (Kenya Livestock & Agricultural Organization) on chicken farming, business management, and daily operations. The facility is fully operational. When earnings come in, they flow back to the community.

Goat farming is the next project on the horizon, once savings grow enough to support it.

Kimuka's Sustainable Governance Committee completed the leadership curriculum and coordinated every phase of site construction and launch, working alongside Lynn, GHC's Project Officer for remote CHEC sites. A Maasai pastoral community building an $18,000 income facility from scratch, managed by local leaders — that's what the SGC makes possible.