At Rare Vrienden, empowerment is at the heart of what we do. Our work in Kilifi is not about supporting one particular sector. It is about helping people and communities gain the knowledge, skills, opportunities and connections they need to build more secure and sustainable futures. Agriculture is one of the ways in which that can happen. On Monday, 28 September, Rare Vrienden brought together agricultural practitioners and partners at Silver Palm, Kilifi, to explore practical opportunities...

Sometimes the most important changes in a community project are the ones that are hardest to measure. You can count chickens. You can record eggs, income and expenses. But how do you measure a woman becoming more confident in managing an opportunity, or beginning to see a small poultry project as something she can build into a livelihood? That is part of what we are seeing in our poultry work with women in Kilifi. Recent visits on 23 and 30 September gave the Rare Vrienden team an opportunity...

24 September 2026 | Kibarani, Kilifi There are moments in a community project when an idea begins to feel less like an experiment and more like something with a future. For the Rare Vrienden team, 24 September was one of those moments. We were pleased to welcome Tourism Board Acting CEO Ms.Nancy Mwangemi, Kilifi County Government, to our Kibarani office for a conversation about community enterprise, tourism, local products and the future of YoCoCo. The visit came at an exciting time for the...