05/01/2024
Established in 2018 and registered as a nonDeposit-taking Sacco, we have enabled our
valued members, primarily smallholder producers
drawn from commodity associations, to access
capital, financial products and related services.
This has ultimately helped our members to build
financial assets, promote entrepreneurship, and
start enterprises within the value chain that have
created jobs, and helped restore hope, dignity, build
resilience and transform livelihoods.
As any other institution whose resilience was
tested - and shaken - by the Covid-19 pandemic
exacerbating the climate change-fueled drought
that had plunged agriculture-dependent
population into despair, we endured and rose to
overcome the turmoil triggered by the two crises
that collapsed many organisations.
However, it didn’t escape lessons to us that
ensuring a resiliently sound financial position
during times of both prosperity and instability
is essential in securing financial well-being and
upward socio-economic mobility of people, society
and economies.
The bedrock of our Membership remains
smallholder producers of sorghum, sunflower and
honey, as well as Small Micro enterprises and Small
Internal Lending Communities (SILCs) driven by
these commodities. Conscious that they ought to
live in interdependence nature, adapt and build
resilience to the unpredictably changing climate,
our members actively participate in initiatives that
contribute to national sustainable development
and adaptation plans. We have worked with
Forest Community Associations, Water Resources
Associations, youth and women groups to develop
tailor-made products to support their work.
In addition to supporting our members in their
commodity value chain development, we also avail
to them innovative financial models that build
knowledge, skills, and habits through coaching and counselling to help them define their financial goals.
