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Rona Foundation is a widow human rights organisation in Kenya

We are a grassroots organization advancing widow rights and improving access to justice, education, healthcare, and essential services. Our work enables widows to live free from violence, earn sustainable incomes, and re-enter life with dignity-transforming families and communities.

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Advance Inclusion

We promote sustainable environmentally friendly activities such as establishing tree nurseries, building and use of energy-saving stoves. We also educate learners through an intervention dubbed Plant & Play.
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Increase Agency

We create safe spaces to empower widows through a series of transformative workshops to increase agency - make better decisions.
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Strengthen Relations

Through social and economic empowerment programs, we educate and strengthen relations to protect widows from SGBV, increase social capital and provide micro business grants.
Rona Foundation: Stop Widow Abuse in Kenya

Transform Structures

We transform structures by collective advocacy at community, county and national level by creating awareness around harmful gender norms, perceptions and attitudes towards widows that deny them their rights, dignity and body autonomy.
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Rona Centre

Through the Rona Centre in Wagoma, Siaya County, we offer education support, agriculture and health services for the empowerment of rural widows and orphans.
Why Kenya Needs a Widows’ Commission and County Laws Against Harmful Widowhood Practices

Why Kenya Needs a Widows’ Commission and County Laws Against Harmful Widowhood Practices

A few weeks ago, Kenyans witnessed firsthand what harmful widowhood practices meted on women look like, when videos of Mellen ...
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Accelerating Action for Widows’ Rights: A New Dawn for Siaya County

Accelerating Action for Widows’ Rights: A New Dawn for Siaya County

As the world marks International Women’s Day 2025, we reflect on progress and the work still needed. Kenya has made ...
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Siaya Widows Bill: A Path Towards Justice and Dignity.

Siaya Widows Bill: A Path Towards Justice and Dignity.

Siaya, like all the 47 counties in Kenya, have failed to address the plight of widows even with the devolution ...
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Healthcare: A Case Study of Rona Foundation

Healthcare: A Case Study of Rona Foundation

Remote and underserved areas face many healthcare problems, mainly because it is hard for people in these areas to access ...
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At just 32 Roseline Orwa, became a widow and was subjected to cruel cultural traditional practices. But she refused to accept silence and chose to speak through the stop widow abuse in Kenya page, her voice reached thousands. in partnership with the Lord lomba ,she led a grassroot movement with more than 6000 widows and 3 out of 4 elected at the assembly. The amazing thing is the strategy and creative tools that she uses, recently she wrote a book that has gone to Kenyan education system as a literature book that speaks to empathy and Kenyan context of women. The poetry book is a tool that is transforming widowhood into systemic change.

At just 32 Roseline Orwa, became a widow and was subjected to cruel cultural traditional practices. But she refused to accept silence and chose to speak through the stop widow abuse in Kenya page, her voice reached thousands. in partnership with the Lord lomba ,she led a grassroot movement with more than 6000 widows and 3 out of 4 elected at the assembly. The amazing thing is the strategy and creative tools that she uses, recently she wrote a book that has gone to Kenyan education system as a literature book that speaks to empathy and Kenyan context of women. The poetry book is a tool that is transforming widowhood into systemic change.

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From Silence to Legislation, The Widow Revolution in Kenya

Even if no one stands with you or agrees with you ,your path,let integrity and truth be your voice .When you walk without fear, because truth becomes your firm, unshakable foundation. In a world full of noise,deception,and shifting values, standing in integrity may set you apart-but it also sets you free.You don't need crowds approval when your life is aligned with what is right.Let your actions speak louder than opinions, and let truth carry you forward, even if you walk the road alone.

Even if no one stands with you or agrees with you ,your path,let integrity and truth be your voice .When you walk without fear, because truth becomes your firm, unshakable foundation. In a world full of noise,deception,and shifting values, standing in integrity may set you apart-but it also sets you free.You don't need crowds approval when your life is aligned with what is right.Let your actions speak louder than opinions, and let truth carry you forward, even if you walk the road alone.

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Even if no one stands with you, speak with integrity and truth

Mildred Ngesa invites us to listen with the soul to a transformative space beyond the veil. In a time where the world moves fast and noise fills every corner, Mildred Ngesa is calling us to slow down. In a powerful and grounding message, she asks us to sit back, breathe, and let our backs touch the chair. this is not just a talk, it's an invitation to go deeper. We are living behind veils, she says, but today you are invited to step into something new. This is not about listening with your ears, it's about lending your soul. From behind the veil, a new kind of truth is emerging, and this is only the beginning.

Mildred Ngesa invites us to listen with the soul to a transformative space beyond the veil.
In a time where the world moves fast and noise fills every corner, Mildred Ngesa is calling us to slow down. In a powerful and grounding message, she asks us to sit back, breathe, and let our backs touch the chair. this is not just a talk, it's an invitation to go deeper.
We are living behind veils, she says, but today you are invited to step into something new. This is not about listening with your ears, it's about lending your soul. From behind the veil, a new kind of truth is emerging, and this is only the beginning.

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The power of listening beyond words.

We hosted a powerful Widows Baraza bringing together widow leaders, media, expert and teachers to explore artivism as a bold tool for advancing widow rights. This Inspiring event also marked the launch of Rona's Foundation new creative tools aimed at amplifying widow voices, challenging harmful norms and reshaping public narratives because healing spaces must also be courageous and transformative.

We hosted a powerful Widows Baraza bringing together widow leaders, media, expert and teachers to explore artivism as a bold tool for advancing widow rights. This Inspiring event also marked the launch of Rona's Foundation new creative tools aimed at amplifying widow voices, challenging harmful norms and reshaping public narratives because healing spaces must also be courageous and transformative.

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Widows Baraza: Using Artivism to Amplify Voices & Transform Widows Right

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