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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.
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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.
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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From Garden to Community: Brian Onyango's Journey of Transformative Climate Leadership in Siaya County!

From Garden to Community: Brian Onyango’s Journey of Transformative Climate Leadership in Siaya County!

Like his peers, Brian Onyango, a young man living with a disability in South Sakwa, found himself in a community ...
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Latest Videos

The Pitch video outlines Rona Foundation's vision for climate change programs with widows as change makers restoring ecosystems in Siaya County, Kenya!

The Pitch video outlines Rona Foundation's vision for climate change programs with widows as change makers restoring ecosystems in Siaya County, Kenya!

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Roseline's Pitch Video on Rona's Climate Change Programs (Siaya)

The Pitch Video outlines Roseline Orwa's vision for our healthcare programs at the Rona Centre, and her dreams of publishing a memoir to ensure widows are see, heard and empowered.

The Pitch Video outlines Roseline Orwa's vision for our healthcare programs at the Rona Centre, and her dreams of publishing a memoir to ensure widows are see, heard and empowered.

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Roseline's Pitch Video to O'Shaughnessy Fellowship (2 Minutes)

Antony Omollo serves as a technical policy expert, and he plays a vital role in the legislative process concerning the widow's protection bill. His primary responsibility is to clearly explain the bill's provisions, ensuring that its content is comprehensible to everyone. He breaks down technical language into simpler terms, organizing informational session and answering questions from the stakeholders and widows, this helps to foster a better understanding of the bill's objective.

Antony Omollo serves as a technical policy expert, and he plays a vital role in the legislative process concerning the widow's protection bill. His primary responsibility is to clearly explain the bill's provisions, ensuring that its content is comprehensible to everyone. He breaks down technical language into simpler terms, organizing informational session and answering questions from the stakeholders and widows, this helps to foster a better understanding of the bill's objective.

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Widows Bill! Policy Expert review the contested Areas!

Our founder and Executive Director Roseline Orwa was among the 30 human rights defenders, who were awarded the gender champion award during the International Women's Day (IWD2025) by ForumCivESA,in recognition of her unwavering commitment to building the widows movement and advocating for their rights and dignity. As a widow herself she envisions a society where widows of all ages live a life free from violence

Our founder and Executive Director Roseline Orwa was among the 30 human rights defenders, who were awarded the gender champion award during the International Women's Day (IWD2025) by ForumCivESA,in recognition of her unwavering commitment to building the widows movement and advocating for their rights and dignity.
As a widow herself she envisions a society where widows of all ages live a life free from violence

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International Women's Day 2025, Gender Award Champion.

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