M2 UPDATE: EXPANDING MY COMMUNITY

I have always relied on just the few people that I feel comfortable around while working on this sensitization project, but I soon realized that this campaign is so important given the enormous attention it has been receiving so far.

There seem to be a greater awakening of women to involving themselves in Politics and ultimately influence decision making and making policies that can trigger the much needed change.

Module 2 has made me realize that we could actually involve more communities for greater impact, given the magnitude of what we are out to achieve; awakening women’s minds to their “power within” and capacity to create change in the status quo.

Women in Kuchi Goro community have proven to us that both Old, Young and Women Living with disabilities are hungry for causing a change. Even as we encountered some miscommunication on the timing of the event in their community, it was still possible to gather these women who wanted to know more on how they could exercise their voting rights.

Arming myself with more knowledge from module 2, I have made a decision to now involve the women community leaders, in our next outreach, in the planning processes, as more communities need to be involved for optimum result.