Make Way Alliance
The Make way programme
From 2021 to 2025, FAWE Kenya implemented the Make Way Programme as part of a regional consortium across Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the programme advanced Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) for young people experiencing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination.
In Kenya, we worked closely with communities, government institutions, civil society organizations, and young people to strengthen inclusive policies, build local capacity, and create safe spaces where marginalized voices could influence decisions affecting their health, wellbeing, and future.
Through advocacy, community engagement, strategic partnerships, media outreach, and youth-led initiatives, the programme reached an estimated 3 million Kenyans directly and indirectly. Consortium partners included Wemos, VSO, Akina Mama wa Afrika, the Liliane Foundation, and the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians — Kenya.
for Africa Women Educationalists, Liliane Foundation, VSO Netherlands, and Wemos as the lead, in partnership with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project envisions sexual reproduction health for all and seeks to mainstream and operationalize the concept of intersectionality in advocating for Sexual Reproduction Health and Rights (SRHR) so that people, especially youth, with intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination, can realize their SRHR and no one is left behind.The programme is implemented in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, the (Eastern and Southern) African region and at the global level. In Kenya, the implementation focuses on six counties namely; Nairobi, Kilifi, Makueni, Siaya, Kisumu and Nakuru
Key areas of Project focus
- Strategic partnership with MOH, CSOs and Faith Actors
- Capacity building (Lobbying and advocacy)
- Meaningful Youth Engagement
- Learning and advocating to scale
The problem addressed in the programme
- To Break down barriers to SRHR: The program focuses on addressing the systemic and structural barriers that prevent marginalized youth, particularly those with overlapping vulnerabilities (e.g., disability, ethnicity, gender, social status), from accessing and exercising their SRHR.
- To Promote an intersectional approach: This involves understanding how different forms of discrimination and marginalization intersect and impact an individual’s ability to access and exercise their SRHR.
- To advocate for policy and societal changes: The program works to influence policies and societal norms to create a more inclusive and supportive environment for youth to access and exercise their SRHR.
- To mobilize a critical mass of CSOs: The program aims to engage a diverse group of CSOs, including those that engage with and consist of marginalized youth, to advocate for their SRHR.
- Widen the civic space: The program seeks to create more opportunities for marginalized youth to participate in decision-making processes that affect their lives.
- The programme has been able to reach approximately 3 million Kenyans both directly and indirectly
