Business Training
HOCW’s Business Skills & Financial Literacy Program equips women, adolescent girls, and vulnerable caregivers with practical business and financial skills to start, manage, and grow sustainable livelihoods. Through training in entrepreneurship, budgeting, saving, record keeping, pricing, and financial management, participants are better able to strengthen household incomes and make informed financial decisions. The program connects these skills to livelihood opportunities such as tailoring, hairdressing, catering, soap making, ICT, crafts, and charcoal briquettes, with access to savings and small loans through the HOCW SACCO. Ultimately, the program promotes women’s economic empowerment, family stability, child wellbeing, and stronger community resilience.
Women’s Craft Making Collective
HOCW’s Women’s Craft Making Collective equips women with practical craft-making skills, hands-on production experience, teamwork, and confidence to earn sustainable incomes. The collective promotes women’s economic empowerment, creativity, dignity, and recovery while creating opportunities for women to work close to home and remain actively involved in their children’s care, protection, and development.
Tailoring
HOCW’s Tailoring Skills Development Program provides women, adolescent girls, and vulnerable caregivers with practical, market-oriented tailoring and garment-making skills for sustainable income and self-reliance. Through hands-on training at HOCW’s tailoring workshop, participants gain experience in sewing, garment construction, repairs, quality control, and customer service, supported by basic business and financial skills. The program promotes women’s economic empowerment, child wellbeing, dignity, and recovery, while enabling caregivers to earn income close to home. The workshop also produces garments, school uniforms, and other textile items for the community, creating real-world learning opportunities and contributing to HOCW’s sustainability.
HOCW’s Citizen Café is a community social enterprise that generates income to support HOCW programs and operations while providing affordable meals and a welcoming space for staff, community members, and social events. It strengthens HOCW’s financial sustainability, staff wellbeing, and community engagement.
Citizen Café
Hairdressing
Hairdressing Skills Development Program
HOCW’s Hairdressing Skills Development Program equips women survivors of violence, adolescent girls, and vulnerable caregivers with practical hairdressing and salon management skills to improve their livelihoods and achieve greater economic independence.
Training is delivered through HOCW’s on-site salon, combining demonstrations, hands-on practice, and supervised work with real clients. Participants gain skills in hair styling, braiding, hair care, hygiene, customer service, and basic salon management, with opportunities to strengthen their business and financial literacy.
The program supports HOCW’s two-generation approach by helping women increase household income while remaining actively involved in their children’s care and wellbeing. The salon also serves the community and generates modest income that contributes to HOCW’s long-term sustainability.
SACCO
HOCW’s Women’s SACCO helps women survivors of violence and vulnerable caregivers build financial independence through savings, affordable loans, and financial literacy, enabling them to invest in livelihoods, education, health, and family wellbeing. Members also develop skills in budgeting, responsible borrowing, and small business management. The SACCO promotes collective ownership and resilience, helping women move from vulnerability toward greater stability and self-reliance.
Charcoal briquette production empowers women to earn sustainable incomes, enabling them to meet household needs, support their children’s education, improve family livelihoods, and contribute to environmental conservation through the use of an eco-friendly fuel alternative. The initiative strengthens women’s financial independence while creating a sustainable pathway toward resilient families and brighter futures for their children.
Charcoal briquette