Julia Quinn Instagram – DAY 3 of the Landesa Kenya trip! 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
We began the day by meeting with the Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative, which partners with @stand4herland, to learn about their work in Baringo County. Leader Monica Yator (picture 7) explained that one of their biggest challenges is that in pastoral culture (which traditionally relies on cattle herding and grazing for food and income) the husband controls land usage even though the wife is in charge of feeding the family and managing the household.
Many women want to set aside a portion of the family’s land for farming and agriculture, but their husbands frequently disagree, feeling that the land should be reserved for grazing (as is traditional.) And if he says no, she can’t develop the land (even though it’s her home).
IWGI works with the women who have control of land to develop their plots, and as these women experience success, they are able to demonstrate to more of the men that everyone benefits when the women can farm some of the land.
We then visited the farm of Salina Chepsat (pictures 3 and 4) who turned her plot of land into a wondrous mix of vegetables, orchards, and animal husbandry. She has an indigenous seed bank and makes her own fertilizer.
Salina meets regularly with a group of women (and even two men!) to share best practices and learn from one another. I can’t say enough about how great her farm is—she’s amazing!
After lunch (with a visit from a monkey!) the @landesaglobal team headed out to visit hot springs on the shore of Lake Bogoria. The drive was very hot and VERY dusty, but worth it in the end when we boiled eggs (sold by an enterprising lady at the entrance to the park) in the hot springs. YUM! | Posted on 10/Jan/2025 01:47:04
