The DIRA team with young mothers from SHEnergy for Change

Out in the community

Young mothers. Big plans.

The DIRA team sat down with the young mothers and adolescents of SHEnergy for Change. We came to listen. We left with a plan.

Visit SHEnergy for Change ↗Young mothers and adolescents

A DIRA team member speaking with the group

Who we met

SHEnergy for Change ↗ walks with young mothers and adolescents through some of the toughest seasons of their lives.

Many of the women we met came with babies in their arms. They also came with questions, ideas and plans of their own.

They opened their circle to us. We sat down, and we were grateful to be there.

Learn more about their work at shenergyforchange.org ↗

A DIRA team member showing young women something on a phone

What we talked about

We listened first. What do you want for yourself? For your child? What stands in the way?

Then the phones came out. The same phone you use for calls and M-Pesa can be a classroom, a shop window and a job board.

We worked through it side by side, one screen at a time.

A DIRA team member speaking to the group

Where it leads

This conversation is the first step of a partnership.

Our goal: bring DIRA’s free digital skills training in content creation, digital marketing and AI tools to the young women SHEnergy for Change serves.

Talent is everywhere. These young mothers have it. Direction is what we are here to add.

Photos from the day

1 / 8A DIRA team member opens the conversation with the circle.
2 / 8Every voice matters: a DIRA team member speaks with the group.
3 / 8Listening to what the young mothers want for themselves and their children.
4 / 8Side by side: exploring what one phone can do.
5 / 8Questions, answers and a phone in hand.
6 / 8One-to-one time. Your voice, your direction.
7 / 8Laughter in the circle.
8 / 8Together: the DIRA team and the SHEnergy for Change community.