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The staff at United Kenya Rising (UKR) travel to families on motorbikes, and one team member who puts serious mileage on his odometer is Dennis, the staff veterinarian. Dennis travels across every community we support, training families on preventative care while diagnosing and curing livestock illnesses.

From farm ventures to roadside green grocers and bustling market centers, families we serve are working hard today and every day finding a new sense of financial stability. See some of the ways parents build their own visions of long-term self-reliance by combining hard work with Family Care's three years of training and resources.

You'll discover something that is now remarkably results-driven, while remaining genuinely human and deeply compassionate.

It's a torrentially rainy season for the families we support and the United Kenya Rising (UKR) staff who work with them. It’s also the same time of year as ‘mud season’ for many of us in the US, making water a fitting theme for this update.

In this update we celebrate the humble leafy vegetable and its surprisingly central role in the lives of those we serve. From giant spinach to indigenous spider plant, leaves cooked in oil and onions are referred to broadly as mboga. And most Kenyans eat these greens every single day.

In one average day, UKR sends five families a total of about $320 through mobile money transfers. This update shows how that typically looks and the impact it unlocks.

Our 2025 Annual Letter is a collection of brief stories reflecting on generosity and gratitude. Each each one is a simple but powerful reminder that kindness is all around.

In the short time since joining Family Care sixteen months ago, Josephine has accomplished a whole lot and built the momentum to do much more. Just watch and you'll see!

A water tank is something everyone wants, and better-off homes are marked by visible, large water tanks. But even a small tank is out of reach for the poorest households, and that's where your support comes in to help.

The long growing season is officially over in Kenya, and neatly stored sacks of maize and beans now sit in the corners and closets of UKR families' homes.

The report is engaging and uplifting with terrific photos, powerful numbers, and short stories that demonstrate the positive impact you help create.

Armed with new skills and quality inputs, over 130 UKR family farms have turned into lush promises of a good harvest.

UKR's four-person Education Department has not been short of things to do. Lydia, Grace, Andrew, and Jack have been running workshops, visiting students at their homes and schools, and meeting with all scholarship recipients as they return to school for Term 2.

What the team is learning is that it’s areas they don’t see day-to-day, those places far off main roads and sometimes inaccessible by car, that present the best opportunity for UKR to make a transformational impact.

Remember our last newsletter about how to build a house? Since then, in only six weeks, dozens of structures are now completed in our Shikoti zone.

UKR worked with a local business to make a long-defunct village well usable, once again.Several hundred people from Eshibutse now have easier access to cleaner water because of this simple initiative. It helps a few UKR families and many of their neighbors in a manner that’s cost effective and suited to the unique needs of a community.

In this post, we will share the story of how a $700 family house is constructed over the course of a few weeks. We hope you’ll find it as fascinating as we do.

Through novel strategies that reduce water use and promote water retention, many families have learned that it’s indeed practical to manually irrigate a dry season garden. The keys are cultivation in raised beds or sack gardens that use less water, ensuring soil is rich in water-retaining organic matter, and mulching heavily to keep away heat from a scorching sun.

In mid-February, families from the new Shikoti zone went to our Gisambai zone for a benchmarking and learning visit. They returned home with great excitement and confidence that they too will make big changes happen within a very short time.

Every UKR staff member contributes toward making a difference for students and families. But there are also those who consistently go above and beyond, letting their passions shine brightly as they serve. Congratulations to Humphrey and Millicent! Your efforts are seen and greatly appreciated.