Find answers to the most common questions about our programs, mission, governance, and how you can get involved.
Our vision of women as catalysts for innovation is realized through Stawi Flourish. We move beyond basic aid by equipping women with vocational skills and startup kits, turning survival into sustainable economic leadership. Women who complete the program become entrepreneurs and mentors in their own communities.
Originally founded in 2008 by former teenage mothers, our 2025 relaunch represents an institutional upgrade into a professionally governed Alliance with a 13-member all-women board. This upgrade ensures lasting community legacy, stronger donor accountability, and the capacity to scale our impact across more communities.
Through our Engagement Through Boardgames methodology, we use interactive play to simplify complex safety and leadership issues. We safeguard children from abuse and digital risks by making rights-based education engaging and memorable. For women, game-based strategy training builds critical thinking and prepares them for real-world leadership decisions.
NAFRIWA is guided by a 13-member all-women board providing strategic oversight. Our operations are supported by robust financial controls, transparent reporting systems, and annual independent audits. These measures build donor confidence and ensure every contribution reaches the women and girls who need it most.
We welcome volunteers with skills in training, counseling, business mentorship, legal aid, healthcare, and community organizing. You can volunteer in-person or support us remotely in areas like communications, digital marketing, or fundraising. Reach out through our Contact page to get started.
Our mission is to provide vital networks. Kauli Conversations for Equality creates safe platforms for dialogue and mental wellness, breaking the silence around gender-based violence, drug abuse, and mental health stigma. These conversations enable women to advocate for themselves and their communities.
We serve the most vulnerable women and girls, including: young mothers, widows, domestic workers, those abled-differently, women in abusive marriages, high-risk occupants, single mothers, and women heads of households. We equip them with tools to achieve economic independence and community leadership.
Mental wellness is our entry point. We break the silence around depression, drug addiction, and anxiety through community awareness campaigns, psychosocial support, and stigma reduction programs. We believe that healing must come first — a woman who has access to mental health care is better equipped to build a business, raise her children, and lead her community.
Our programs directly advance four Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 1 — No Poverty (economic empowerment), SDG 3 — Good Health and Well-Being (mental health, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS), SDG 5 — Gender Equality (leadership training, GBV prevention), and SDG 8 — Decent Work and Economic Growth (entrepreneurship and vocational training).
We welcome partnerships with CBO s, corporates, government agencies, academic institutions, and international organizations. Partnership opportunities include program co-funding, skills transfer, research collaboration, and awareness campaigns. Contact us at info@nafriwa.org to discuss how we can work together.
Our team is happy to answer any specific questions about our work, programs, or how to get involved.