Retired Professional ladies in Meru County have officially launched a Community Based Organisation (CBO) that will act as a vehicle to address some teething challenges women face after exiting their careers.
Speaking during the launch at Gitoro Pastoral Centre in North Imenti, the CBO Chairperson, Ms Jeniffer Makena, said the urge to form the organisation emanated from the need to unite and help each other, the community and other vulnerable members of the society. "We came up with this idea after realizing that some of us were getting lost out there with no one to cling on to in terms of resources or even mere advice.
Our target is to empower each other economically and socially," said Ms Makena.
She underlined that many retirees in the county and the country at large, were suffering silently and it is the high time to speak about it for the appropriate interventions to be done.
