Rose Wamalwa she/her
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East Africa Regional Director
Women's Earth Alliance
Participant: 2019 Kenya Women & Climate Accelerator
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In some of the most environmentally threatened places in the world, WEA leaders are defending forests and rivers, saving threatened indigenous seeds, launching sustainable farms, conserving coral reefs, and protecting land rights.
Since 2006, WEA’s signature model has enabled over 10,000 women to build their technical, entrepreneurial, and leadership skills—and together, we’re reaching over 10 million people with safe water, energy access, regenerative farming, and climate initiatives.
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Kenya
Rose Wamalwa she/her
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East Africa Regional Director
Women's Earth Alliance
Participant: 2019 Kenya Women & Climate Accelerator
Rose is the Founder of Women in Water and Natural Resources Conservation (WWANC) a Non-Profit Organization in Western Kenya. WWANC works with grassroots’ women, men and youth in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Its main focusing is reaching out to the voiceless communities and support them to embrace socio-economic change and transformation through community conversations and participation. Rose is collaborating with WEA to create to catalyzes the efforts of grassroots Kenyan women leaders protecting their communities and ecosystems from climate threats like drought, coastal biodiversity collapse, and food insecurity. This initiative will support leaders from across the country to deepen their strategies, build powerful alliances, and scale their solutions for critical climate change mitigation and adaptation.