Mama Wanjiru Karanja
Lead Convenor, Nairobi Care Circles
“To federate Nairobi's estate elders into a single, transparent civic body that defends dignity, mediates disputes and stewards local savings for the next generation.”
A former primary school head who turned a sewing cooperative into the city's largest community-run savings and mediation network. Holds the trust of 217 estate elders.
- Hub
- Eastlands Coordination Hub, Buruburu
- Since
- Anchor office, 2014
- Households
- 4,820 households across Kibera, Mathare, Mukuru, Dandora
- Pillars
- People · Prosperity · Peace
- Model
- Estate-level care circles federated under a city assembly. Every shilling raised in Nairobi is matched by diaspora-Kenyan donors and disbursed through a public ledger reviewed quarterly by the assembly.
- Households reached4,820 / 5,00096%
- Disputes mediated312 / 35089%
- Savings under stewardship (KES m)184 / 20092%
- Youth into formal work268 / 30089%
Solid bar — actual. Dashed marker — annual target.
Mama Wanjiru Karanja
Lead Convenor, Nairobi Care Circles
A former primary school head who turned a sewing cooperative into the city's largest community-run savings and mediation network. Holds the trust of 217 estate elders.
To federate Nairobi's estate elders into a single, transparent civic body that defends dignity, mediates disputes and stewards local savings for the next generation.
Eastlands Coordination Hub, Mumias South Road, Buruburu, Nairobi
- Registry
- Kenya Public Benefit Organisations Authority
- ID
- PBO/2015/0427
- Last check
- March 2026
- Verified by
- Kingdom Foundation Compliance Office