The healing process
While we acknowledge and encourage the philosophy that there is a time for bereavement, a time to grieve and that grieving is a vital part of the healing process, MWW also firmly believes in addressing “what now?” and “what next?” You may find yourself unable to answer either one of the questions. It is our mission to gently guide widows through this painful period of grief and trial and into a life filled with renewed hope and promise. We are dedicated to the continued mobilization of a largely overlooked population and growing a network of support, education, healing, caring, sharing and strength.

Managing and keeping family together
After the demise of the husband, and while still in grief, a widow is left with the task of giving the family the much need assurance of hope and continuity. Most women find it hard to bear the burden of the family and keep it together. Whether the family left behind is young or mature, coming together and assisting each other in different aspects should be upheld. MWW strongly upholds the value of family and encourages widows to once in a while arrange family dinners, retreats and strive to have the family members united. MWW also realises that the kids need nurturing as they also bear the same sorrow of loss of their father.

Dealing with hostile extended family members
One of the major challenges MWW is ready to tackle head on is the nuisance caused by the ill thought family members. This mostly happens when the widow is burdened by the demise of her life partner and hence she becomes very vulnerable. Most in-laws take advantage of the sorrow the widow is going through to rough her up together with her family. They feel they have a stake of what was left and use extreme measures to access it. The investments which were hard earned now become a centre of conflict, the effort and the sacrifice that the demised and his wife went through being lightly and in some cases sarcastically dismissed by the in laws. A humble relationship that existed with the deceased family becomes the centre of attraction for all the wrong reasons and ugly incidents being aired even on media. In all these, no one has ever come out strongly to defend the widow.
MWW just like every other institution that fights for the rights of its members is ready to fight for that delicate widow whose lonely life is being faced by the ugly face of the world.

Co-existence in polygamous marriage or ex- wives
Some factors cannot be overlooked. The deceased husband may with your knowledge and consent or unknowingly and without the woman’s consent had another family. This is among the big challenges that widows face right after the demise of their husbands. MWW guides such families so that they can execute a descent send off and co –exist harmoniously even after death. Fights usually worsen an already bad situation. MWW has room to mediate and mend differences converting them into joy, strength, companionship and wealth.
Solace also mediates issues of unknown people who surprisingly appear one or two days before the burial putting everything into a disarray and causing the widow more pain and humiliation. The issue of ex-wives and children is also a thorny issues that however well it was treated during the life of the deceased husband needs a lot of sensitive approach after the death.
MWW becomes a source of strength, consultation, information and a friend to lean on at that difficult time.

Spiritual Engagement
The reason behind two people coming together, joined and become one in marriage is that each of them become the strength of the other when one is weak or not there at all. When ones husband passes on, the duty of honouring and name continuity lies with the widow. Most of them don’t know how to do it amidst all the loneliness and confusion. Our organization background is based in such noble initiatives and has its arms open on nurturing such thoughts until they bear fruits. Building mausoleums, holding church masses to celebrate anniversaries are some of the ways on can consider in honouring their late husband.

Legal Engagement
To access funds in the bank or transfer the husbands’ property, one needs authority of the court. This authority of the court is contained in letters of administration, where the deceased died without having written a will, or in grant of probate, where the deceased left a valid will. To obtain one of these, you need an application in the high court for the letters of the administration or grant of the probate. The entire process takes about one year. MWW helps widows through this process by hiring lawyers to advice and guide them.

Financial Engagement
It is the jurisdiction of the widow to ensure continuity and also good management of the properties left behind by the demised. This can be done through self-undertaking of the activity. Some widows find themselves in a management confusion. MWW encourages such women through empowerment talks and training sessions. The founder therefore decided to have a team of like-minded individuals who would help in her mission of reaching out to widows to train them on group formations and importance of table banking. The activities have been very successful helping many widows start Small Micro Enterprises (SMEs) which help them sustain their livelihoods and gives them a source of income to cater for their needs.
Other projects include helping them start projects such as catering and event organisation businesses, goat rearing and selling, agricultural farming, poultry and dairy farming among others.
Our aim is to create a pillar of hope and empowerment for all the widows in Kenya and beyond but with a bigger focus on the poor and neglected widows. We want to help all widows live fulfilled lives by empowering them socially, economically, emotionally and spiritually, through establishment of productive networking structures.
Though most of the known properties and savings are accessed through the inheritance process, most of the deceased savings and properties are taken away by those that knew where or how he saved. Some banks, accounts departments or self-help groups take advantage of the widow who never knew that the deceased had any of these. MWW encourages the widows to follow on any leads that can eventually shed some light on some unknown investment’s that now belongs to her.

Social Engagement
MWW main call is to rally the blessed widows and friends of MWW to come together and engage in noble activities that will see the poor widow have turn around in her life and her children too. Widows should be able to feed and educate their children. The organisation helps widows achieve this by initiating activities that will earn them their everyday bread.
During marriage, the couple usually haves a good time travelling around the country. When alone, widows’ movements are very limited. MWW believes organises widows’ fun trips across the country
Widowers jump ship faster than they did when getting married after the demise of the wife. Society takes it as a norm and support it without ant faults attributed to the man. Once a widow says she wants to remarry, the society raises eyebrows and starts negative speculations. This needs sober approach to support the widows who want to exercise their constitutional right of remarrying. MWW at a future time wished to run a media sensitization program that reduces the stigmatization associated with the right.
It’s African to pay bride price. There are circumstances that the husband passes on before paying either all or part of the dowry. MWW has a forum that assists the widow fulfil this cultural and noble cause for her own satisfaction or as a requirement by the family in love.

Table Banking
In line with the Vision and mission, MWW established a widows’ micro finance programme which was officiated in the year 2017. Through this programme widows have become socially and financially empowered at the same time have been given a chance to access different financial services. Through their togetherness widows have been able to access small loans to start or boost their SME’s and uplift their livelihoods. Currently the programme has over 5,000 beneficiaries and still counting, most of whom have been able to change their lives in different ways ranging from taking their children back to school, starting and growing their small businesses

Legal Aid
Part of MWW’s work has involved linking needy widows with pro bono lawyers who were willing to help the widows with overdue cases in court. Some of the cases have been resolved and most of the widows have been able to get back their belongings and property that had been wrongfully taken from them.

Humanitarian Crisis Management
MWW team has been able to respond to widows and their children who have been victims of natural calamities and conflict stricken areas.
MWW helped Mpeketoni victims who were attacked by Al Shabaab militia by distributing food and non-food items which included flour, cooking fat, clothes, blankets, buckets, sanitary kits among other items that they needed during that time. The organization has been able to rush to the aid of countless widows who were being dragged out of their property after their husbands death. Such victims include disabled widows some of who are still receiving aid to cope with their situations.

Gender Based Violence Victims
From 2013 the Founder together with her team have been able to rescue widows who have been victims of gender-based violence.
MWW has been able to rescue widows who are victims of sexual assault from their in laws and direct community members who take advantage of the widows. Some of these widows have been helped to start new lives elsewhere with small businesses to help them cater for their basic needs as well as those of their children.