Transforming Communities.
Restoring Hope.
Empowering vulnerable households, refugees, women, youth, and children across Nairobi through education, livelihood tools, and spiritual care.
What We Do
Trickle Up Kenya trains vulnerable youth, women, and refugee families in Njiru, Nairobi with practical job skills, food support, and mentorship, helping them move from dependency to self-reliance.
We Train
Market-aligned skills in tailoring, electrical wireman, ICT, catering, cosmetology, and artisan trades that prepare youth, young mothers, and refugees for employment and micro-enterprise.
Explore Courses →We Support
Direct food assistance, nutrition aid, and emergency relief for vulnerable families in Njiru, easing immediate hardship so learners can focus on building a future.
Our Impact Reach →We Restore
Holistic discipleship, life skills, psychosocial counseling, and refugee community cohesion that rebuilds human dignity, emotional resilience, and shared hope.
Our Holistic Story →A community and a mission field.
Founded in 2011 by Gladys Malelu with three tailoring machines from a women's chama, Trickle Up began as a vocational initiative for youth. Today in Njiru, we empower vulnerable families and refugees through practical job skills, humanitarian relief, and spiritual care.
Creating measurable impact where it matters most.
Every number reflects real lives transformed through accessible education, mentorship, and community-driven economic empowerment.
Youth and women trained in vocational and life skills
Equipped with market-aligned trade skills, life skills, and business mentorship.
Vulnerable households currently receiving direct support
Vulnerable and refugee families currently receiving direct humanitarian care in Njiru.
Core programme areas
Holistic pillars integrating vocational skills, literacy, relief, enterprise, and discipleship.
They didn't just graduate. They built something.
Christine Masila
“A change in the community starts with the individual.”
After completing the Garment Making programme at Trickle Up, Christine launched her tailoring business. Today, she employs two fellow graduates and mentors young women entering the programme.
Erica Gathomi · Tailoring Business Owner
Erica now runs a thriving tailoring enterprise at Uhuru Junction, Bahati Estate, one of over 440 graduates who turned a Trickle Up trade skill into sustained household independence.
Support Our Work
Your generosity equips youth, feeds families, and supports local community initiatives.
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Official Phone / Paybill: 247247
Account: 0712214873
Recipient: Gladys Malelu (Team Lead, Trickle Up Kenya)
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