Dandelion Africa
Partner Details
Partner Since: 10/01/2015
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Website:
https://www.dandelionafrica.org/
Featured Video:
https://youtu.be/904ri5VXc78/
Dandelion Africa helps promote and improve the health and economy of youth and women living in marginalized areas in Kenya and Africa.
Why we love them
They are finding success in a very conservative and culturally complex society, through community-based outreaches focused primarily on sexual reproductive health.
In the News
- Dandelion Africa founder Wendo Aszed was featured on the MZN podcast Localization and Trust-Based Giving: A Local Actor's Perspective.
- Dandelion Africa founder Wendo Aszed contributed to the Gates Foundation article The link between women’s health and women’s economic power.
- Dandelion Africa was among the four winners of The Patchwork Collective, Lever for Change, and ICONIQ Impact's $12 million Maternal and Infant Health Award.
- Dandelion Africa founder Wendo Aszed was featured on the Humentum webinar Unlocking the Power of Flexible Funding.
- Dandelion Africa founder Wendo Aszed was interviewed on the Funding with Trust podcast.
- Dandelion Africa founder Wendo Aszed was selected as a 2019 Aspen New Voices fellow.
- Recipient of Segal Family Foundation’s 2017 Rising Star Award.
- Dandelion Africa was featured in the GatesNotes article Wendo Aszed’s best friend died. Then she did something remarkable.
- Dandelion Africa was also featured in the Funding with Trust podcast episode Focusing on the obvious: Men as champions for women’s health.
- Dandelion Africa alumna Miriam Kimani spoke at the Girls Opportunity Alliance GetHerThere launch hosted by Michelle Obama.
- Dandelion Africa founder Wendo Aszed was featured in the Kenyans article Kenyan Woman Feted Alongside Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
- Dandelion founder Wendo Aszed was selected by the Aspen Global Innovators Group as a New Voices Fellow in 2019.
- Dandelion Africa was featured in the Humentum case study Operationalizing Locally-Led Development: Cultivating a Healthy Global Development Ecosystem.
- Dandelion Africa founder Wendo Aszed wrote the Fortune op-ed Healthy women help everyone rise-I’ve seen it in Kenya.
- Dandelion Africa was featured in The Standard article Former banker leads the charge for women’s health and empowerment.
