The Margaret Wanzuu Foundation is a non-partisan organization founded in 1997 and officially registered in Kenya in September 1999.
The Margaret Wanzuu Foundation envisions a society where people (i.e. women and men, boys and girls) live harmoniously together each respecting and nurturing one another’s freedom and well-being.
Margaret Wanzuu Foundation sees its purpose as that of helping individuals to re-discover their power within, in achieving peace within themselves and hence being at peace with others.
The foundation strategizes to put in place mechanisms that can help individuals, families and communities prevent domestic violence in their lives and to promote peaceful co-existence in the spirit of interdependency
The foundation works with three specific communities. Two of these (i.e. Nyakach and Kibwezi) are rural, while a third (Prisons) is mainly urban based.
Empowering Voices, Ending Silence, Together for Change, Together for Life. Knowledge is Power, Freedom is Essential
Working within a human rights framework, MWFO aims to promote and advocate for the rights of Girls and women to live free fair lives without fear of gender-based violence or discrimination.
The Foundation is grassroots located and takes particular exception to focus on culturally induced and socially accepted types of violence and discrimination such as, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Early/Child Marriages, Forced Widow Inheritance and Domestic Violence (DV).