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Women’s group profits from estate laundry services

Margaret Wanjiru worked for years as a casual labourer in Thika town, Kiambu County, earning an average Sh200 a day for back-breaking work.

She would wake up early in the morning and sit outside estates, hoping residents would single her out from a group of several other hopeful women to do their laundry.

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