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Community project offers ray of hope to rural women

Mary Mbeyu feeds her birds in her farm in Mombasa. She runs a group that empowers women through farming. (Jenipher Wachie, Standard)

Mary Mbeyu’s life took a different turn when she gave birth to her last born daughter 18 years ago.

Her little girl had hydrocephalus, a condition that causes build-up of fluid in the brain cavities, making the head enlarge.

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