About Feiyah Action Network
A women run community based organisation in Laisamis, Marsabit County, founded in 2010 by Rose Orguba.
Founded in Laisamis, by people who live there
Rose Orguba founded Feiyah Action Network, known as FAN, in 2010. The organisation is based in Laisamis Constituency, Marsabit County, and works with Samburu and Rendille communities across the area.
FAN's work covers three connected problems. Girls in Laisamis drop out of school at high rates, often because of distance, cost, or early marriage. Community land in the area is being registered and managed in ways that frequently leave women out of the room. And gender based violence, including female genital mutilation, remains common despite years of outside campaigns that rarely involve the whole community.
FAN does not run from Nairobi with occasional field visits. Staff and volunteers are based in Laisamis. Meetings happen in the places people already gather: under acacia trees, at school compounds, at community land meetings.
What FAN is working toward
Mission. FAN works alongside women and girls in Laisamis so they can stay in school, take part in decisions about community land, and live free of gender based violence.
Vision. A Laisamis where girls finish school, women sit at the table when land decisions are made, and FGM is no longer practised in the communities FAN works with.
Team
Rose Orguba
Founder and Executive Director
Rose founded FAN in 2010 and leads its work across girls' education, land rights, and gender justice programs in Laisamis.
Program Staff
Field officers and volunteers
Board of Directors
Governance
How FAN is run
Registration
Feiyah Action Network is registered as a community based organisation in Kenya.
Safeguarding
FAN works directly with girls and young people, and treats safeguarding as a condition of that work, not an afterthought. Staff and volunteers follow a child and adult safeguarding policy when running programs.