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Our DNA Our Pain Our Power Join Our Movement BTB Connect S.A.F.E. Network Donate Having been behind bars one time in her life Teresa Njoroge shares her story on why she is passionate about making a difference in the lives of prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families. “My name is Teresa Njoroge I am a mother of two awesome kids, wife, An optimistic realist and resilient.

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Teresa Njoroge: Sentenced to social entrepreneurship There’s just over a week until the 2015 Sankalp Global Forum opens its doors in Delhi, so we’ve talked to one of this year’s speakers, Teresa Njoroge, about her extraordinary journey from a Kenyan prison into the world of social entrepreneurship and why she’s leaving her ego at the door to make meaningful connections in India’s capital.

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TERESA NJOROGE -EAST AFRICA A former banker from Kiambu, Kenya, Teresa is bridging the gap between incarceration and social reintegration in Kenya especially for female ex-convicts. She is the founder and Executive Director of Clean Start Solutions, a

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A former banker from Kiambu, Kenya, Teresa is bridging the gap between...

Our DNA Our Pain Our Power Join Our Movement BTB Connect S.A.F.E. Network Donate Pearls And Heels: Teresa Njoroge Our Pearls And Heels lady today is Teresa Njoroge. Teresa Njoroge is the founder of a hybrid social enterprise called Clean Start. Teresa seeks to positively impact and transform the lives of extremely poor women and youth, marginalized and caught up in a revolving door of a life of petty crimes

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Our DNA Our Pain Our Power Join Our Movement BTB Connect S.A.F.E. Network Donate Being behind bars was a blessing, not a curse – Former banker Teresa Njoroge is a mother, a wife and a co-founder of Clean-start a enterprise that brings individuals, professionals and institutions to engage prisoners and former jailbirds to see them fit back to society. Being jailed for a crime she didn’t commit gave birth to this intiative. She shares her story with Robert Amalemba

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Teresa Njoroge is a mother, a wife and a co-founder of Clean-start a e...

Teresa Njoroge Bold Idea: Equip incarcerated adolescent girls with skills to enter employment, education, or entrepreneurship when they leave prison. Lower recidivism rates, build the business case for the model, and advocate for government policies to shift towards restorative justice.

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Bold Idea: Equip incarcerated adolescent girls with skills to enter em...

Our DNA Our Pain Our Power Join Our Movement BTB Connect S.A.F.E. Network Donate Silver lining for prisoners after gates opened Teresa Wanjiku Njoroge interview on her journey to helping prisoners after finishing her term at Lang’ata Prison [David Njaaga,Standard] Sitting in prison one year into her sentence, Elizabeth Adisa, 23, thought life as she knew it was over, at least for another three years.

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Teresa Wanjiku Njoroge interview on her journey to helping prisoners a...

Sarah Odima: My Journey My name is Sarah Odima. I was a Recruiting Agent sourcing jobs for women overseas. My passion has always been, to see a woman living a comfortably, without harming others and earning a livelihood in ventures that avert her conflict with the law as I did.

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Hush Now; Child. He went silent. For one whole year, Joe*, now 3½ years old, never uttered a word. Prisoners and the warders identified him as the toddler in a corner. He would rarely play, cry nor interact. Most of all, Joe never spoke. He never called his mother “mama” nor twaddle with another child.

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He went silent. For one whole year, Joe*, now 3½ years old, never utt...

Jane Kiio – Breaking the bias by thriving in a male dominated world Jane Kiio is the embodiment of this year’s International Women’s Day of #BreakTheBias. The 52-year-old mother and grandmother has withstood travesty and risen like a phoenix from the ashes, taking up and thriving in a career in a male-dominated field.

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Betty Khaguhia – From accountant to businesswoman making waves in the online world Betty Khaguhia is a businesswoman and formerly imprisoned woman, a title she embraced upon completing the Ufunuo Program on the Outside earlier this year. “I will now wear the title of formerly imprisoned women with pride because I’m no longer imprisoned. I have learned self-acceptance.”

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Our DNA Our Pain Our Power Join Our Movement BTB Connect S.A.F.E. Network Donate How a petty offence arrest led to the impoverishment of Emma Emma was arrested and charged with hawking without a license. The married mother of two headed into town hoping to sell a few of her wares to provide for her family. Little did she know that this day wouldn’t turn out as she had hoped.

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Emma was arrested and charged with hawking without a license. The marr...

The journey of a woman towards reingtegration Imprisoned women face a myriad of challenges on release such as homelessness. This makes their reintegration journey twice as hard as they struggle to find their feet. Clean Start is raising awareness on these challenges

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Imprisoned women face a myriad of challenges on release such as homele...

Teresa Njoroge might be free now, but her name will forever be in our prison system. The mother of two made headlines a decade ago accused of stealing Ksh.19 Million from her employer and faced an additional charge of attempting to defraud the bank Ksh.9. Teresa Njoroge might be free now, but her name will forever be in our prison system. The mother of two made headlines a decade ago accused of stealing Ksh.19 Million from her employer and faced an additional charge of attempting to defraud the bank Ksh.9.9 Million.

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Teresa Njoroge might be free now, but her name will forever be in our ...

Teresa Njoroge’s appearance on The Wicked Edition discussing the impact of raising a daughter in prison. After successfully appealing a wrongful conviction, former bank Manager Teresa Njoroge and C.E.O Clean Start Kenya shares her story of the trying times and how the prison experience affected her and her daughter.

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Our DNA Our Pain Our Power Join Our Movement BTB Connect S.A.F.E. Network Donate What I learned serving time for a crime I didn’t commit – Ted Talk In 2011, Teresa Njoroge was convicted of a financial crime she didn’t commit — the result of a long string of false accusations, increasing bribe attempts and the corrupt justice system in her home in Kenya. Once incarcerated, she discovered that most of the women and girls locked up with her were also victims of the same broken system

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Teresa Njoroge’s appearance on Citizen Weekend discussing redemption from jail sentences. Tonight we bring you two stories of redemption. First, you’ll hear from Pete Ouko who walked into a police station to find out why his wife’s body was found dumped near a police station fence. He would instead be wrongfully convicted for her murder and spend 18 years in Kamiti Maximum Prison.

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