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Teenage Mothers and Girls Association of Kenya is an organization working for the rescue, rehabilitation and economic empowerment of girls and young women. Their programs focus on helping solve the problems of HIV/AIDS infected children, their parents (often teenage girls who are single), orphans, the poor and the destitute of the community.
As part of TEMAK's Economic Empowerment Plan, they promote and train girls and young women in Arts and Crafts skills and techniques using locally available materials like hyacinth, papyrus, sisal and many other available materials.
TEMAK provides a conducive atmosphere for girls and children to acquire craft skills (e.g. doll making, tie and dye, batik and creating tin and wire products). The income is used in support of the girls' projects or given out to individual girls or groups to start small scale business. TEMAK uses the same income to pay rent for those girls who are very desperate.
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