Fondasiyo ya Equity Group yashyizeho Dr. Helen Gichohi nk’umuyobozi mukuru

Dr. James Mwangi, Umuyobozi mukuru w’itsinda rya Equity Bank akaba n’umuyobozi wa Equity Group Foundation yatangaje ko Dr. Helen Gichohi yagizwe umuyobozi mukuru wa Equity Group Foundation, ishami ry’imibereho ya Equity Bank Group. Dr. Gichohi yinjiye muri Fondasiyo avuye muri Fondasiyo Nyafurika Y’ubuzima aho yakoraga nka Perezida. Amaze kandi imyaka myinshi ari umunyamuryango w’Inama y’Ubutegetsi ya Equity Bank Group.

Dr. Mwangi yagize ati: “Helen azongerera agaciro itsinda rya Equity Group Foundation ryashyize mu bikorwa gahunda z’imibereho myiza mu bice bitandatu birimo amahugurwa y’uburezi n’ubuyobozi, amahugurwa yo gusoma no kwandika mu bijyanye n’imari, kwihangira imirimo, ubuhinzi, kubungabunga ibidukikije ndetse n’ubuzima. Kuba yaramenyekanye ku rwego mpuzamahanga mu gucunga imwe mu mishinga yatsindiye muri Afurika bizafasha ingamba z’ingaruka z’imibereho muri Afurika muri Kenya ndetse no muri rusange. Equity Bank ifite ibikorwa muri Kenya, Uganda, Sudani y’Amajyepfo, u Rwanda na Tanzaniya.

Dr. Gichohi akimara gufata gahunda, yagize ati: “Nishimiye kuba ninjiye mu muryango wa Equity Group Foundation, umuryango ufite intego yo guharanira imibereho n’imibereho myiza y’abaturage mu mibereho n’imibereho y’Abanyafurika. Ibi ni byo maze imyaka 15 nkora nkora ariko bivuye mu rwego rwo kubungabunga ibidukikije. kuba umwe mu murage urambye ”.

Ibyerekeye Dr. Helen Gichohi

Dr. Helen Gichohi yinjiye muri Equity Group Foundation nk’umuyobozi mukuru.

Yinjiye muri Fondasiyo Nyafurika Yita ku Buzima (AWF) aho yakoraga kuva muri Gashyantare 2001 nk’umuyobozi wa Porogaramu Nyafurika y’umutima kandi agirwa Visi Perezida muri gahunda muri Gashyantare 2002. Mu 2007, yagizwe Perezida wa mbere wa AWF maze ayobora iyimurwa ry’icyicaro gikuru cya AWF i Nairobi, muri Kenya avuye i Washington D.C. muri Amerika. Muri urwo rwego, yatanze ubuyobozi muri rusange muri gahunda yo kubungabunga AWF yo kubungabunga ibidukikije mu bihugu 14 byo muri Afurika.

Yayoboye itsinda ry’abahanga, abahanga mu bukungu, ubucuruzi n’inzobere mu iterambere ry’abaturage bakorera ahantu nyaburanga ku isi ku isi, harimo n’amashyamba muri Afurika.

Dr. Gichohi afite impamyabumenyi y’ikirenga. muri ecologiya yakuye muri kaminuza ya Leicester, ndetse na MSc muri Biologiya yo kubungabunga ibidukikije na BSc muri Zoology yo muri kaminuza ya Nairobi na kaminuza ya Kenyatta.

Yahawe izina rya Catto Mugenzi n’Ikigo cya Aspen, ni we wahawe ibihembo byinshi n’icyubahiro byinshi, harimo na gahunda ya Charlotte Wyman Trust’s Women’s Program yo kubungabunga ibidukikije, ndetse n’Iteka ry’Intwari zikomeye na Moran yo mu Iteka ry’icumu ryaka ryatanzwe na Perezida wa Kenya. Aherutse gutsindira igihembo cy’ibidukikije cya Giai muri 2012 muri TheWIFTs Foundation International Visionary Awards.

Akora nk’umwe mu bagize inama na komite nyinshi zo mu karere. Kugeza vuba aha, yabaye umwe mu bagize akanama gashinzwe umutekano muri serivisi ishinzwe ubuzima muri Kenya muri Kenya. Dr. Gichohi amaze imyaka itari mike ari umwe mu bagize Inama y’Ubuyobozi ya Equity Bank.

Ibyerekeye Fondation Group

Fondation Equity Group yashinzwe na Equity Bank hagamijwe gushyiraho ibikorwa remezo byimari nigikorwa cya gahunda yimibereho igamije abaturage binjiza amafaranga make. Ubu buryo bushya nibinyabiziga bihanga byahinduye byimazeyo imyumvire yubugiraneza ninshingano zimibereho. Mu gihe Equity Group Foundation iharanira impinduka z’ubukungu bw’abaturage ba Afurika kandi igashaka ubufatanye mu bice 6 by’insanganyamatsiko, Banki ya Equity Bank itanga ibikorwa remezo byo gutanga bityo kugabanya igiciro cy’imikorere ya Fondasiyo no kongera igipimo cy’inyungu ku ishoramari iryo ari ryo ryose.

Muri gahunda ya Wings To Fly, Fondation Equity Group yafatanije na MasterCard Foundation ku nkunga ya UKAID, USAID na KFW kugira ngo bigirire akamaro intiti 10,000 zifite buruse zuzuye z’amashuri yisumbuye. Banki ibinyujije muri Fondasiyo yongereye inkunga inkunga ya kaminuza ku bahanga ba kaminuza barenga 1.300 hamwe n’abarenga 70 biga muri kaminuza zikomeye ku isi harimo n’ishuri rya Ivy League. Mu gice cyibanze ku bijyanye no gusoma no kwandika ku bijyanye n’imari, Fondasiyo, ku bufatanye na The MasterCard Foundation ihugura urubyiruko n’abagore miliyoni imwe mu burezi bw’imari kandi yagize uruhare runini mu guhindura ubuhinzi mu gihe cy’impinduramatwara y’icyatsi kibisi muri Afurika muri gahunda ya Kilimo Biashara ku bufatanye na AGRA, GOK, IFAD. Ibice bitandatu byingenzi byibandwaho na Fondasiyo harimo uburezi n’iterambere ry’ubuyobozi, gusoma no kwandika mu bijyanye n’imari, kugera no kwihangira imirimo, ubuhinzi, ubuzima, guhanga udushya no kurengera ibidukikije.

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