ABOUT US
WE DON'T EMPOWER. WE UP-POWER.
OUR VISION
A world where every woman has access to life's essentials, the means to build wealth, and the power to decide her own future.
OUR MISSION
To ignite a movement of PowerBuilders—women equipped with the tools, capital, and confidence to design, build and drive their own water, food, and finance systems.
IT STARTED WITH A BOLD IDEA
What if underestimated women could not only access essential services—but build and lead the systems that deliver them?
Our roots began as the Global Women’s Water Initiative (GWWI), where we trained grassroots women in Sub-Saharan Africa to become WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) technicians, trainers, and social entrepreneurs. But we quickly realized the power wasn’t just in the technologies—it was in the women.
WE BUILT A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRAINING
BRAVE SPACES TO FAIL
risk is encouraged and failure is expected because failing in
training means they are more likely succeed
in the field.
REMOVING BARRIERS
INTEGRATED LEADERSHIP
DIGNITY STARTS WITH INCOME
We ensured women could earn income right away—by teaching them to hand-make soap, shampoo, reusable menstrual pads, and to professionalize and monetize their construction skills.
These weren’t side hustles. They were entry points to dignity, confidence, and economic independence.
WHEN WOMEN BUILD, COMMUNITIES TRANSFORM
The trainers who now lead our programs are graduates of our Fellowship. They are power builders who turned community trust into collective transformation.
Men who once doubted women’s abilities now stand beside them in respect. Children now see women in roles once deemed “a man’s job.” A future that once felt impossible is now being constructed—brick by brick, crop by crop, loan by loan—by women.
WE EXPANDED TO MEET THE MOMENT
Today, as She Builds Power, we’ve expanded our mission beyond water. We train women to design, build, and own systems for water, food, and finance—the building blocks of healthy, thriving communities.
Our new program establishing women-led Savings and Credit Cooperatives is not just about financial access. It’s a power-building platform that transforms essential services into a women-led economy offering opportunities once beyond their reach.
Together, these form a closed-loop economy, led by women, that’s regenerating land, restoring dignity, and redistributing power.
THEY ARE POWER BUILDERS
Our graduates are not just service providers. They are power builders—challenging gender norms, breaking the cycle of poverty, and laying the groundwork for generational wealth.
We don’t empower. That implies a transfer of power.
We unleash their power. We up-power.
Because when women lead infrastructure, they don’t just build services—they build the future.
MEET THE TEAM
Gemma Bulos
SBP | Founder & Executive Director
Godliver Businge
SBPC | Chief Operating Officer
Comfort Mukasa
SBPC | Chief Executive Officer
Rosemary Atieno
SBP | Kenya Director
Mea Gever
SBP | Executive Assistant