Ten women in Kisauni who chose not to walk through life alone — saving together, praying together, and lifting one another's homes, one round at a time.
Legacy Sisters is a women's chama built around sisterhood, saving, mutual support and building a lasting legacy together — kuinuwana, to lift one another.
The idea is bigger than simply contributing money. The women come together to support each other through life's seasons, improve their homes and families, celebrate each other's achievements, and create something meaningful to pass on to the next generation.
Women who leave something valuable behind.
Sisters who are deliberately building a legacy together.
"One Love. One Heart.
Together We Rise."
The guiding spirit behind every meeting, every contribution, and every home Legacy Sisters helps lift.
To build a united sisterhood where women empower, support and uplift one another financially, emotionally and spiritually, while creating stronger families and a lasting legacy for future generations.
To save together, support one another, celebrate each other's journeys, and use our collective strength to improve our homes, families and individual lives.
Honesty + Fairness + Love
Today it is you, tomorrow it is me. Ten members contribute in a merry-go-round: each round lifts one sister's home.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Members | 10 |
| Contribution per member | KSh 5,000 |
| Contribution frequency | Every 2 months |
| Total per round | KSh 50,000 |
| Rounds to cover all members | 10 |
The pooled amount supports one member at a time — principally by purchasing a household item or necessity for that member's home. "Kuinuwana ki nyumba": the sisters collectively help improve each other's homes, so every member sees the tangible benefit of belonging to the sisterhood.
Emotional support — being there for one another during difficult moments.
Prayer — praying together for families, businesses, health and the future.
Financial discipline — a habit of contributing consistently and honouring commitments.
Sisterhood — genuine friendships and trust built over time.
Family support — helping one another improve and strengthen the home.
Personal growth — encouraging each woman to grow in her own ambitions.
Celebration — marking birthdays, achievements, milestones and blessings.
Empowerment — one woman becoming stronger should strengthen the others too.
Together we build a legacy — the belief that one woman's success does not diminish another's.
Pamoja tunajenga urithi.
Together we build a legacy.
Pamoja tunainuana.
Together we lift one another.
Pamoja tunabarikiwa.
Together we celebrate the blessings.
Jackie is remembered as the symbolic "firstborn" of Legacy Sisters — not literally, but representing the group's first significant blessing, almost as though Legacy Sisters had given birth to its first moment of support. It gave the group a symbolic beginning: the first blessing becoming a foundation for many more to come.
The prayer and song around Jackie carry themes including:
The ultimate legacy is not only what the women own — it is also what their children learn from watching them.
Women can work together.
Saving requires discipline.
Helping another doesn't make you poorer.
Success can be shared.
Friendships can become family.
Women can build together instead of competing.
Unity creates strength.
No sister is left behind.
Leadership at Legacy Sisters is about serving, coordinating, listening, protecting unity, ensuring fairness, and keeping everyone accountable.
Leads with honesty, fairness and love — treating leadership as stewardship of the sisterhood's trust.
Two leaves framing an "LS" monogram, in the group's green and gold. Stands in for the final logo until Legacy Sisters commissions or approves one.
Playfair Bold for display type, set in Title Case throughout — the same pairing used across this site.
White, with the Legacy Sisters logo.
Black collar, black sleeve stripe; logo on the left front in black with a touch of gold.
Legacy Sisters has not yet adopted a formal constitution. As the group grows, these areas are recommended for documentation.
Should Legacy Sisters seek formal recognition as a registered community or self-help group, Kenya's community-group framework requires a name search, a formal application, minutes showing elected officials, a signed membership list, a proposed constitution, copies of members' IDs, and payment of the applicable registration fee. This differs from operating as a private informal chama, so a constitution and proper records become important if formal registration is pursued.
Legacy Sisters is ten women, based in Kisauni, Mombasa, who have chosen not to walk through life alone. They save together, pray together, encourage each other, and improve each other's homes — carrying one another through every season, building something stronger to leave behind than what they started with.