Turkana women are typically responsible for the majority of tasks within their homestead. Their primary responsibilities include gathering firewood, walking great distances to fetch water, building the grass hut that she and her family live in, cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the children.

We have seen a spiritual explosion in the past few years among the Turkana people, and it is driven primarily by women. Women are indeed the backbone of the church! Over 20,000 women attend church regularly in the SHARE-planted churches throughout Turkanaland. Nearly 2,000 of those are involved in Lighthouses (Discipleship Groups) where they are learning how to become disciple-makers.

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Many were missing their two bottom teeth which we later learned was something they did for beauty in their culture.
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Some of the young women who made a decision for Jesus