Stone by Stone, Women Build New Roles in Kenya

Stone by Stone, Women Build New Roles in Kenya

Almost everywhere she looks, as she goes about her business in her community in Kenya’s coastal Kilifi County, Saumu Mohamed can see the fruit of her labour. Throughout her community and well beyond it, are homes, churches, schools, and multimillion-dollar buildings that have all been built with stone blocks cut from the coral rock that abounds throughout the region by Mohamed, her family members, and her team. Those stone blocks — each carefull…