Kanyakoo self-help initiatives (KSHI) is a non-profitable self-help initiative started in March 2004, working with families in Kanyakoo and the larger Asembo, a village of about 1500 inhabitants on the shores of Lake Victoria in the western part of Kenya. The village is situated in East Asembo, Siaya county in western Kenya. KSHI main objective is to cub poverty through self-help initiatives. The project has been started through trainings and initiation of small income generating activities; to make the community members realize their potentialities and creatively utilizing them in common wealth creation.