Although our activities are mainly donor based, with a key interest in the Kenyan horticultural sector, WRW formed a subsidiary group for the purpose of offering a greater opportunities for our work, creating and developing links with different sectors and other consultancies. This group is an association of members from HR and management professions, legal experts and human rights activists in Kenya, aimed at growing a platform that will ensure business and human rights have a sustainable and profitable link.
The group known as “Simple Solutions Consultants” will function mainly as a think tank to help draft and advocate systems/ procedures that will help both businesses and activists to limit and remedy persistent issues that pose threat to investment or violates the rights of employees and their surrounding communities.
This group is being hosted and supported by WRW within the time-frames of January 2017- January 2019 and will thereafter hold its functions as an independent institution. The group was designed and is currently headed by our programmes expert on Gender sensitive management under WRW terms and policies.
Our activities mainly focus on the following areas.
The role of workers and employers in implementing codes of practice and ethical business.
Tackling sexual harassment at the workplace
The role of workers and employers in implementing codes of practice and ethical business.
Public rallies to address the issues of corporate citizenship in Kenya.(CSR)
Training of trainers (TOT) in Kenya.
HIV / AIDS policies and rights at the work place
We are currently working on the following;
Research, Baseline study and information dissemination on issues affecting workers in the agribusiness
Training of shop stewards, gender committees and employers on their respective roles regarding employee welfare and methods of approaching and eliminating malpractices
Eliminating sexual harassment in the flower sector
And working on means to address the following;
Gaps and matters arising from previous and ongoing activities.
Promoting social justice for trade unions and workers in Kenya
Shadowing of social qualification audits in the flower farms.
Determining the living wage in the horticulture industry.
We are currently working with Fairtrade and WWW to consider the following in a research to establish a standard living wage in the flower sector