Community-run saving groups in Kenya allow entrepreneurial women to access informal loans away from banking bureaucracy.
![Irene Obahiambo stands in her workshop in Kawangware slum, Nairobi [William Worley/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ef7f4079505a4b59bf4681b101c0e297_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Community-run saving groups in Kenya allow entrepreneurial women to access informal loans away from banking bureaucracy.
![Irene Obahiambo stands in her workshop in Kawangware slum, Nairobi [William Worley/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ef7f4079505a4b59bf4681b101c0e297_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Officials and NGOs hope to work with healers, who thrive in remote areas, in order to reach underserved communities.

Despite a major commitment to universal healthcare, the government is heavily reliant on external funding and donors.
