Introduction Women In Fishing Industry Programme (WIFIP Education & Development) is a nationally registered Non Governmental Organization in Kenya that works with women and other marginalized groups focusing on socio-economic empowerment. My presentation is based on nearly ten years experience working with grass-root women including minority women with specific reference to the war widows and minority women of Mt. Elgon. THE MINORITY WIDOWS OF MOUNT ELGON: THE ISSUE With support from ACORD International and in partnership with Civil Society Network, WIFIP pushed for the psycho social rehabilitation of nearly three hundred Mt. Elgon widows as the first step to reconstructing their lives socially and economically. Most of them had lost their spouses without trace first in a war by their own and compounded by the government military sent in to salvage the situation and rescue the community from the hands of a lawless self acclaimed Land Defence Force. The government armed forces instead murdered the men and raped the women Women suffered the most and so did their children witnessing their mothers and sisters being raped. These women physically survived SGBV and but remained traumatized and suffered psychological torture. They had been ripped of their dignity. They also suffered internal displacement and loss of both shelter and livelihood.. Each one of them suffered in silence, the extent of suffering only gauged by the deafening whispers that went around the room once they were given a forum to share their experiences. THE INTERVENTION Psycho social support was a must for the healing process to start. Just over one year down the line, the women have bounced back to life with a bumper harvest of maize, onions also on the way. This outcome is the result of strategic capacity building on agribusiness, consultation and collaboration with government institutions, and close monitoring and reassurance. The greatest success in this story is how the women through social mobilization and security system have blended with one another and have become keepers of each other. Despite missing out on some very basic needs, they promised not to sell the farm inputs donated to them and even supported one another to acquire farm land for planting the donated seed.