By Lydia Gichuki Safaricom Foundation on Wednesday donated Sh.9.5 Million state-of-the-art boat ambulance to Lamu county government in a bid to reduce maternal and newborn deaths attributed to lack of proper logistics. Lamu is among 15 counties that account for more than 60 percent of maternal, newborn and child deaths in the country. The new […]
By Raisa Okwaras A recent study by Gertrude’s Children Hospital shows that about twenty to forty percent of Kenyan children could be suffering from mental illnesses. The hospital attributes the dire situation to the covid-19 pandemic. According to Gertrude’s Hospital Head of Clinical Services Thomas Ngwiri, the covid-19 pandemic bore negative effects on the mental […]
By Raisa Okwaras A recent study by Gertrude’s Children Hospital shows that about twenty to forty percent of Kenyan children could be suffering from mental illnesses. The hospital attributes the dire situation to the covid-19 pandemic. According to Gertrude’s Hospital Head of Clinical Services Thomas Ngwiri, the covid-19 pandemic bore negative effects on the mental […]
By Raisa Okwaras The growing poverty and hunger levels in Malawi are forcing little children out of their homes and into the streets. The children end up mugging people to find something for survival. Right now, Malawi has approximately fifteen thousand children who have resorted to street life as a survival tactic. Every day, people […]
By Lydia Gichuki Through Digital Literacy Program, the government is set to roll out the implementation of the computer coding curriculum support material on a pilot basis targeting public primary and secondary school this week. The pilot project will include 100 public primary and 50 public secondary schools that have been chosen by the Information […]
By Lydia Gichuki Heels4Pads Foundation in partnership with Cigna donated a digital pads dispenser to Dagoretti Special School that will cover each menstruating girl with pads for 3 years. Each girl will have access to pads using a unique individual identification card. Speaking during the launch, Munira Twahir, Founder and process innovator of Ari Dispenser […]
By Raisa Okwaras, Forty-three more children have died from gun violence since the Uvalde slaughter. This brings the total death toll from gun violence to almost double in just one week. Such continues to raise concerns over gun safety and children safety in general. On May 24, 2022, nineteen young children together with two of […]