By Raisa Okwaras At least twenty-two teenagers with the youngest being thirteen years old have been confirmed dead after a tragedy occurred while celebrating in an ill-fated club in East London City, South Africa. According to Provincial Officials of the Eastern Cape, the number included thirteen boys and eight girls. Seventeen died inside the club […]
By Lydia Gichuki 5,278 out of 144, 466 students who had qualified for university placement in the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam turned down the offer and preferred technical and vocational education training (Tvet) courses. However, 23,963 students who scored C+ (plus) and above have been placed to join universities under government […]
By Raisa Okwaras A new health report dubbed The State of Child Health report has named New Zealand as one of the worst places in the developed world to be a child. This came in after the study found the western country with sky-high records of diseases very rare in such rich countries and common […]
Naam, kuongezeka kwa viwango vya utapiamlo huwawacha watoto katika hatari ya kuambukizwa magonjwa hatari kama vile surua. Wakishirikiana na Wizara ya Afya na Huduma za Kibinadamu na washirika, Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO) linasaidia kazi ya wahudumu wa afya ya jamii 2,163 wanaotembelea takriban kaya laki tatu kila mwezi nchini Somalia ili kuangalia watoto wagonjwa, haswa watoto […]
By Raisa Okwaras According to the UNICEF June 2022 study report, West and Central Africa stand as the region with the highest rate of child marriages, with approximately 60 million child brides. Out of it, about 20 million became child brides before the age of 15. Also, four in ten girls in the region get […]
By Lydia Gichuki The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has modified and adapted ten Learning Areas for Special Needs learners at the Pre-Vocational Level under the Stage-Based Curriculum for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). The learners will now be taken through Daily Living skill, Mathematics Social and Literacy Skills Communication and Pre-Vocational Skills. In addition, […]
By Raisa Okwaras In their press release yesterday, the Joining Forces (JF) Alliance, East, and Southern Africa asked the African governments to develop and implement policies and laws protecting children from harmful practices. The JF effected this in commemoration of the Day of the African Child (2022) whose theme was Eliminating Harmful Practices Affecting Children: […]
By Lydia Gichuki In a bid to broaden its ad-serving restrictions for teenagers around the world, Google has introduced a new teen advertising policy. With the implementation of this policy on 15th August 2022, Google will be able to turn off ad personalization and disallow the serving of ads within sensitive and creative categories. In essence, […]
Kulingana na ripoti ya UNICEF Takriban watoto milioni 8 walio chini ya umri wa miaka 5 wako katika hatari ya kufa kutokana na utapiamlo mkali. Kulingana na shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la kuhudumia watoto, bei ya vyakula imepanda kwa kasi mwaka huu kutokana na vita vya Ukraine, huku ukame unaohusishwa na mabadiliko ya hali ya […]
By Raisa Okwaras The Government of Kenya and the Child Benefit Pilot Programme are partnering with selected United Nations agencies and non-state actors to introduce the universal child benefits (UCB) programme. The programme looks at improving the education, health, and nutrition of children in Kenya. The universal child benefits programme, which costs ksh.80 million, targets […]