At least 350 children drawn from all 47 counties have converged in Kiambu County for the Children Devolution Conference. The five days event being held at M-PESA Foundation Academy in Thika Town aims to provide a platform where children will air their opinions on matters children. The event under the theme Empowering Young Voices. A […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new package of measures, the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED), to monitor the development of young children at population level up to three years of age. This, the organization says, will allow for a comprehensive assessment of the development of young children up to 36 months of […]
The Chief Justice of Kenya Hon Martha Koome has today launched the Child Justice and SGBV Strategy and Convicted Sexual Offenders Electronic Register at Kibera law Courts Nairobi. The initiatives are on spar with the strategic focus of the judiciary to transform systems into people centered one that upholds the dignity and rights of especially […]
More than 39 public schools and ECDE Centres in Nairobi received their title deeds after years of waiting. These title deeds were issued by Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja on Thursday where over 2,000 title deeds were issued to public institutions around Nairobi. The move is aimed at granting ownership to the schools whilst providing protection against […]
Kamati ya Kimataifa ya Maendeleo ya Watu (CISP) imezindua mradi wa Tetea hapo jana tarehe 20 mwezi juni, unaofadhiliwa na Muungano wa Ulaya wa kulinda wanawake na watoto dhidi ya dhuluma katika Kaunti ya Kakamega. Mradi huo utatekelezwa na CISP kwa ushirikiano na Shirika Lisilo la Kiserikali la eneo hilo, Kakamega County Widows Empowerment […]
Uganda Child Right NGO Network {UCRNN} has called upon the government to bring to book the perpetrators who killed 42 students from Lhubiriha Secondary School in Nyabugando Town Council, Kesese District last Friday. Further, they have urged the government to ensure that the 6 abducted children are immediately released and resettled with their families and […]
Every child has a right to live and the government must ensure as much as possible a good life and development of a child but, that is brought to question when the ADF rebels cost the lives of 42 children on the night of June 16, 2023 with 6 abducted from Mpondwe/ Lubiriha Secondary […]
Thousands of displaced children on the South Sudanese side of the border with Sudan are at risk of deadly cholera outbreaks due to flooding and lack of adequate sewage systems. This was said by Save the Children who reported that Cases of cholera have already been reported in resettlement camps in Malakal, where many of the refugees […]
At least 38 students, and a number of civilians, have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school in Uganda. The victims were burned, shot, or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a Lhubiriha Secondary School near the border with Congo, the local mayor said on Saturday. According to Uganda police, the […]
About 315,000 grave violations against children in conflict or war were verified by the United Nations between 2005 and 2022 according to UNICEF. More than 120,000 children were killed or maimed.105, 000 others recruited or used by armed forces or armed groups, more than 32,500 were abducted and more than 16,000 children were subjected to […]