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Mataifa 12 ya Afrika yameungana na Umoja wa Mataifa na mashirika mengine ya kimataifa katika kuunda muungano mpya ambao utafanya kazi ya kuzuia maambukizi mapya ya VVU kwa watoto wachanga
By Raisa Okwaras, The latest reports by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveal drowning to be a leading cause of child death and young people aged between 1 and 24. According to the WHO report, over two hundred and thirty-six thousand people globally die of drowning every year. To mark World Drowning Prevention Day on […]
By Raisa Okwaras It is exactly twenty days to the general elections in Kenya. Even though children do not vote, activities from the general elections could affect them forever. Parents should therefore prioritize the safety of their children since as a nation, we are still dealing with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from the 2007-2008 post-election […]
It is estimated that some 8 million children go missing around the world each year. This is devastating to the parents of the missing children as they are left with depression, stress, and fear. Some parents may find their children alive or dead while others may never get to hear from their children again. From […]
Mtoto yeyote aliye chini ya miaka 12 nchini Kenya sasa anachukuliwa kuwa hana uwezo wa kutenda kosa la jinai. Tangu mwaka wa 2001, Kenya imepata maendeleo makubwa katika kukuza haki za watoto, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuweka sera, mifumo na miundo ya kusaidia malezi ya watoto, ulinzi na ushiriki. Hata hivyo, bado kumekuwa na mapungufu […]
By Raisa Okwaras According to the SMART Survey conducted in 2018, one in every four children under five years old in Kajiado county is stunted. In addition, one in every ten is wasted and twenty-two in every one hundred are underweight. The survey attributes the stunting, wasting, and children being underweight to low uptake of […]
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 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 […]