By Lydia Gichuki Residents of Mwingi Central for the past one week have been thrown into mourning and disbelief after two students, form four and class eight pupil, died by suicide. The 20 years old Form four student at Kyanika Secondary School hanged himself in his father’s farm in Kathonzweni village in Mwingi Central sub-county. […]
Mashirika ya kijamii (CSOs) katika kaunti ya Kajiado yameanzisha vituo 94 vya uokoaji kwa watoto wanaoepuka mila mibaya kama vile Ukeketaji (FGM) na Ndoa za Mapema katika kaunti hiyo. Katika kuadhimisha Siku ya Mtoto wa Afrika, Mkurugenzi wa Kitaifa wa Compassion International Kenya, Samuel Wambugu alisema kwamba, vituo hivyo ni muhimu katika kuelimisha jamii juu ya madhara […]
By Raisa Okwaras, Burieruri High School located in Igembe Central Constituency in Meru County has all the reasons to be grateful after receiving a grant worth ksh.10 million from the Japanese government to help in the construction of a storey dormitory. The school received the funding after showing significant improvement in its academics and discipline. […]
By Raisa Okwaras, A 15-year-old Standard Seven student at Ngendaptich Primary School in Nakuru’s Toiyotich Village allegedly took her own life after throwing herself to death in Lake Solai. The unfortunate incident sent the Toiyotich Village in sadness, characterized by wails and screams. According to the students, on the morning of the incident, Joy Chepkoech […]
By Lydia Gichuki Expanding social protection to adequately respond to the COVID-19 crisis could reduce the number of children in child labour by 15.1 million between 2020 and 2022 according to International Labour Organization. According to COVID-19 and child labour: A time of crisis, a time to act, report child labour decreased by 94 million since […]
By Raisa Okwaras The 2021 Report titled ‘Disrupting Harm in Kenya’ reveals that about fifty-five percent of children in Kenya have had access to adult pornography on digital platforms. According to the survey which took place in five countries, Kenya had the highest rate of children with access to adult pornography online. The report also […]
Ulinzi wa mtoto ni kuwakinga dhidi ya unyonyaji, unyanyasaji, kutelekezwa, vitendo vyenye madhara na ukatili. Watoto-waathiriwa wa ukatili -waliokaribia milioni 4.4 kutoka nchi 129, ndio walioweza kupata hudama za afya, za kisheria, na za wakaazi wa kijamii.Aidha, asilimia 25 ya watoto ni walio na miaka chini ya kumi, huku asilimia 41 wakiwa na miaka kati […]
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 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 […]