Written by Alice Njoki. In many places, children are often seen but not heard. Society usually treats them as silent observers, not as people who can take part in decisions. Mtoto News is breaking this old way of thinking. As a media house focused on children, we are not just telling their […]
Written by Alice Njoki. Many people don’t realize that children with autism are not all the same. Each one experiences the world in their own unique way. Autism is not an illness, but a developmental condition that affects how children communicate, learn, and interact with others. According to the latest CDC […]
Written by Alice Njoki Gaala Aden Abdi, a 17-year-old girl from the Dadaab refugee camp in Wajir, Kenya, was tragically murdered after being forced into marriage with 55-year-old Mohamed Kassim Tifow. Her body was found burned on a mattress, with severe injuries showing she was beaten and stabbed before being set on fire. […]
Diseases and infections, although over looked, are significant causes of child malnutrition according to a report by Save the Children. The report indicates that in crises, like drought, health systems become stretched, access to safe water is more difficult and poor hygiene and sanitation is common. As a result, disease, diarrhoea and parasitic infections which […]
Strikes by doctors and nurses in Kenya causes an additional 19 neonatal deaths per 1000 births, which represents a 68 percent increase in neonatal mortality. This was established by a survey Disruptions to healthcare quality and early child health outcomes: Evidence from health-worker strikes in Kenya published at Science Direct. Nearly three-quarters of strikes feature […]
Babies born premature often face a myriad of problems and complications such as low birth weight and even death. World Health Organization, to avert these deaths recommends Kangaroo Mother Care, KMC, for the best outcome for babies and mothers. Kangaroo mother care, which involves skin-to-skin contact and exclusive breastfeeding, significantly improves a premature or low […]
Over 16.4 million or 67 percent of children in Kenya are living with the dual impacts of poverty and the climate change emergency, according to new research by Save the Children. Moreover, 150 million children across East and Southern Africa are also facing the same tragedy of poverty and climate disaster. Kenya ranks 10th highest […]
About 559 million children are currently exposed to high heatwave frequency according to new research from UNICEF. In addition, 624 million children are exposed to one of three other high heat measures high heatwave duration, high heatwave severity or extreme high temperatures. By 2050, virtually every child on earth or over 2 billion children are […]
About 40 percent of food in Kenya is lost from the farm gate to the family table according to a resent Food and Agriculture Organization FAO report. With this, on average every Kenyan throws away an average of 99 kilograms of food every year with the country wasting a total of 5.2 tonnes of food […]
A Rendlesham couple has brought hope and smiles to the faces of children in Nakuru county that became mothers under unfortunate circumstances. Allan and Jane Hutt have been fostering African child mothers since 2014 and are now working towards providing them with a permanent home. They are the faces behind Beehive Foundation, a project that […]