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 […]
Ukiukaji wa haki za watoto umeendelea kuwa tishio sugu. Hii imeonyeshwa na shirika la WHO ambayo inasema kuwa kimataifa, inakadiriwa kuwa watoto milioni moja kutoka miaka miwili hadi kumi na saba ndio wamepitia ukiukaji wa haki kimwili, kihisia na pia kingono. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-children Nchini Kenya, ukiukaji wa haki za watoto hususan hutokea nyumbani, shuleni na pia […]
A recent UNICEF study dubbed the Yunitok opinion polls reveal that ninety-three percent of respondents, the majority between 15 and 30 years old, realize the significance of the internet in excellent academic performance. The polls started in June 2022 to July 2022 and had more than forty-two thousand respondents participate. Eighty-six percent of the respondents […]
Kulingana na Save the Children wazazi kutoka kaskazini-mashariki mwa Uganda wanalazimika kuwatuma watoto wao wachanga wa umri wa shule ya awali, shuleni pamoja na ndugu zao ili waweze kushiriki kwenye mlo wa bure shuleni kwani idadi ya familia zisizoweza kumudu chakula nyumbani inazidi kuongezeka. Natalina, aliye na miaka 10, anasoma katika shule ya jumuiya inayoungwa […]
It is barely two days after the IEBC declared Dr.William Samoei Ruto as the president-elect of Kenya, results which Raila Amolo Odinga rejects. While the political environment in the country remains steamy, I have one question for parents and guardians; How safe are your children? This question leads me to June 2021 when cases of […]
It is exactly three days after the general elections in Kenya, and the country’s emotional state is unfathomable. The tension between self-proclaimed online bloggers and national television stations like Citizen, NTV, and KTN has left Kenyans in a ‘how-much-longer’ situation. But, how do you talk to children about the election results amidst all the anxiety? […]
A twelve-year-old brave girl in Garissa, Kenya, has been rescued after attempts to wed her off to an old man aged seventy proved futile. It all began two months back when her family revealed the news to her about her elder brother’s upcoming wedding ceremony. Amira was elated, to say the least. At the time, […]
By Raisa Okwaras, Forty-one-year-old Mariam Nabatanzi wears a lot of hats, including ‘the world’s most fertile woman’, ‘Mama Africa’, and ‘Mother Uganda’. She earned these after making headlines for giving birth to forty-four children from one man, which she terms as God’s gift. As she goes by, Maria resides in Mukono village in Mukono District, […]
Nchi sita za Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan Kusini, Uganda na Tanzania – hivi karibuni zimehitimisha mikutano ya hadhara kuhusu mswada mpya wa afya ya uzazi na ujinsia. Wafuasi wa Mswada huo wanasema kuwa, sheria hii itaboresha upatikanaji wa afya ya ngono na uzazi ambayo, kwa upande wake, itaboresha viashirio vingine […]
By Raisa Okwaras A father of two daughters aged 18 and 13 in Tana River has been on the run after defiling his daughters for four years and five months respectively. According to a guardian who rescued the children, the culprit had been defiling the eldest daughter for over four years and the younger one […]