By Raisa Okwaras Cadbury on Friday, July 8, 2022, launched a digital library full of children’s books entailing African stories to boost the reading culture of African children by reading books that reflect their truths. Dubbed #inourownhands, the campaign brought together authors from different parts of the African continent. They teamed up to publish a […]
By Raisa Okwaras The Gambia has become the first African country to make a progressive step by launching the first digital immunization registry in Africa. This journey had begun six years ago when the plan to create a new Health Management Information System (HMIS) started. In 2016, the Gambian Ministry of Health signed a Memorandum […]
Shirika la Plan International, pamoja na Kaunti ya Homa Bay wameshirikiana na Chama cha Walemavu wa Kimwili cha Kenya (APDK) na kutoa msaada wa vifaa kwa watoto Thelathini na sita wenye ulemavu. Vifaa hivyo vyenye thamani ya KSh milioni 1.3 ni pamoja na viti maalum (viti vya magurudumu), vifaa vya kusimama, viatu vya mifupa na buti, […]
Wasichana walio na umri wa miaka kumi na miwili wanalazimishwa kuolewa na kukeketwa (FGM) haswa katika Pembe ya Afrika, huku ukame mkali zaidi katika kipindi cha miaka arobaini ukisukuma familia ukingoni. Idadi kubwa ya watoto wako katika hatari ya kuacha shule nchini Ethiopia, Kenya na Somalia, hii ni kutokana na athari za Ukame n.k. Familia […]
By Raisa Okwaras According to the Gabbra community of Northern Kenya’s Marsabit county, teenage pregnancies and giving birth out of wedlock are considered taboo. Girls that bear children out of wedlock are immediately cast out of the community. Also, the children get mistreated and once they grow up, children born out of wedlock are not […]
By Lydia Gichuki Meta owned Instagram is now testing a number of new methods for age verification targeting teens. The methods will include uploading ID, video selfie and social vouching. For those who opt to use video selfie they will follow instructions on their screen to guide them. This method will utilize AI software where […]
By Lydia Gichuki In a bid to broaden its ad-serving restrictions for teenagers around the world, Google has introduced a new teen advertising policy. With the implementation of this policy on 15th August 2022, Google will be able to turn off ad personalization and disallow the serving of ads within sensitive and creative categories. In essence, […]
By Raisa Okwaras The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) of Kenya yesterday held a quarterly meeting with stakeholders in the children’s sector to brainstorm and shape the way forward on the safety of children during the incoming electioneering period. The theme of the meeting was Enabling child protection and security during the 2022 General […]
By Raisa Okwaras, The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Vice-Chair and Doctor of Psychology Professor Phillip D. Jaffe in a webinar centered around child participation today asked children to tell child experts and child-led organizations things they experience that state bodies fail to cover. For decades, actions and decisions taken by […]
By Raisa Okwaras When Uzoma Dunkwu made a post on LinkedIn in December 2020, he had no idea how unique voices are sought after all around the world. Since then, he made it a mission to inspire generations of children of African descent to connect with their heritage and culture through child-friendly art. “After a […]