In Nandi County, boarding schools are struggling to keep students in school due to a serious food shortage. This has been occasioned by the high cost of living that is being witnessed in the country. The situation has been made worse by the government’s failure to disburse funds to schools coupled with parents struggling to […]
Hedhi ni mchakato wa kawaida katika maisha ya kila mwanamke, lakini mara nyingi hufunikwa na usiri na aibu. Takriban wanawake na wasichana milioni 9.3 nchini Kenya hupata hedhi. Mara nyingi wasichana waliofikisha umri wa kubalighi hutafuta majibu kuhusu afya yao ya hedhi ila mara nyingi huambulia patupu. Ili kukabiliana na changamoto hii, Unicef imezindua […]
Familia moja kutoka Kaunti ya Homa Bay, eneo bunge la Ndhiwa, inatafuta haki kwa binti yao mwenye umri wa miaka 17 anayedaiwa kunajisiwa na kundi la wanaume sita. Mwathiriwa kwa sasa amelazwa katika Hospitali ya Mafunzo na Rufaa ya Kaunti ya Homa Bay ambapo alikimbizwa akiwa na majeraha baada ya kisa hicho kilichotokea Jumatatu usiku […]
The Ugandan parliament has passed a bill that increases paternity leave from four to seven days for male workers. The MPs said they borrowed a leaf from Kenya that accords male working employees two weeks for paternity leave, New Vision reported. …it is important that more time be accorded to male employees to help their […]
At least 6,841 children were reported missing in Kenya in the last 10 months alone according to the data from the government. This was revealed by Labour Cabinet Secretary Florence Bore during the commemoration of International Missing Children Day yesterday. She added that 1,296 have been reunited with their families so far. However, she said, […]
Zaidi ya watoto milioni saba walio chini ya umri wa miaka mitano wamesalia na utapiamlo na wanahitaji msaada wa haraka wa lishe, na zaidi ya wavulana na wasichana milioni 1.9 wako katika hatari ya kufariki kutokana na utapiamlo mkali . Jamii zilizo katika mazingira magumu zimepoteza ng’ombe, mazao, na maisha mengi katika kipindi cha miaka […]
A recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a United States public organization, shows that climate change has dire physical and mental health implications for children. They include elevated rates of respiratory diseases, organ failure, seizures, and increased infection rates, For instance, the organization says, children cannot regulate their body temperature as efficiently as […]
More than 7 million children under the age of 5 in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are currently malnourished and are in need of urgent nutrition support according to UNICEF. In addition over 1.9 million children are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition. This has been occasioned by the drought that has been termed as […]
A family from Lugala Village in Khwisero Constituency, Kakamega County is mourning the death of their one-and-a-half-year-old baby died in mysterious circumstances. Her body was found on the rooftop of a neighbor’s toilet on Sunday two days after disappearing from her home on Friday. It was reported that Gloria Andayi disappeared when her mother Velma […]
UNICEF has launched the world’s first-period tracker app for girls, Co-created with girls in Kenya. This Oky-Kenya app aims to help girls take control of their periods and their lives by providing information about menstruation in a fun, creative and positive way. The app, which first went live on the Google play store on March […]