Close to 9,000 children in Nairobi lose their lives due to diarrhoea according to the Director of Health Services, Nairobi County, Dr Ouma Oluga. “In Nairobi, the number gets to about 8,000 to 9,000 every year because we still have a lot of public health issues,” Oluga said. Countrywide, close to 30,000 children die yearly […]
Wakati kikundi kazi cha wanachama 49 kinajadili jinsi ya kurekebisha sekta ya elimu kwa mtaala unaozingatia umahiri kama kazi yake ya kwanza, walimu na wanafunzi katika maeneo ya mbali yaliyokumbwa na ukame wanatatizika kuendana na majukumu mapya kulingana na mtaala. Lakini kazi hizo ni kidokezo tu kwani ukosefu wa vyumba vya madarasa umefanya mchakato wa […]
Ndani ya mwaka mmoja, takriban watoto bilioni moja wananyanyaswa kote ulimwenguni. Kila mwanadamu, bila kujali kabila, cheo, dini, elimu, au hali yoyote ile, ana haki ya kuishi katika ulimwengu wenye amani na usio na kila aina ya vurugu. Hata hivyo, kuna haja ya dharura ya kuchukuliwa kwa hatua zaidi za kuzuia na kukabiliana na tishio […]
Chama cha Shule za Kimataifa cha Kenya (KAIS) kwa ushirikiano na kampuni ya Education Technologies, Kodris Africa na Kenya Commercial Bank waliitisha kongamano la ujuzi wa Kidijitali mnamo Alhamisi lililowaleta pamoja wadau mbalimbali kutoka sekta ya elimu na ICT. Tukio hilo lilijikita katika mtaala wa kompyuta na usimbaji (coding)na umuhimu wa kujumuisha ujuzi wa kidijitali […]
Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO) limetoa tahadhari hapo Jumatano kuhusu dawa nne za kikohozi na baridi zilizotengenezwa na Maiden Pharmaceuticals nchini India, na kuonya kuwa zinaweza kuhusishwa na vifo vya watoto 66 nchini Gambia. Shirika la afya la Umoja wa Mataifa pia limetahadharisha kwamba dawa zilizoambukizwa huenda zilisambazwa nje ya nchi hiyo ya Afrika Magharibi, […]
Kufuatia mvua kubwa na mafuriko nchini Sudan, makumi ya maelfu ya nyumba, visima na mashamba ya kilimo yameharibiwa huku familia 80,000 zikihitaji msaada wa kibinadamu makadirio ya Hilali Nyekundu ya Sudan (SRCS). Mashirika ya misaada yameonya kwamba, takriban kila mtoto aliye na umri wa kwenda shule nchini Sudan anakosa elimu, Baadhi ya majimbo nchini Sudan, […]
Friday 30th September 2022, the Nigerian government finally signed a “handover protocol” with the UN agreeing that children taken into military custody on suspicion of involvement with Boko Haram should be transferred within seven days to civilian authorities for reintegration. This is an important milestone that will help prevent the military detention of children and ensure […]
Inasikitisha sana kuona kwamba kila kukicha kunakuwa na taarifa za kukamatwa kwa wauza dawa za kulevya katika nchini Kenya. Katika mahojiano na Afisa wa Marekebisho ya Gucha, Elijah Omanga, Kenya News Agency, ilibaini kuwa kuna ongezeko la mara kwa mara la visa vya utumizi wa dawa za kulevya miongoni mwa watoto wanaosoma shule katika eneo […]
Prudential PLC imeshirikiana na kituo cha TV cha watoto cha Akili Kids, ili kutoa ujuzi wa kifedha kwa watoto nchini Kenya, hasa walio na umri wa miaka 7 hadi 12, kwa mnamo wa kila wiki. Mpango huo mpya umezinduliwa kupitia shirika la CSR la kampuni, Prudence Foundation huku ukilenga kufikia zaidi ya watoto milioni sita. […]
While the world continues to live with the coronavirus disease, the region of West, East and Central Africa is still challenged by many conflicts, and soon the problem of hunger that fundamentally threatens the future of millions of girls and children. After many years of pushing for the full right to access quality and […]