Kenya
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Mkwiro, The Village Of Hidden Treasure
May 28, 2015Mkwiro is the land of hidden treasure. By treasure I mean people, marine resources and serene environment. Mkwiro is a small village found on Wasini Island on the Southern coast of Kenya. This village is well known... -
Lessons from the 48th session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD48)
May 5, 2015So a fortnight agoo nations of the world trooped to the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the forty eight session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development. Since the landmark 1994 International... -
Garissa Attack: We Shall Not Forget
Apr 15, 2015By Judyannet Muchiri When 147 young people die in a single day, there is a problem. When these people are shot to their deaths, there is an even bigger problem. This is what happened in Garissa... -
Why Young People Need Access To Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Apr 10, 2015Young people have continued to bear the brunt of challenges facing the globe today. Be it unemployment, poverty, insecurity, lifestyle diseases among others. But none has been more pronounced like the reproductive health challenges. That the... -
Maternal health and access to SRHR in Kenya
Apr 8, 2015When assessing the progress made and achievements realized with the implementation of the MDGs, one thing is clear, as we strive to catch up with the MDG momentum, maternal health is not one of those achievements.... -
See Kibera Through His Eyes…
Mar 23, 2015Today I met a man by the name Karanja. He has been living in the slums of kibera since 1971.. He has 7 kids who depend on him daily. One of his sons is in Dagoretti... -
David Atilola Interviews Biko Macoins, Kenya-based Photographer Re-Telling The Kibera Story
Mar 21, 2015Biko Macoins, who was recently recognised as the most influential young African during the Africa Social Media Awards is a photographer. He tells stories about Kibera, a rural community in Kenya through photography. Biko says, the life... -
Kenya: ‘Half’ society or No society?
Mar 18, 2015If there’s any debate that is not ending anytime soon, it is the plan to provide condoms to school going children. The debate that was thought to have died a natural death after the forced exit... -
TRANSITION; MDGS INTO THE SDGs; KENYA DEFINES WHAT IT WILL TAKE?
Feb 23, 2015I am here wondering how to phrase my thoughts on the MDGs seeing as I just heard the word MDGs for the first time in 2008 when I joined the university and sat in one... -
Tackling Terrorism In Africa: An Open Letter To African Kings, Presidents And Ministers Of Governments
Feb 10, 2015In pursuit of their sinister political agendas, terrorist groups in Africa continue to engineer a series of increasingly brutal and disgusting atrocities. At the beginning of the month, Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group that has waged...