Archive for March 2024
Champion Mother rescues 14-year-old girl from child marriage
Sauti ya binti nguvu ya binti – The Voice of a Girl is Her Power When Mercy* realised that her father had accepted a dowry of 2 bulls for her marriage, she desperately ran to Jeska’s house for help. Mercy met Jeska, the Champion Mother in her village, when she came to her school to…
Read MoreShamba Letu enters its second year in our partner schools in Nakuru
Our school farms project, Shamba Letu, has been kick started in 2024 with hands-on training. 81 children, 2 teachers, and 2 Champions in Shamba Letu clubs, at Kibowen Komen and Mlimani Primary schools in Nakuru, participated in a training session facilitated by the local Government Agricultural Extension Officer. Peter, a Grade 7 student from Kibomen…
Read MoreImproving school attendance tracking through technology in Baringo
Tracking school attendance is necessary to improve student outcomes, reduce absenteeism, and promote accountability. In schools which lack ICT equipment and digital literacy, attendance records are tracked on paper — however this method makes understanding attendance trends difficult due to the sheer volume of paper files. In an effort to better track attendance rates in…
Read More400 people treated at our Medical Camp at Akuisi Primary School, Kenya
Pauline, is the Public Health Nurse In-Charge of the sub-county where some of our Nakuru partner schools are located. She knows all too well the challenges that community members face to access healthcare. For many families, the distance, inaccessibility due to the cost of transport and poor road infrastructure during the rainy season, the lack…
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