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A Community Health Volunteer championing fight against SGBV

4 days ago Charles Mundia

A Community Health Volunteer championing fight against SGBV By Charles Mundia Norah Mudanya works partly

Gender

Kibera man leading the fight against gender based violence

4 days ago Christabel Adhiambo

Kibera man leading the fight against gender based violence Chinaman is a Master of Ceremony

Health

Stakeholders urged to address snakebites in Kajiado County

1 week ago Impacthub Media

Stakeholders urged to address snakebites in Kajiado County By Lilian Kaivilu @liliankaivilu Stakeholders in Health,

Women Group offering decent toilets in Kibera informal settlements

1 week ago Rael Akinyi

Women Group offering decent toilets in Kibera informal settlements More than three billion people globally

Children

Retired soldier’s finds new calling in giving a home to abandoned children

2 weeks ago Rael Akinyi

Retired soldier’s finds new calling in giving a home to abandoned children Johnson Abraham, a

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Organisation helps 100 children to transition to next level of education, fighting poverty and despair in Africa’s largest slum

2 weeks ago Stephen Onyango

Organisation helps 100 children to transition to next level of education, fighting poverty and despair

KEPSA partners with Absa Bank Kenya to empower one million youth in the digital economy

3 weeks ago Impacthub Media

KEPSA partners with Absa Bank Kenya to empower one million youth in the digital economy

Business News

Covid-19 boosts e-commerce in Kenya

4 weeks ago Impacthub Media

By Frankline Odhiambo & Judy Ndunge Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, Jumia, has published its first Africa

New us$150 million program to strengthen Kenya’s resilience to climate change

1 month ago Impacthub Media

The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$150 million International Development Association (IDA*)

Kenya outperforms the global average of female board of directors

2 months ago Impacthub Media

By Judy Ndunge In Kenya, gender diversity in the boardroom now stands at 36%, a

Women rights organizations call for policies to protect the girlchild

2 months ago Impacthub Media

Women rights organizations call for policies to protect the girlchild By Judy Ndunge and Rael

Where football meets books: How a Kenyan organization is nurturing talent among slum children

3 months ago Impacthub Media

Where football meets books: How a Kenyan organization is nurturing talent among slum children By Janet

A helping hand for the destitute elderly people in Murang’a

3 months ago Wangari Njuguna

Despite the government’s efforts to sustain the elderly people in the country through the cash

Offering love to children in correctional schools

3 months ago Rose Muthoni

By Rose Muthoni @rosemuthoniN Kirigiti Girls Rehabilitation School’s grounds are well-manicured greens with the trees

Teenage mothers get second chance in education

3 months ago Sarah Ouma

By Sarah Ouma Teen mothers living in informal sector face many challenges as they struggle

Kenyan women making a fortune on waste human hair

3 months ago Viola Kosome

By Viola Kosome Sarah Adero, a mother of four collects several pieces of human waste

Shelter offers reprieve for cancer patients

4 months ago Evelyn Gatobu

By Evelyn Makena @evemake-g As dusk falls on a chilly Saturday evening, a middle-aged man

How art can keep boys off truancy into gainful business

4 months ago Mercy Gakii

@Gakiiz Harrison Wanguku has a knack for the art and has decided to use his

Restoring Nairobi’s iconic libraries

4 months ago Jacqueline Mahugu

In 2019, something that pulled at the heartstrings of the people who witnessed it happened

Environment

Kenyan environmentalist breathes hope in once food insecure region

4 months ago Harriet Owalla

Kenyan environmentalist breathes hope in once food insecure region By Harriet Owalla For a long

Business News

How Sarafu, a community inclusion currencies is keeping families in Nairobi’s informal settlements afloat

4 months ago Edna Laboso

By Edna Laboso Judith Ndege runs a food business from her house at Mukuru Kayaba

Development

How alternative dispute resolution is securing land rights for widows in Luo Nyanza

4 months ago Evelyn Gatobu

By Evelyn Makena @evemake-g Early this year, Rhodah Nafula Wekesa happily clutched on a single

Recycle to transform project gives hope to people with disability in informal settlements

4 months ago Judy Ndunge

When Marie Omare, a nutritionist was volunteering at the Special Olympics Kenya, she watched as

Kenya: Tales of pregnant women amid covid-19, curfew and movement restrictions

6 months ago Impacthub Media

Kenya: Tales of pregnant women amid covid-19, curfew and movement restrictions By Lilian Kaivilu @liliankaivilu

A second chance for women in Mathare Slums, Kenya

6 months ago Edna Laboso

A second chance for women in Mathare Slums, Kenya Covid-19 pandemic has compounded difficulties faced

Health

Menstrual hygiene champions call for end of stigma

6 months ago Impacthub Media

Menstrual hygiene champions call for end of stigma By Judy Ndunge Stakeholders in Menstrual hygiene

How a High school skills training opened my path in business

6 months ago Judy Ndunge

How a High school skills training opened my path in business “When you guide the

Nyota art studio: Home to Kibra’s budding artists

7 months ago Judy Ndunge

Nyota art studio: Home to Kibra’s budding artists “Art is beautiful and it’s in everything

MEDIA

AWiM, AU and GIZ partner to host photojournalism contest

8 months ago Impacthub Media

AWiM, AU and GIZ partner to host photojournalism contest African Women in Media (AWiM), in

Communications Authority of Kenya launches Kuza Awards

8 months ago Judy Ndunge

Communications Authority of Kenya launches Kuza Awards Yesterday marked the launch of the 4th edition

How a 22-year-old man is changing lives in Kibra

8 months ago Neima Defala

How a 22-year-old man is changing lives in Kibra Abdullahi Pegeli a 22 year old

Community health worker fighting gender based violence in Kibra

9 months ago Josephine Khivali

Community health worker fighting gender based violence in Kibra Forty-nine year old, Jane Nyokabi is

How a tourism officer became a key link between his community and health facilities

9 months ago Impacthub Media

In our first tale from Narok , we visited Robert Magero, the nursing officer at Etereti Dispensary

Technology

Communications Authority of Kenya and local telcos partner to provide digital safety

9 months ago Edna Laboso

Communications Authority of Kenya and local telcos partner to provide digital safety The Communications Authority

How an electrical engineer found a fortune in poultry keeping

9 months ago Judy Ndunge

How an electrical engineer found a fortune in poultry keeping As many businesses struggle with

A new digital platform for data-driven malaria responses in Africa

10 months ago Edna Laboso

A new digital platform for data-driven malaria responses in Africa Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, who

Kenyan female chief takes lead against FGM, child marriages

10 months ago Impacthub Media

Kenyan female chief takes lead against FGM, child marriages As the world marks the International

Tales of a lone health worker in Ololung’a’s only health facility

10 months ago Impacthub Media

Tales of a lone health worker in Ololung’a’s only health facility By Lilian Kaivilu In

WHO recommends the dapivirine vaginal ring as a new choice for HIV prevention for women at substantial risk of HIV infection

10 months ago Impacthub Media

WHO recommends the dapivirine vaginal ring as a new choice for HIV prevention for women

College students innovate, design contamination free hand washing station

11 months ago Serah Kamau

College students innovate, design contamination free hand washing station John Nderitu and his brother Joseph

How young people are weaving their way out of drugs, other vices

12 months ago Janet Gathuki

How young people are weaving their way out of drugs, other vices Hillary Akola, a

Initiative linking givers and needy Kenyans amid covid-19

12 months ago Impacthub Media

When Kenya announced stricter measures restricting movements across the country, many workers were affected. Majority

A refuge for the elderly in Kibra

12 months ago Judy Ndunge

At their sunset years, many old people living in urban informal settlements face a number

How Kibra soap distribution initiative is helping locals prevent covid-19

12 months ago Shaila Behlin

How Kibra soap distribution initiative is helping locals prevent covid-19 According to the Centers of

Community Health Volunteers ensure continuity of services amid Covid-19 disruptions

12 months ago Evelyn Gatobu

Community Health Volunteers ensure continuity of services amid Covid-19 disruptions Donning a blue half coat,

Covid-19 Response

Corona market offers lifeline to Kisumu traders after eviction from Kibuye stalls

12 months ago Editor

By Viola Kosome The beehive of activities at the newly-established market could make one think that it

Volunteer worker: Why I have made it my business to talk to girls during Covid-19 period

12 months ago Matthew Ndungu

Jane Maina, a volunteer health worker from Murera village in Juja, Kiambu County, has seen

Children

Health

UN health programme counters maternal, infant mortality in Kenya’s high burden counties

1 year ago Impacthub Media

UN health programme counters maternal, infant mortality in Kenya’s high burden counties Findings of a

A safe centre for survivors of gender-based violence

1 year ago Serah Kamau

A safe centre for survivors of gender-based violence By Serah Kamau Girl Child Network (GCN),

Business News

Novartis, UNES and The Heart Centre join forces to increase access to quality heart health in Kenya

1 year ago Editor

By Judy Ndunge Hospitals in rural areas will now get access to ultrasound equipment following

Kibra dance organisation offers children chance to shake a leg, learn life skills

1 year ago Judy Ndunge

Kibra dance organisation offers children chance to shake a leg, learn life skills The excitement

Youth

Why I started an art business in my mother’s balcony

1 year ago Judy Ndunge

When Linus Omondi Ogola completed his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) last year, he

How I turned handwashing campaign into a global movement

1 year ago Editor

Dr Myriam Assa Sidibe is one of the world’s leading experts of brands that drive

Gender

Man on a mission to end sex-for-pads narrative

1 year ago Editor

When you find Abdullahi Bulle at his place of work in Nairobi, he is surrounded

Children

Lifting lid off child trafficking in Kibra

1 year ago Judy Ndunge

By Judy Ndunge and Collins Omondi Trafficking children for labour and using them as drugs

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