Full, equal access and participation of women and girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Both gender equality and science are essential for the achievement of both the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The world has in the last
Is your teenager at risk of becoming a statistic of unplanned teenage pregnancy?
According to statistics from data collected between January and October 2021 by the National Council for Population and Development, one out of eight adolescent girls in Kenya is either pregnant
Celebrating the Life of Archbishop Dr Bernard Amos Malango
On the 30th of October 2021, we at Africa Community Leadership and Development (ACLAD) lost one of our board members after a short illness. Archbishop Dr Bernard Amos Malango was
Transforming lives through conservation agriculture in Kakamega County
Since January 2020, ACLAD has been enhancing sustainable conservation agriculture skills among communities in Western Kenya by providing insight training and practical conservation agriculture practices like minimal tillage, use of
Cancer need not be a death sentence
The month of October and November are usually marked as cancer awareness month with October being the breast cancer awareness month and November (dubbed No-shave November) being the prostate cancer
Tuwe Mashujaa wa kila siku. (Let’s be everyday heroes.)
Let’s admit. Each one of us has someone we look up to as a shujaa (Swahili for hero). But who is a hero? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a hero as
Unmet need for SRH and YFS in Kenya
The United Nations Population Fund acknowledged that globally, approximately 16 million girls aged between 15 and 19 years get pregnant every year[1]. This includes those who for one reason or another