Pigs-a gift that keeps giving!
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)[1], agriculture is key to Kenya’s economy as it contributing 26 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and a further 27
Being yourself, being content and building self confidence
Adolescence is a time when many young people experience low self-esteem, self-worth and self-confidence due to physical and hormonal changes they experience during that time. These bodily changes can cause
Handling peer pressure
The role that age-mates, also called peers, plays in the social and emotional growth of children and adolescents should not be taken for granted. This peer influence usually commences at
Child protection and internet safety
Rrrrrrrrrrrrring! Recess! School’s out! For about two months, Kenyan school children will be at home for the holidays before the next school term begins. This means that many of them
The Unspoken-adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights
According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)[1], the onset of adolescence not only brings bodily changes but also new vulnerabilities to human rights abuses. These abuses have been noted
Financial inclusion enabled through table banking
Financial inclusion[1] is positioned as an important facilitator of the other 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is because it is included as a target in eight of the seventeen
Teenage pregnancies during Covid-19 lockdown-the aftermath
In a report released in 2018 ahead of the Day of the African Child, Human Rights Watch[1] indicated that tens of thousands of pregnant girls and adolescent mothers are banned