Environmental protection for food security

Planet Earth faces a triple emergency: first, the climate is heating up too quickly for people and nature to adapt; second, habitat loss and other pressures mean an estimated one

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

Child protection, reproductive health and sustainable development

Early marriage and teenage pregnancy are clear indications of deep-rooted gender inequalities, societal norms and poverty. The limited economic prospects and inadequate access to comprehensive sexuality education and adolescent sexual

Lest we forget the vulnerable children…

According to USAID[1], there are an estimated 2.6 million orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Kenya as at March 2021, with an over 1 million households caring for at least one orphan.