After two decades of dictatorship, The Gambia is on the road towards democracy and respect for human rights, The UN is working closely with the government on this journey, a process that involves facing up to the country’s violent past. For Isatou Ceesay and Tombong Njie, the term “witch hunt” is not metaphorical. Under the …
Building peace: Plotting a route towards democracy in The Gambia Read More »
UN humanitarians issued an alert on Tuesday over the deteriorating situation for millions of mainly women and children in northeast Nigeria who continue to be affected by protracted armed conflict, just as the country enters the lean season. Well over eight million people are in need of assistance in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) states, …
Nigeria: crisis in northeast will worsen without urgent help, says OCHA Read More »
Dr Chris van Straten, Global Health Advisor Clinical Governance, International SOS While monkeypox is currently simply an outbreak – not an epidemic and certainly not a pandemic – what it is demonstrating is that we are living in an era of increasing health concerns of pandemic-prone diseases. More evidently it suggests that such zoonotic infections …
Ensuring The Health Of Your Workforce In An Era Of Increasing Pandemic-Prone Diseases Read More »
The Ministry of Health, the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) and Roche announced today that they have signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) making Herceptin (trastuzumab) subcutaneous injection (SC) available without copayment to all NHIF members. This is the first national access program for cancer medicines in Kenya and an important step to ensuring Kenyan women …
Mastercard’s Borderless Payments Report 2022 has revealed two in five (46%) SMEs in EEMEA are earning more money than before the pandemic, driven by digital growth and international sales opportunities. Seven in ten (71%) saw above-global-average growth in online sales and nearly half (49%) are doing more business overseas. Seven in ten (72%) also say …
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) and the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) have joined forces to drive increased access to finance and markets for women-owned and women-led small and medium enterprises (WSMEs) across Southern, East and West Africa. The new AfDB …
Hilda Moraa, Founder, Pezesha – Kenya Hilda is a Kenyan Fintech entrepreneur. She is the Founder and CEO of Pezesha, a peer to peer micro-lending marketplace for Africa that provides access to affordable financial services and credit scores to low income borrowers. She previously founded WezaTele, which in 2015 became the first African tech startup …
Maasai pastoralist communities rely almost entirely on livestock and their households’ economies have been undermined by climate change effects with loss of livestock and traditional grazing areas. Women are the most vulnerable component of Maasai society and the majority of them is excluded from formal economies and income-generating activities. The project “Natural leather: a tool to foster Maasai women …
NATURAL LEATHER: A TOOL TO FOSTER MAASAI WOMEN EMPOWERMENT Read More »
Rangeland degradation in northern Tanzania, driven by climate and societal change, reduces threatened wildlife populations and threatens food security for pastoralist communities. Here, women are the biggest victims of climate change and land degradation but are also key agents of change. This project pilots an innovative, pastoralist-driven, rangeland restoration process, empowering 60 women to become …
RANGELAND GUARDIANS: WOMEN LED INITIATIVES FOR RANGELANDS RESTORATION Read More »
We have been so eager to add to the library of our partners, and our reading programs is not just about making books available. We support with videos, and worksheets to develop grammar, spelling, vocabulary and writing. Here, Gilbert our Kenyan rep travels through Kenya to our partners to deliver books and worksheets. Another way …
READING PROGRAM STARTS WITH SMILES FROM GIBBENS SCHOOL, KENYA Read More »
