A Garissa NGO has started training community health volunteers on the Covid-19 pandemic. Kesho Alliance project coordinator Osman Mohamed said they were driven by the poor vaccine uptake in the region. The CHVs will create awareness among residents of Garissa town and its environs. Ministry of Health data shows Garissa county is among six counties […]
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A Catholic NGO on Wednesday launched $589,786 (Sh70 million) three-year project to reduce the burden of breast and cervical cancers in Kitui. Catholic Medical Mission Board country director James Kisia said they have partnered with their financier, Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, and the government. “Ours is a perfect partnership of the three-legged African stool. We have
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Eric Maloba’s five-year-old son underwent surgery to remove intestinal worms. According to Maloba, who hails from Matungu in Kakamega County, the worms had taken a huge toll on his son’s health. “He was malnourished and stunted because he never used to eat as a child would,” said Maloba. “People mistook my son for a two-year-old
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Nicholas Buamah, an American-based Ghanaian best-selling author, is making history with the release of his newly created comedy-based sitcom, dubbed ‘Nick’s House.’ The 11-year-old best-selling author, philanthropist, and now actor hosted an exclusive red carpet premiere this past Thursday, July 21, 2022, in front of a sold-out audience. Nick’s House Red Carpet Movie Premiere was hosted by Grammy-nominated, Pastor YPJ
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Addis Abeba — Under a political arena that is filled with men in suits and men with guns, Ethiopia became the scene of a political crackdown, communal unrest, and civil wars. Another unfair spectacle of the political scene in Ethiopia is the absence of women in decision-making circles. Nevertheless, they (Women) seem to carry the
Nimba County — Living Water International-Liberia has expressed interest in working with Nimbaians in providing safe drinking water to citizens in the county. Living Water International-Liberia is currently in Bain – Garr district, providing safe drinking water for citizens in and around Ganta City. Speaking in a two-day review meeting in Bain – Garr administrative
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Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor on Monday, 25 July 2022 officially dedicated and turned over the Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) of Liberia’s Jewels Training Center. The center is meant to provide technical vocational education for young women and girls in an effort to enhance self-reliance and mitigate illiteracy, early marriage and unwanted pregnancy among girls
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With a view to raising the funds urgently required to build a comprehensive cancer therapy centre, St. Cyril’s Cancer Centre, a nongovernmental organisation, NGO has launched an initiative set to involve one million donors. The initiative is tagged: One Million Individuals Fight Against Cancer, OMIFAC Initiative, According to the promoters at the recent launch in
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Despite counseling by medical experts to intending couples not to marry partners with incompatible genotype so as to reduce cases of sickle cell anaemia, over 150, 000 children are born annually in Nigeria with the disease according to World Health Organisation records. Blessing Ibunge reports on the inherent challenges therein A nongovernmental organisation, Nirvana Initiative in partnership
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Large areas of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya are currently in the grip of a severe drought. An estimated 16.7 million people face acute food insecurity. That’s more than the combined populations of Austria and Switzerland. Four consecutive rainy seasons have now failed since late 2020, a climatic event not seen in at least 40 years. This meteorological drought has resulted
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