How teacher-founded charity is helping teenage and vulnerable mothers
EMN is a charitable organization focused on supporting vulnerable mothers in rural villages.
Overcoming resistance to change and ensuring cultural sensitivity in the wake of promoting progressive ideas poses a considerable obstacle.
Some mothers go through...
Exclusive breastfeeding, a prerequisite to healthy newborns
The pregnancy of any employee is not a stumbling block to making profit in any organization.
Jully Akoth, a certified lactation counselor at Homa Bay County Referral Hospital, says mothers should exclusively breastfeed for...
Beyond the Celebrations: Walking the talk on supporting lactating mothers
Commemorating breastfeeding week is a commendable initiative that sheds light on the importance of breastfeeding for infants and maternal health.
The event had a specific call to each and every individual to help create...
Parenting: Why guided sex conversations are paramount for children
Sex-focused conversations are important between parents and their children.
Most adolescents lack needed knowledge for responsible decision-making.
Parents, teachers and the church have a responsibility in this conversation.
According to research by United Nations...
How Kundu, a traditional birth attendant, aids expectant mothers deliver
She has been trained on different occasions in vital matters of her profession.
She delivers an average of twelve expectant women every month.
Kundu says traditional birth assistants need recognition by the government for their role....
Save the Child: How defilement, child neglect are crashing Baringo’s future
A concerned medic, who sought anonymity, narrates, “…the passion for helping kids is there but drained by the authorities towards getting justice for the children. Some kids run to institutions for help.
When the institutions,...
Horrors of Baringo’s neglected children; a day at the children’s office
In Baringo, most of the children and young mothers are suffering.
Neglect by parents named the main challenge.
Children Office at Koibatek sub-county is employing all efforts to curb the situation.
For the child, there is no...
How parents can raise empowered, thriving children
Beyond every iota of doubt, child upbringing is one of the toughest experiences parents face.
As in the words of Maria Shriver, a journalist, “Having kids- the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human...
