Touching Lives

When Doreen Oyiko Omukokwa, a Community Health Volunteer (CHV) leaves home every weekday morning, the most important thing she carries is a small talking book device called DigiSomo Talking Book. It could be she is heading out to the Emuhaya Sub-County Hospital or to the field to talk with clients…

They did not call it “The Golden Rule” for nothing. According to Samuel Kariuki, one of those designated as Natural Leaders in the pursuit of making the whole of Naivasha sub-County open-defecation free (ODF), the enormity of “Love your neighbour as yourself” as spoken by Jesus Christ in Luke 10:27…

On November 17, 2017, sixty-six villages in Naivasha Sub-County celebrated achieving open defecation-free (ODF) status just two days shy of the World Toilet Day (WTD). In a way, the pursuit of ODF status had been their Mt Everest and the certificates the evidence that they had reached the peak. It…

Kesia Wangari is a grateful woman. She has gratitude to a whole village that came to her rescue when she did not have a toilet or a latrine. For the longest time, she bore the shame of not having either. When the Kenya Sanitation and Hygiene Improvement Programme (K-SHIP), through…

It is 12.00 noon. The children at Joy Spring Education Center are all energetic concentrating in class in anticipation for meal time. The pre-primary children have already had a share of fortified porridge for their nutrition needs. “The food is now more nutritious. Previously I used to eat only a…

“We have received positive feedback from our clients. Parents comment that their children have improved appetite and look more bright thanks to this project.” These are the thoughts of Lang’ata sub county nutritionists attesting that with outreaches they have reached more mothers who come to health centres for MNPs. Her…

Leonida Musomi is one of a kind. Not only interested in correcting prisoners, her greatest passion is human nutrition. After receiving a training on micronutrients organized by County Government of Nairobi,GAIN, and Centre For Behavior Change and Communication (CBCC), Leonida Musomi has moved with speed to change the life of…

We pass through the MCH clinic to the nutritionist consultation room. A line of mothers with weak children is building up. They are awaiting their turn to see Margaret Mukunjura new nutrition officer. It is her second day here and she is already quit busy. She started off are morning…

Josiah Aunda is one of a kind. A community Worker at Dagoretti Sub County. He is committed to the Kenyan child. He has been working as a Community Health Worker-CHW for some time now. He moves from door to door to sensitize mothers on Micronutrients Powders- MNPs. Micronutrients Powders is…

Men in Nyamira County have been challenged to support nutrition related interventions for their families. In a sensitization meeting in Nyamira County, the men were urged to take an active role in maternal, infant and young child nutrition for better productivity in the county. “Where are the men in all…