Touching Lives

Every morning as he rushes to work, alighting from a matatu or sometimes from a boda boda (motorcycle taxi), Eric Omondi is thinking, planning and debating on how to meet the myriad challenges facing the people under his charge. At the Mwangaza Tumaini Learning Centre in Mukuru Kwa Njenga slums,…

On 14th September 2017, AMREF Kenya and Center for Behavior Change Communication (CBCC) carried out a learning and documentation training as part of the implementation of K-SHIP, a WASH Project implemented by the two organizations and funded by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) through the Global Sanitation…

In this picturesque land that can easily pass for an open-air theatre ideal for filmmaking, lack of sufficient toilets could be a setback. For quite some time, most inhabitants of the manyattas straddling the expanse in Samburu County have hardly been familiar with the risks associated with lack of pit…

Judy Wanjira Thiongo has her hands full. As the Nutrition Officer for Kandara Sub-County in Muranga County, her job involves providing nutrition services, including Vitamin A supplementation, to 24 dispensaries. Supervising the distribution of Vitamin A is, not the only thing she does, but it ranks highly in her priority…

It was a stroke of genius to find the intersection of early childhood development and education (ECDE) centres and children’s health. This is the verdict of an education official in Murang’a County. Beatrice Nyambura Mwangi, the Murang’a South Sub-county ECDE Coordinator, describes the day Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) programme landed…

Nancy Wambui Kamande is a model citizen of the world. The long-time Early Childhood Education Development (ECDE) teacher is not just content knowing what is right and beneficial to society, she also goes out of her way to take action. When Nancy first heard of the Scale Up of Vitamin…