IMPACT OF COVID-19 IN THE COMMUNITY
Doreen Gumba 42, a social worker for Twende Pamoja. She supports Women and Girls living within communities in Ndhiwa Sub-county western Kenya. Here Doreen explains why Covid19 is likely to reach many vulnerable families in our communities Many families particularly vulnerable because their nutrition and health have been very poor since because of the extreme poverty […]
COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE
At the beginning of 2020, the world watched as China placed entire regions in quarantine to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus. At the time, few could imagine that many countries would follow suit. But on March 11, COVID-19 had already spread to more than 110 countries, and the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Since […]
Aspire Scholarship Response To COVID-19
2020 has been a year full of challenges when it comes to the COVID-19 disease. A lot of problems have been felt by families who are facing personal, social or economic instability. Many peoples lives have been greatly affected and we have sadly seen an increase in poverty, tension, fear and economic frustration due to […]
Josephine Okeyo
Josephine is 13 years old and attends Koduogo Primary School, where she is part of the Girls’ Support Group. She lives with her mother, father, four brothers and one sister. Josephine is performing well in school, with an average mark of around 300. In the future, she would like to be a teacher. She plans […]
Meet Georgina!
Georgina Gor Awino is 19 years old and has recently started studying Education with Science at Moi University in Eldoret. Georgina hopes that studying her diploma will help her to become a biology and chemistry teacher in the future. Georgina was born in Yiembe village and is the second last born of six children in […]