By Julie Chege @chegejulie Peter Tambichi ksh 100 million win is the perfect example of how far Individual social responsibility (ISR) can take you. Brother Tambichi, a teacher at Keriko Mixed Day Secondary school, a remote school in Njoro, has won accolades for his sacrifices in helping the vulnerable in the community. Like in any […]
Preying Missionaries
In 2008, an American couple came to Kenya on a missionary expedition. Their mission was to provide family care to orphans and other vulnerable children, educate and promote Christianity and its values. In their decade-long stay in the country, the missionaries are accused of leaving the children traumatized as the relevant authorities failed to detect […]
International Day of Forests 2019 – In the eyes of a 7 year old.
“Forests and Education – Learn to Love Forests” – 2019 theme In NAKURU COUNTY, Mellisa Thuo, a seven year old and in Standard two, has in the past drawn global attention on the need to properly dispose of electronic waste in the wake of the growing industry, Today in line with the United Nations […]
Tell Always sanitary pads to detox the box
What’s Hiding in Always Pads? In August 2014 Women’s Voices for the Earth commissioned testing of four types of Always menstrual pads, manufactured by Procter & Gamble. The certified laboratory STAT Analysis Corporation analyzed the products for the volatile organic compounds. These data represent the first publicly available test results of this kind of […]
Kebs launches probe into P&G sanitary products
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) has initiated an investigation into US multinational Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) Always brand of sanitary pads following consumer complaints. Several users have come out to complain about the quality and negative reactions from using some of the company’s products. The move by the standards agency could result in the […]
Papistop Reviews
Does the ointment really work against warts and papillomas? Warts not only look ugly, but they can also hurt quite a bit under certain circumstances. Depending on where they are found, they also cause a certain amount of suffering that affects the psyche. One fact is that some people are more affected by them […]
How Kenyan Non-profits can mobilize funds through CSR
Are you searching for New Donor Partnerships and Grant Opportunities? Many Kenyan companies (https://www.csrkenya.org/kenyan-company-directory) have been contributing to the society through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arms and foundation since their inception, like KCB group, Safricom Foundation among many others. So, CSR is not an entirely new concept in Kenya context. CESRA an organization that is based in […]
Huawei Kenya donates 50 laptops to Beyond Zero for medical safaris
The First Lady of Kenya Margaret Kenyatta recently received the first batch of 50 Huawei Matebook X Pro laptops from Stone He, CEO of Huawei Kenya. The laptops will be used primarily for the Beyond Zero Medical Safaris, as well as in Beyond Zero Operations and Beyond Zero Mobile clinics, helping improve the efficient […]
OUR EARTH IN 2050
An 11 years old girl named Ashley Njeri Chege, from Nakuru, Kenya, records an original speech from her own imagination about the environment and on the future of our earth in 2050. What she thinks the world will be when she is 43 years old.
Nakuru rounds up and dumps street children in Baringo
Nakuru county is on the spot after its enforcement officers allegedly dumped 41 street children in Chemusus Forest in Eldama Ravine, Baringo County on Wednesday night. Reports indicate that the officers rounded the street urchins aged between 12 and 26 and promised to take them to school before bundling them into waiting vehicles. […]
