Slow climate disaster recovery dims hope in Kenya and Mozambique
As temperature rise, so does the losses in livelihoods and damages to key infrastructure hampering development and country planning. However, last year in Glasgow, UK, …
It is time Africa rethinks air pollution funding.
Africa attracted about five percent of development funding and less than four percent of philanthropy funding to fight air pollution between 2015 – 2020 according …
A Kenyan school raising school fees for its needy students.
A recent report on education by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) shows that 1 in every three families in Kenya and …
Covid-19 raises drug abuse, mental health among Kenyan students.
Today, this episode highlights the economic impacts Covid 19 has had on schools, drug surges, and mental health impacts. As of November 2020, the World …
Kenyan Primary school equipping children with green skills.
Due to human activities, every decade is turning out to be the warmest on the record. In Kenya’s Gikambura Primary school, Located in Kikuyu sub-county, …
Kenyan youths turn a crime hotspot to a green space.
Located at the Nairobi River riparian land, a few meters to Nairobi’s official dumping site- the Dandora dumping sites. The park was transformed from a …
It’s a wrap for the climate change impacts on mental health series.
Mental health is not often directly linked to climate change. In Kenya climate change effects are among things associated with the rising depression, suicide, post-traumatic …
Conservation research, not a priority for Kenyans says, Senior Warden
Located in the Rift Valley, Lake Bogoria National Reserve is a stunning place. It is adorned by a pink cloud of flamingos and geysers bubbling …
Climate-related loss and damage: Who pays?
Climate impacts such as floods, droughts, firestorms, shifting seasons, sea-level rise, salt-water intrusion, the spread of vector-borne diseases, and devastation from cyclones and other extreme …
Displaced and forgotten: Kenya’s Rift Valley lake’s floods a year later.
Have the persons displaced by the 2020 flooding Kenya’s Rift Valley Lakes been forgotten? As Kenya rolls out a Covid-19 vaccination drive amid the country …
Culture – a panacea to the high mental health treatment gap?
Mental health problems in Kenya and Africa are often interpreted from either a religious or traditional perspective influenced by a person’s cultural perceptions. These perceptions …
Mental Health: why are Kenyan youths turning to drugs?
This week, we are still staying in Murang’a county. Today, we talk to Joseph Mbai County Executive Committee member in charge of Health Murang’a County. …