How TTT training has empowered groups to work for positive change in their communities. Youth-led activism against drug and substance abuse in Kangemi-Gichagi Alcohol and drug abuse continue to pose the biggest threat to health and well-being. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the World Drug Report, 2018; and WHOs Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health…
Insecure land rights for women are a very big threat to women empowerment and the fight on gender equality. Cases of women being disinherited after losing a spouse are common in Kenya. This has contributed to women and children being left destitute and vulnerable, compromising the lives of once happily settled families. After the promulgation of the 2010 Kenyan constitution…
Globally, accessing justice and protecting rights is a daily struggle for widows, alongside bread-and-butter issues that have become more difficult in the pandemic times, including the greater need for enhanced protection against health and human rights violations? In Kenya, a 2017 report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics fails to mention widows at all, and it was not until 2019 that…
Land constitutes a productive asset and is a major source of capital for the poor in the rural and even urban centers, land is wealth. The importance of land and its unequal distribution between male and female has called for a rethinking of land reforms and women’s land rights in Malava sub county and other parts of western Kenya. Despite…
Addressing teenage pregnancies in Mt. Elgon in partnership with Mt. Elgon teenage and youth mentorship [METYM] group Gender Based Violence (GBV) is a serious human rights violation for women and girls globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 1 out 3 women is at risk of GBV in their lifetime. Sadly, the risk of violence, exploitation, and abuse is…
Success Story from Mlimani Community Driven Development Committee (MCDDC) Moi’s bridge is a small town that has its roots both in Uasin Gishu county, Trans Nzoia and Kakamega counties converging at a then busy market. It’s a town that has since grown from a small agricultural center now the third largest National cereals and produce board NCPB town in East…
Africa Center for Nonviolence and Sustainable Impact- AfriNov is a peace-building and nonviolence training and advocacy organization based in Kenya working with grassroots groups and communities. Through the support of local and international development partners. AfriNOV has been carrying out community activities that improves and transforms the lives of people in some targeted communities. AfriNOV’s theory of change has the…
After receiving the TTT basic training, the group decided to work on the issue of lack of accountability by the CDF in Kwanza in expenditures in various projects. One being a nearby primary school where CDF had spent a lot of funds in construction of classes that were not to the standard, some even had began to show big cracks…
Addressing Environmental Injustice Abuoye community used to be one of the food basket areas in Kabondo and by extension Homabay County. This is not a case anymore. The construction of Sondu Miriu power generation messed up everything. Despite electricity being generated, the community members are suffering the negative impacts of the dam. Because of the dam, hippo grass has grown…
Empowering marginalized groups to seek their rights in Non-violent way. The right of representation in public offices is a right that needs to be pursued by the marginalized groups in Kenya. For IDPK group in Nairobi after receiving TTT training, realized the challenge, they Sought for representation by at least one representative at the chief’s committee in Hazina location south…
