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Economic Empowerment for Women. An action to addressing GBV.

In Wanga land Mumias, gender-based violence is poverty, cultural rules particularly those of lower caste in paradoxical situation, gender hierarchy in most of the family, inheritance laws and customs, valuations of women’s work as opposed to men’s work, power to make decision in society, family, religious doctrinal, and social networks. In reducing some of the causes of gender-based violence in…

Improving performance & quality of education in local schools

Armed with skills, approaches and methods to conduct peaceful campaigns after the TTT training, they heard reports and complaints from the concerned parents and members of the community about the injustices done to students by the school management and the deplorable status of Ongiya Disi mixed secondary school. With the financial and technical support of TTT, the group embarked on…

Turning the Tide Program – Preventing Election Violence in Kenya

Special report on International Peace Day 2022 from Benard Agona, Peace-Builder and Executive Director of AfriNov (Africa Center for Nonviolence & Sustainable Impact) in Kenya about their peace and justice work before, during, and after the August 2022 elections. Since 1992, Kenyan general elections have been accompanied by mass violence causing tribal animosity and many other social injustices. The worst…

Campaigns for access to education to children in informal settlements in Nairobi.

Education for all in order to wipe out ignorance, illiteracy and disease has been a government development agenda since 1963. The realization of universal basic education has been identified as a key pillar; and the most powerful instruments for reducing poverty and inequality and for setting the basis for sustained economic growth. It is no wonder education is touted as…

Ending An Aid Corruption scheme in Nairobi

By Beatrice Atieno Grassroot community groups that are trained on nonviolent ways of identifying and addressing social injustices, are better placed to peacefully safeguard their communities’ wellbeing and development. An empowered community is timely in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic where help and assistance should reach the most vulnerable and needy in society. However, that is not always the…

Fighting for Water Access Using Creative Arts in Kayole, Nairobi

By Beatrice Atieno Communities in informal settlements in Kenya suffer from the lack of basic public services and facilities despite their great need in these poor and vulnerable communities. In Kayole, a slum in Nairobi Kenya, the community has for a long term experienced perennial water shortages. Community members in Kayole, Nairobi Kenya lining up at a water selling point…

Helping a grassroots group spread live-saving Covid-19 messages in the slums of Kisumu, Kenya

By Walter Otieno The Covid-19 pandemic is having a devastating effect on poor Kenyan communities. Schools were closed for a long time and access to health services are very limited in many Kenyan communities. Kenyans living in poor slum areas are more vulnerable to contracting the Coronavirus, because they live in densely populated areas, lack sanitary facilities and access to…

How AfriNov helped to push for social justice during COVID-19 pandemic

By Walter Otieno. Since the outbreak of Corona virus pandemic in Kenya, we heard from many grassroots groups we work with that there has been a stark increase of police brutality. The Kenyan government introduced measures with the goal of stopping the virus from spreading. The problem is that police officers often use excessive force to enforce these directives. We…

When Development Projects Cause Harm – Quarry Campaign

By Michael Owuor and Benson Khamasi, AfriNov. Sometimes, well-meaning development projects can cause direct harm to the communities they are supposed to benefit. That is the sad story of residents of a village in Malava sub-county, Kakamega County in Kenya. From January 2017, the government commissioned the construction of the Kakamaga-Webuye highway. The project aimed at opening the western section…

Stepping Ahead: Campaign Against Sexual Abuse of Teenage Girls

By Michael Owuor and Benson Khamasi, AfriNov. During the last three decades, Mt Elgon region has witnessed two spates of violent conflict. Their effects is being felt to this date. In early 1992, the region suffered from land instigated tribal clashes. This conflict was never amicably solved. Later, from 2006 to 2008, the conflict escalated to a full blown armed…

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