By Lydia Gichuki The World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CBC) has raised alarm over a severe and strange strain of hepatitis that is attacking children. WHO says the strain is ‘Acute, severe and of unknown origin.’ 343 probable cases have been reported in 21 countries, with 26 children […]
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By Lydia Gichuki To cushion orphans and vulnerable children from poverty, the government in 2004 launched Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children to meet the needs of the country’s increasing number of children made vulnerable by poverty and HIV/AIDS. The cash transfer is facilitated through the Inua Jamii program that serves Orphans and Vulnerable
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By Lydia Gichuki One in every five deaths of Kenyan children below the age of five is caused by malaria a disease that is deadly yet effectively preventable and treatable. Each minute, a child dies of Malaria which translates to 1,300 children dying every day. Kenya still suffers an estimated 3.5 million new clinical cases
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By Raisa Okwaras The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has approved a new curriculum that will see primary and secondary school children taking classes in coding. This is a win for Kenya and its education system as it will see Kenya be the first country in Africa to implement such a forward-looking implementation. Kodris
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By Raisa Okwaras The High Court of Kenya has revealed that men can now have custody over children under 9 years of age. This came to light after a ruling on Thursday, March 31, 2022, where a Nakuru-based man was granted custody over his 2 children aged eight and fifteen. The landmark ruling held that
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By Lydia Gichuki To safeguard children from rogue international adopting parents, legislators during the second reading of Children’s bill 2021 in Parliament yesterday, upheld the 20 years moratorium on adoption that was enacted by the government in 2014. This was after the bill allowed children to be adopted foreign nationals in which adoption would be
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Children practice photography during the 2019 Sauti Zetu training By Lydia Gichuki To impact the very necessary digital literacy skills in children, Mtoto News is offering free digital literacy training in a program dubbed Sauti Zetu for children aged between 6-17 years. The five days training will commence on 21st March and end on 25th March 2022.
Pneumonia is the single largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide. By Constance Ndeleko 12th November 2021– Save the Children published an article highlighting a drop on the number of children receiving Pneumonia vaccine for the first time in four years. They further elaborate that the demand for medical oxygen has terribly increased during the pandemic shaking
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By Constance Ndeleko As the adage goes, “Change is inevitable.” Children go through different phases in life whereby they need adults to stand firm with them through different transitions. Sometimes change could be easy and smooth but at times it could be difficult and painful especially when children are feeling stuck. As witnessed during the
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By Constance Ndeleko As the adage goes, “Change is inevitable.” Children go through different phases in life whereby they need adults to stand firm with them through different transitions. Sometimes change could be easy and smooth but at times it could be difficult and painful especially when children are feeling stuck. As witnessed during the
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