World Population Day came into being in 1989 and the initial aim was to raise awareness of population issues. In 2020 the focus is on the pandemic and how this is affecting different aspects of communities. Like all countries affected by Covid 19 Kenya has had to lock...
With the world in the middle of the COVID 19 pandemic it’s difficult to know specifically how it is affecting girls and women in Kenya. What we can presume is, it will not be making their menstruation experience any easier. We do know that all the schools have...
In 2013 Friends of Buburi put in place a strategic plan for handing over the complete running of the clinic to the Community Based Organisation by 2020. This means the clinic will be fully run and managed by the community for the community. The appointment of a...
We’ve been completely overwhelmed by the amazing results of our sanitary pad project. Here’s what a Headteacher told us: Absenteeism is down by 40% across the school. It’s a co-ed school, and this figure is due to girls not missing school when they have a...
The International Day of Charity was established with the aim of encouraging and inspiring people all around the world to help others through humanitarian and volunteering activities. The 5th of September was chosen by the UN as the International Day of the Charity to...
Photo is of Edward, our senior nurse/midwife on the porch of Buburi Community Clinic When we usually think of the word humanitarian it’s often in relation to humanitarian aid that’s given in response to some disaster, either natural or man-made. In fact a...
