Can you imagine what it must be like not being able to turn on the tap and have clean running water? For millions of people around the world that is the norm. Today is the UN World Water Day and the theme is groundwater, making the invisible visible. We are mostly...
International Women’s Day 2022 has as its theme #BreakTheBias. At Power Of Pads our aim is to empower girls by helping them to participate fully in education. UN Women Africa has produced an empowerment index that shows equality for women and girls in Kenya is still...
On 24 January 2022, we celebrate the fourth International Day of Education. Today, 258 million children and youth still do not attend school; 617 million children and adolescents cannot read and do basic maths; less than 40% of girls in sub-Saharan Africa complete...
Human rights are universal rights that mean that everyone should be treated equally and with respect. In 2021, Human Rights Day is focusing on how rights are the beginning of peace within societies, and a way to create a fairer society for future generations. ...
Today is World Children’s Day, celebrated to mark the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly formally adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The declaration applies to anyone under the age of 18. It is wide ranging and speaks, amongst other things, of...
We know how important toilets are and this is why on #WorldToiletDay we need to highlight the fact that 3.6 billion people are living without safely managed sanitation. They’re vital for all sorts of reasons including protecting us from killer diseases, helping reduce...
