by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Oct 13, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
What has changed since the start of the pandemic? We used to have sessions in schools, community dialogues and youth forums. Now, because of COVID-19, we cannot have a gathering of many people, and that has reduced the flow of information. The youths can still access...
by dswen | Sep 2, 2020 | Covid-19, Youth Empowerment
“Yes, I come from a place that many have painted as a place of disease, despair, and disorder, of poverty and hardship. But despite the harsh reality of daily life, there are stories of joy and happiness. My mission is to bring these stories to light and thereby...
by Esayas Meskel | Aug 25, 2020 | Covid-19, Youth Empowerment
Encoy Kebede, 21, of the Bilechta Youth Club shares her experience of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her community. The Bilechta (Bilichta) Youth Club is located in Aleltu, Oromia region, 55 km north of Addis Ababa. How are you feeling during the COVID-19...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Aug 4, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
Joyce Wanjiru, 29, is the current Miss Kibera, the annual contest held in Kibera to recognise young leaders in the community. She runs the Beyond the Scars mentorship programme where she talks to and mentors young people on sexual and reproductive health and rights...
by Evelyn Samba | Jul 10, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
“Africa’s population is the fastest-growing in the world. Yet sexual and reproductive health and rights are being neglected amid the pandemic with dire consequences,” says Evelyn Samba for World Population Day (July 11, 2020). Africa, along with the...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Jul 9, 2020 | Covid-19, Youth Empowerment
Everlyne Bowa is the founder of the Kibera-based organisation Agape Woman and Child Empowerment Foundation (AWOCHE Foundation) and is a champion for maternal health issues in her community. She shared her experience with how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her...