by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Oct 30, 2020 | Covid-19, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
How has your life changed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic? The reason why I joined these organisations is that I like to grow and meet with different people, and what has changed in my life since the beginning of this pandemic is that it has affected my...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Oct 27, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
Over 60% of Africa’s population is under 25 years old. That makes it the world’s youngest region! Advancing access to family planning for young women and girls is consistently shown to elevate society and lead to significant economic gains. Family planning has made...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Oct 20, 2020 | Covid-19, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed your work as a youth champion? The COVID-19 pandemic is so pressing for us young people, especially for the empowered youths who are conducting SRHR education at the county level. Now that there are no social gatherings, a lot of...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Oct 13, 2020 | Covid-19, Female Empowerment, Kenya, 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 Chiara Harrison Lambe | Oct 8, 2020 | Female Empowerment, Global Health, Youth Empowerment
World Contraception Day (WCD) is an important family planning event that takes place on September 26 each year. Launched in 2007, WCD’s mission is to help drive awareness around the need for contraception, and to enable young people to make informed choices on...