by Collins Baswony | Mar 23, 2017 | Foster, Kenya
By Evelyn Samba Recently, it was reported that in Nakuru county, four out of ten women could not access contraceptives, with women in far flung corners of that county being worse off. This news hit home just as the right of Kenyan women and their partners to access...
by Collins Baswony | Mar 8, 2017 | Foster, Kenya
In 2011, Faith Wanjiku was a young woman ghosting through life in Githurai, a low-income estate North of Nairobi. Fast forward to 2017, she feels that she faces a brighter future thanks to the knowledge and skills that she gained through DSW’s youth to youth programme...
by Collins Baswony | Mar 3, 2017 | Enhance, Kenya
The County Government of Nakuru, a DSW’s partner county in Kenya, launched its family planning costed implementation plan for the next five years in a bid to improve family planning service delivery. The Nakuru County Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan 2017 –...
by Collins Baswony | Dec 1, 2016 | Foster, Kenya
Kenyan youth, especially young women, are the most at risk age group for new HIV infections according to data published by the National AIDS Control Council. Nearly two out of every ten new HIV infections in Kenya are those of young women between the age of 15 – 24...
by Collins Baswony | Nov 10, 2016 | Foster, Kenya
A Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) partner county in Kenya has invested KES. 10.2 million (USD 99,000) for family planning for the 2016/2017 financial year. Speaking about this family planning investment, the county’s reproductive health Coordinator, Siree...