by Collins Baswony | May 25, 2016 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
25 Kenyan youth have benefited from a five day entrepreneurship training workshop conducted by DSW. The training workshop, held between the 16th and 20th of May, 2016 in Kakamega County, Western Kenya, was conducted to train the youth on how to improve their...
by Collins Baswony | May 12, 2016 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
DSW mobilized 34 youth to participate in the budget making forums in eight counties in Kenya. The youth, drawn from Kilifi, Mombasa, Laikipia and Uasin Gishu Counties, made a case for their development needs. The youth from Laikipia and Mombasa Counties asked for...
by dswen | Mar 15, 2016 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
From March 9 to 10, DSW hosted an event to celebrate the amazing outcomes as a result of the Young Adolescents Project (YAP) in Kenya. This project was established by DSW, in collaboration with Bayer AG, in 2012 to address many of the challenges facing young people...
by Collins Baswony | Mar 8, 2016 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
By Dr. George Kamau Today, Kenya joins the rest of the world in celebrating our women as we commemorate International Women’s Day 2016. We, as a country, can use the International Women’s Day as an opportunity to evaluate and renew our commitment to...
by Collins Baswony | Feb 25, 2016 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
By Dr. George Kamau The Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development is currently in the process of reviewing the Kenya school curriculum. This is a great opportunity to create a cultural and religiously sensitive age appropriate sexuality education curriculum for...
by Howard Akimala | Jan 15, 2016 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Kenya has made significant steps in family health indicators over the past five years as indicated in the just released Demographic Health Survey (KDHS). Results from the 2014 KDHS show a continued decline in the total fertility rate (TFR). Fertility decreased from...