by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Dec 4, 2020 | Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Ahmed Yusuf, 27, is a family planning champion from Meru County and the assistant director of the Youth and Women Advocacy Network (YWAN). How did the idea for the Youth and Women Advocacy Network come about? I was inspired to start the Youth and Women Advocacy...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Nov 13, 2020 | Covid-19, Kenya, Youth
No one imagined their 2020 would look like this. This year has brought the unprecedented hurdle of the COVID-19 pandemic, restricting movement all across the globe and infecting millions, with the most vulnerable populations most at risk. For us at DSW, COVID-19 has...
by Chiara Harrison Lambe | Nov 6, 2020 | Covid-19, Kenya, Youth Empowerment
Ibrahim Abdulaziz Adan is a member of the organisation Youth and Women Advocacy Network (YWAN) in Meru County, Kenya. He spoke with us about how COVID-19 has affected his community. In your opinion, what is the value of family planning? Family planning is one way that...
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 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...