Martin Oloo planted vegetables in the backyard of Nyaweri Prevention centre in Kisumu and turned the space into a refreshing garden. He started the garden as a hobby in late March 2020 to keep himself busy and ease mental tension, anxiety, and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. He named the place “CORONA GARDENS” in reference […]

It is Friday evening, at 10 pm. Our children whose bedtime has long passed are still playing in the background. This is when we, Alfred* and Beate** meet online to discuss our work. It is not the usual time for work meetings. But nothing is normal since the “world declared war on a virus”. The […]

As cases of the COVID-19 pandemic increase in Kenya, the strict measures put in place are having an impact on our women, girls, and children at home. Lockdowns have disrupted families across the cities, school closures disrupted learning and at the family level we have undue stress, tension due to loss of livelihoods and economic […]

I am Joseph Baraza, a trained counsellor, a person with a hearing impairment and work at LVCT Health drop-in center in Nairobi’s central business district. I understand the way of life of people with disabilities and their challenges in accessing health care, including physical, communication and attitudinal barriers. Cases of Gender based violence have been […]