My Happiest Moment was joining IMARA Deborah Michael is in her third year of secondary education at Mukuru Kwa Njenga informal. She wants to become a nurse and give back to the community. The second born in a family of 3 children and raised by a single parent is happy to have joined the IMARA […]

Twelve girls sit under a tree at the Glory missionary in Wiga, Migori county, something they do more often after their tough decision of escaping from home to avoid forced female genital cutting, commonly known as FGM, from their community. After working in the garden, they gather to encourage each other on the action they […]

23-year-old Beatrice Achieng is the fourth born in a family of five from Ragana Ward in Migori County. Three years ago she joined DREAMS after her parents were unable to pay her school fees in secondary school. Through the education subsidy, DREAMS was able to pay her school fees and help her complete her education. Unfortunately, […]

Outbreaks differentially affect men, women and non-binary genders. These appear between contexts and over time. However, public health efforts to contain an outbreak, and mitigate its secondary health and socio-economic impacts, remain hindered by a lack of real-time gender analysis. Gender analysis considers how women and men experience crises and respond differently based on biological […]

COVID-19 gendered risks, impact & response: research and policy guidance Outbreaks differentially affect men, women and non-binary genders. These appear between contexts and over time. However, public health efforts to contain an outbreak, and mitigate its secondary health and socio- economic impacts, remain hindered by a lack of real-time gender analysis. Gender analysis considers how […]

In an effort to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus in the Kenyan prisons, LVCT Health donated various protective and preventive equipment. The donations were delivered at the prisons headquarter in Nairobi and received by the Commissioner-General of Prison Service, Wycliffe O. Ogallo, and other senior officers. Commissioner Ogallo was grateful for the donation, which he said […]

2020 has been described as one of the most challenging years in recent times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While many people’s livelihoods were affected, the over 70,000 adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) enrolled in the DREAMS project at LVCT Health had to stay at home in an effort to observe the Ministry of […]

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world affecting economies and learning institutions, 24-year-old Veronica Auma was apprehensive since she was getting to a critical stage at the DREAMS supported vocational training where she was undertaking a course in tailoring. Veronica soon realized that this was an opportunity to put her skills into practice. One of […]

After dropping out of school due to lack of school fees, *Mercy , a single mother of 3, ended up moving from one town to another doing casual jobs since she had to fend for her children.. She worked as a house maid, a waitress and even a cook. Despite all the challenges she faced, […]

The Protection Against Domestic Violence Act (PADV) 2015 defines Domestic Violence (DV) as any form of violence against a person, threat of violence or impending danger to that person, by any other person with whom that person is, or has been, in a domestic relationship. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) consists of a pattern of assaultive […]