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  Amref Health Africa in Kenya wins Global Fund contract 2015-2017

  Amref Health Africa in Kenya wins Global Fund contract 2015-2017 September 16th, 2015. Nairobi, Kenya: - Amref Health Africa in Kenya is the principle recipient of USD$ 30,472,094 (Kshs. 3,108,153,588) from the Global Fund for TB and Malaria. During the official contract signing ceremony held at the National Treasury, the Cabinet Secretary, Henry Rotich commended the Amref Health Africa in Kenya for contributing towards the improvement of prompt diagnosis and treatments of malaria and improved TB case finding through community screening.   “The Kenyan Government is pleased tha

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  Jane’s Story

  Jane Sereu, Deputy Head Teacher and mother of three, educates her school children about good hygiene in Africa, diarrhoea is one of the biggest killers of children under the age of five. Even when it doesn’t lead to death it often means that a child can spend long periods away from school thus negatively affecting their academic performance.

  “As a mother, I know the agony you go through when your child is lying in bed sick instead of being in school or out playing with other children,” says Jane Sereu, a 33 year old mother o

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  Wamala’s Story

  Wamala Godfrey stands four and a half feet tall, a little stunted for a 16-year old but his confidence and exuberance reflect a high level of maturity and determination.

  With a protective arm around his sister’s shoulder, he introduces us to the family. “This is Edith, she’s 13 years, Matovu 9, and Alan 12,” he says, adding that they are all he has left. Wamala Godfrey (centre) and his siblings Wamala is an orphan raising his younger si
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  Irene France, Now a Teacher for Hygiene!

  Good hygiene practices prevent disease. Amref Health Africa works with communities to train them in basic hygiene and sanitation practices improve access to toilets and encourage the use of clean and safe water for drinking and cooking. Supported by UNICEF, Jilinde is an 18-month project aimed at improving water, sanitation and hygiene services in schools. Working with 19 primary and six secondary schools, this project aimed to scale up the school WASH services in Makete District Council. It is designed to promote hygiene practices and facilitate knowledge gain and behavior cha

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  Charles’ Story

  Charles is a pump mechanic, trained by Amref Health Africa, working to provide clean water in internally displaced people's camps in northern Uganda Charles is a pump mechanic, trained by Amref Health Africa, working to provide clean water in internally displaced people's camps in northern Uganda “If it wasn’t for the war, I would probably have become a successful farmer,” Charles Okana says, wiping sweat from his brow. Charles supervises seven men and women 2 km from the Orom IDP (Internally Displaced People) camp, They have come here to repair a water pump. After carefu

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  Mother and Son Find Hope to Enjoy the Beauty of Life

  Likinesh Hurma, a 35 year old mother of four, lives in a village about 60km from Arbaminch, a small town 500km south of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

  Likinesh was born with a cleft lip deformity that was considered a curse in the family. Consequently, she was not given a chance to go to school. She was also teased by her peers. Growing up, her life revolved around cooking for her family, collecting firewood and fetching water.

  To her surprise though, she received a marriage proposal when she was 2

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  Boaz Story

  

  At the top of a vast open pit at the Geita Gold Mine, a group of men clad in bright reflective jackets, sturdy boots, protective goggles and helmets have their attention riveted on Boaz Kadikilo (29). He is using the lunch break to engage them in a discussion on condom use and the importance of testing for HIV.

  What are the major challenges facing the miners and the

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  George’s Story

  

  George Olali is well known and liked in Nairobi’s Kibera slum. He is a community health worker attached to Amref Health Africa’s Kibera Community Health Centre. George has been living with HIV for close to 10 years now, and has been on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for three years.

  George Olali visits patients living with HIV. He was trained by Amref Health Africa as a counsellor an

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