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Personal Stories
Ruth Lepata benefits from Water supply and Food sovereignty project
Ruth Lepeta, a Community Health Worker (CHW) in Lpetepet village is a happy woman, thanks to training by Amref Health Africa. The mother of four young children says the training has been a big blessing as it has helped improve quality of her family’s life. Armed with the training, Lepeta has resorted into giving back to the community by advocating for construction of pit latrines to reduce incidences of contagious disease and bring dignity to members of the community. “We were taught how to dig pit latrines and use them. Before then, we used to defecate in the bushes, this brought
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Community Health Workers help save lives in Wamba Samburu County
Antonera Lepesha is a Community Health Volunteer (CHV) from Tritop in Samburu County. After being trained by Amref Health Africa through the Uzazi Salama project, Antonera has taken lead in executing health strategies in her community. Her roles include taking care of patients in her village, giving referrals, and also facilitating patients’ transportation to health facilities. “I am happy I can now help my community. The training done by Amref Health Africa has empowered me with the skill and knowledge to serve my people better,” she explains. Antonera appreciates the mLearning pl
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Dorcus Indalo Personal Story
In the last 13 years that Dorcus Indalo has been working with Amref Health Africa in Kenya, she has gone from supporting HIV and AIDS project in one of Africa’s largest urban slums, to working with Maasai and Kamba communities to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in Kajiado and Kitui counties. Today, she rubs shoulders with legislators and policy makers at the County and National level to advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights. With so many years of experience, and such a variety of work, it’s no wonder that Dorcus has three mome
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The agony of getting clean water: Muli Mboya’s story
One part of the country has plenty of water. The other has not had it for several months. The differences go deeper than that. Muli Mboya, 13, a resident of Mwingi understands this paradox pretty well. When the twilight fades to blackness, it lights a fire to Muli’s hearts. It burns away her joy and happiness she got from school. The eerie darkness of every night means walking for hours and hours with her little brother to look for water. It is 2am and she is already wielding a whip to urge her two donkeys forward, Muli has woken up earlier than everyone else in the village and is rush
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The Story of ARP in Najile, Kajiado West Sub County
It began one and a half years ago with the birth of the ‘Yes I Do Alliance-Kenya Programme’. Comprising five Kenya-based Non-Governmental Organizations – namely Amref Health Africa in Kenya, PLAN International, Network of Adolescents and Youths of Africa (NAYA), Centre for the Study of Adolescents (CSA) and Ujamaa Africa, the Yes I Do Alliance had one purpose of contributing to the reduction of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), child marriage and teenage pregnancies among the Maa community residing in Kajiado West Sub County of Kajiado in Kenya. Before implementation of the p
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