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Yearly Archives: 2010
World AIDS day 2010
The 2010 District World Aids Day celebrations will be held at Maandani Secondary School in Kaloleni at the Coast of Kenya. The World AIDS Day 2010 is all about raising awareness to tackle HIV prejudice and help stop the spread of HIV virus. The 2010 theme for the day is “Access and Human Rights”. The ... Read more
Posted in Education, Health 9 Comments
How to make pawpaw jam
The pawpaw is a tasty fruit widely grown at the Coast of Kenya. It is rich in its nutritious content and has been known to have valuable medicinal value. The pawpaw is usually eaten fresh, either alone or in a fruit salad. The ripe fruit is very perishable and the pawpaw jam therefore provides an ... Read more
Posted in Agriculture, Money 11 Comments
Graduation to Reach Up!
This month, the first group of participants who were attending the Reach Up! Training at the Sombeza Community Knowledge Center (SCKC) graduated. This included people from all backgrounds around Mariakani area where most of the participants came from. It also included the youth both employed and unemployed. The Reach Up! Training conducted by a Digital ... Read more
Posted in Education, Sombeza 6 Comments
Smiles for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Meeting the health needs of opharns and vulnerable children has been a challenge in Mariakani. Mariakani is one of the areas where poverty and HIV prevalence indicators are high and children in particular orphans and other vulnerable ones are malnourished, infected with worms and lack essential minerals for their growth and development. Good news for ... Read more
Posted in Health 2 Comments
Pink: Have your breasts checked
The Breast Cancer Support Group (BCASG) of the Aga Khan Hospital Mombasa has of organized activities that will create awareness and help towards the funding of Breast Cancer treatment for needy Coastal women. There will be Free Breast Exam Clinic at Mombasa Women’s Hall on 23rd and 24th October and Survivor Day Function at Sarova Whitesands ... Read more
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Health of the Community
October 15, is the global hand washing day. This is a day set aside to motivate and mobilize millions of people around the globe to wash their hands with soap. This is a key approach towards the prevention of hand transmitted diseases. According to research, washing hands with soap reduces the mortality rates related to ... Read more
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Jobless youth get a lifeline
The Kenya Youth Empowerment Project (KYEP) is set for take off as part of intensified efforts to tackle the youth unemployment in Kenya. The World Bank’s has committed Sh4.8 billion Kenya shillings for the project. The development objective of the Youth Empowerment Project is to support the Government of Kenya (GoK) efforts to increase access to ... Read more
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Preventing electricity fires in Mariakani
In Mariakani, property worth millions of shillings was completely destroyed by a fire that brought down shops in Mariakani area in July. This was the second incident in a period of less than a year. The fire is alleged to have started from one of the shops at night and razed more than 16 other shops ... Read more
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CISCO systems unveils $10 Million for Digital Villages
Cisco systems is to spend $ 10 Million in bridging the digital divide in the marginalized communities in Africa over a three- year period. This is done through partnerships with local Non- Governmental organisations in Kenya, Ethiopia, Angola, Nigeria and Rwanda. According to an article appearing in The Standard newspaper today under the Tech.Insight pullout, The Cisco Academy and ... Read more
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Health, Money, Sombeza 7 Comments
Water and Sanitation for Coast residents