For young people, the triple threat of HIV, gender-based violence (GBV), and unintended pregnancies presents significant risks to their health, well-being, and future, highlighting the importance of integrated HIV prevention, GBV prevention, and family planning (FP) services. Access to accurate information, respectful care and trusted health services is therefore essential. For Runzy Fellon, a young...
For adolescent girls and young women, the choices they make about their health, education and future are shaped by the opportunities available to them. In Kilifi County, those choices can be harder to navigate where poverty, limited access to information and services, low literacy and social expectations intersect. The scale of the challenge is reflected...
For nearly 30 years, Maryann Wanjiru’s life in Nairobi had settled into a familiar rhythm. The 50-year-old mother of three spent much of her time between her home, the market and the small grocery business through which she earned a living. It was an ordinary routine, and for a long time, she had little reason...
A pregnant woman does not always stop attending antenatal care because she does not value it. Sometimes, life simply gets in the way. The journey to the health facility may be long, household responsibilities may take priority, or she may feel well enough to wonder whether another visit is necessary. Yet a missed appointment can...
No parent wants to spend the night watching over a child with a high fever. No mother should worry that a single mosquito bite could put her pregnancy at risk. No family should have to choose between paying for malaria treatment and buying food, paying school fees, or meeting other daily needs. Yet for many...
“Kenya does not have a youth potential problem; it has an opportunity access problem.” Every young person deserves the opportunity to dream. The opportunity to learn. To earn an income. To build a business. To support their family. To believe that tomorrow can be better than today. Yet for many young people, especially those from...
A child’s future does not begin on the first day of school. It begins much earlier, in the first hours after birth, in the warmth of a mother’s embrace, and in the nourishment that gives every child the healthiest possible start in life. Those first moments matter. They shape how a child grows, learns, fights...
A mother pours a water treatment solution into a bucket before preparing the evening meal. A child sleeps peacefully beneath a treated mosquito net. A young couple quietly makes a decision that protects their future. A woman leaves a pharmacy with a family planning method that gives her greater control over her life. These moments...
For many women in Lororo, Samburu County, seeking healthcare is not as simple as visiting the nearest health facility. It often means travelling more than 15 kilometres across rough terrain to access essential maternal and child health services, three times the maximum distance recommended by the World Health Organization. For a woman in labour, a...
A young woman wants to insist on condom use but worries her partner will think she does not trust him. A university student is unsure whether what happened on a date was consensual. A young man wants to support his partner but does not know how to help her choose a contraceptive method that works...
