At least 80 mothers with children under five years attended a malaria awareness session in Lufubu catchment area, Mwansabombwe district, Zambia on 8 February 2019. The objective of the session was to guide participants in identifying the symptoms of malaria for their children under 5 years. “Always have your children sleep under an insecticide treated […]
An increasing population coupled with fuel wood scarcity and over dependency on it for energy supply led to an energy crisis at the Kyangwali refugee settlement in Uganda in 2013. This was as a result of gradual depletion of vegetation cover. Beyond the environmental challenges, social issues such as women being exposed to abuse and […]
The high temperatures of about 33 degrees celsius does not seem to deter at least 100 women intricately working with colourful beads, reeds and gunny bags at the Action Africa Help International (AAH-I)-managed business centre in Kalobeyei refugee settlement, Turkana County. There are a few children sitting and playing close to their mothers. These women, […]
The Somalia programme of Action Africa Help International (AAH-I) has distributed plumpy nuts to children at risk of malnutrition in Elwak, Gedo region. The process of selecting children and families to benefit from the distribution was done in consultation with the project committee stakeholders and local leaders in the villages of Oktoba, Holwadag, Madina and Wagbiri locations. Beneficiary […]
3,059 children under five years were immunized between January and November 2018 in Kyangwali, Kikuube district in western Uganda. They were immunized against 9 vaccine preventable diseases – polio, tuberculosis, whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B, measles and haemophilus influenza type B. The initiative is under a health project being implemented by the Uganda programme of Action […]