It is easy to assume that life in a refugee camp is all about desperation. But Mr Innocent Havyarimana, 31, a judicious businessman, chairman and founder of Furaha group, believes otherwise. Havyarimana – a Burundian business champion – spends most of his time mentoring other refugees on the need to start a business in order […]
Couple stands strong in face of HIV/AIDS Alice Maka, 38, lost two children a few weeks after delivery. This disturbed her, leading her to seek medical support at a local medical facility. “We strongly believed in our traditional beliefs and I did not register for Antenatal services. This was what led to the death of […]
“It started like a joke and I never knew it would grow to affect me like that. We were just hearing rumours of the war; little did we know it was that bad and deadly. Seated in Afmadow district in Somalia where I had not even completed my college studies, I saw people running in […]
Training communities can empower them and in turn immensely improve their lives. Samwuel Bwambale, 45, exemplifies this transformation. Bwambale, who hails from Wairagaza Village, Hoima district in Uganda received a range of training on tree planting 12 years ago. He then turned the skills he acquired into a commercial venture of wood load, seedlings and […]
Twelve-year-old Faith Sei broadly smiles. She draws clean water from a water point that is connected from a natural spring, about 200 metres away; then drinks it. Faith is from Eluai Village, Mara Division, Narok County. “I live there. It takes me about five minutes to walk to this water point,” the Standard Four pupil, […]