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Apr, 22
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Apr, 22
Kenyan Fish Farmers Using Alternative Treatment Methods to Antimicrobials
Kenyan Fish Farmers Using Alternative Treatment Methods to Antimicrobials By Mary Hearty George Muga, Director of Muga Fish Farm, located in Karachuonyo, Homabay County, uses salt bath as a way of treating fish infections that occur in his farm as it is affordably cheaper unlike use of antimicrobials. Whenever he detects fish with problems like […]
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Apr, 22
Curbing Antimicrobial Resistance in Farmed Fish in Kenya
Curbing Antimicrobial Resistance in Farmed Fish in Kenya By Mary Hearty George Muga, Director of Muga Fish Farm, located in Karachuonyo, Homabay County; uses salt bath as a way of treating fish infections that occur in his farm as it is affordably cheaper unlike use of antimicrobials. Whenever he detects fish with problems like bleeding […]
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Mar, 22
Ruhango District: 65% of Women and 1,600 men under Family Planning
Ruhango District: 65% of Women and 1,600 men under Family Planning By André Gakwaya -Ruhango: Iradukunda Yvette, is a 23-year-old young woman. She lives in Kavumu village, Rwoga cell, in Ruhango sector, Ruhango District. She is in consultation at the Kigoma Health Center to benefit from family planning services. She is married and the mother […]
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Mar, 22
Seedballs Aiding Kenya’s Reforestation Efforts
By Sharon Atieno In Kenya, like other countries in the world, deforestation is the major driver of tree cover loss. So big is this loss that between 2001 to 2020, Kenya lost 11% of its tree cover, about 361 kilo hectares, according to the Global Forest Watch. To solve this problem, Kenya targets to increase […]
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Mar, 22
Ejo Heza saving scheme primed to secure future of informal workers
Olivia Umutoni, 25, a tailor and mother of one daughter from Rwesero cell in Kirehe District, Eastern Province, does not have a fixed monthly income because of the nature of her job, but can afford to save into Ejo Heza at least Rwf.10,000 per month after all her living expenses. Ejo Heza program, launched in […]
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Mar, 22
Kenya: Credit Tanks Improving Accessibility to Water in Makueni Villages
By Thomas Muia With a population of 987,653 people, water coverage in Makueni County remains very low at only 35.6%. Of this, only three out of 10 households are connected to piped water, while the remaining rely on unimproved water sources, according to a World Bank Makueni Countywide Inclusive Sanitation situation analysis report. Eunice Nduku, […]
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Mar, 22
Smart irrigation saves water, improves farming practices in Rwanda’s remote drought-stricken region
By John Mugisha; The construction of new dams in some parts of Nyagatare, a district in North-eastern Rwanda has helped local residents address potential water shortages and outdated irrigation systems that have long hampered agricultural development in this remote rural region. Now farmers in the area like Muhire Ganza, say the dam has significantly led […]
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Mar, 22
Promoting children’s rights through community child protection volunteers
By John Mugisha; Yusuf, just 10 years old, had dropped out of school and begun stealing food because he couldn’t get any at home. The food he was stealing was not for him alone but the family as well. His family is very poor, and the mother is mentally unwell, so the children in this […]
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Mar, 22
Restoring hope to adolescent mothers through savings schemes
By John Mugisha; Twenty-year-old Jeanette Mukanoheri conceived at the age of 17. When she got pregnant, her family and the neighbourhood could barely accept her; everyone at home was rude to her. She felt frustrated and decided to leave her parents’ home and go stay with her grandmother. The man that got her pregnant abandoned […]