The Feminist Action Network on Predatory Lending (FANPEL) provided much needed Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for loanees and guarantors of Girls First Finance/Kenya who are facing aggressive collection practices and numerous lawsuits arising from toxic debts.
Feminist Action Network on Predatory Lending (FANPEL) held a Legal Awareness and Legal Aid Clinic for loanees and guarantors facing litigation by New York based predatory mobile lender Girls First Finance (GFF). GFF is suing over 700 girls, many from Kisumu informal settlements
@Lasterbosire@WHRDhub@DefendersKE@amwaafrika@StandardKenya@AfricaCHSGJ@KELINKenya Led by FANPEL Co-ordinator and Legal Lead Nerima Were, participants learnt about predatory lending, their rights as citizens and the redress mechanisms available especially in the context of GFF. FANPEL also held one one sessions as part of the clinic.
Art gave our children a voice today.
With Nyathi Piny Initiative, 25 children and 10 adults gathered to draw, move, play, and express freely. Creativity became a safe space for confidence, healing, and community connection.
Introducing Watoto Tusome by Nyathi Piny Initiative 🌿📚
Small reading circles under trees for ages 5–10. Stories, discussion, creativity, and calm learning in nature.
#WatotoTusome#LearningInNature
Today we will gather with purpose 🌿
At Nyathi Piny Initiative, we’re raising children rooted in love, respect, and wisdom.
If we want a better tomorrow, we must shape young hearts today.
Seme, Kisumu.
#NyathiPinyInitiative
@KAHALA123Y I would eat in a taxi next to a kid, na ukishafanya ivo just give the kid what they want. Also wazazi wafunze watoto good manners, ona sasa! Confusion everywhere
@okoyo_peter254 I see bunch of niggas who hate the fact that loving your gender is magical, men understand men coz they have the experience of being men and vise verse...homosexulity is magical.
@AbdulahiAdan10 What do you expect a teacher to do yet if they punish parents come fuming. Kila mzazi afunze mtoto wake nyumbani about values...bullies hawatakuwepo. Failure ya parent usileteee mwalimu wa Kenya
The Dagoretti Small Claims Court has referred the student loan cases by mobile lender Girls First Kenya @GirlsFirstFin against young indigent women students in Kisumu to the Kibra High Court for directions citing public interest, jurisdiction and the complexity of the cases.
Join our Kisumu County Changing Laws, Changing Lives Project Assistant Mercy Akisah to discuss access to contraceptives on Thursday 2nd October 2025. The Project is implemented in partnership with the government of Canada and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Caroline Opiyo from Pamoja CBO in Kisumu speaks after a recent Public Hearing with Kisumu County government duty bearers on SRHR issues and gaps held by WCK, in partnership with the government of Canada and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Obstetric violence has been normalised for too long. Many African women don’t know their rights, so abuse during childbirth goes unchallenged.
Josephine's case is an important turning point, as the Kenya Court of Appeal upheld the landmark judgement which asserted that healthcare systems are accountable for ensuring dignified, respectful care for all pregnant individuals.
Read about Josephine here - https://t.co/MkPeSQM3Wk
#maternalhealth
#reproductiverights
It's TODAY 📣
Happy Non-Binary Awareness Day!
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Create affirming spaces for non-binary people everywhere, especially in healthcare facilities
#BeyondtheBinary#SRHR@RHRNKenya@NGLHRC
WCK, in partnership with the government of Canada and the Center for Reproductive Rights, held a Public Hearing with the County government of Kisumu and SRHR Stakeholders to discuss SRHR concerns and how to input AGYWs issues into the draft Kisumu SRH Bill. @ReproRightsAFR