God above all.
|| Member @AMWIK|| Member @MeshaScience|| Internews' Earth Journalism Network Biodiversity Grantee 2022|| Mongabay Y. Eva Tan Fellow 2024
A quiet revolution is unfolding along Kenya’s coast in Marereni, where mangrove restoration is not only reviving ecosystems but also rebuilding livelihoods. Read my latest dispatch here.👇
https://t.co/sa7fmYJaWN
#MangroveRestoration#Mongabay#MarineBiodiversityCredits
Attending day two of the Generation Equality Media and Commitment Makers Forum. Today's sessions focused on the role of media in shaping transformative narratives on gender equality.
@unwomenkenya@AMWIK@KenyaEditors#GenerationEquality
Media for Environment, Science, Health, and Agriculture (MESHA), in partnership with @ScienceAfrica, is hosting a Science Media Café focused on Reproductive Health. Journalists and experts are engaging on critical SRHR issues to strengthen science-based reporting.
15% of Kenyan girls aged 15–19 have begun childbearing — KDHS 2023.
Root causes include poverty, child marriage, limited access to contraceptives, sexual violence & survival-based transactional sex.
It's time to prioritize adolescent SRHR.
Last week, the Advanced Air Mobility Symposium, hosted by Fahari Aviation—a subsidiary of Kenya Airways—brought together visionaries, innovators, and leaders to explore the transformative potential of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in Africa.
From flying taxis to drone technology, the discussions highlighted how AAM can revolutionize logistics, healthcare, and urban mobility across Africa
One key takeaway? Africa's youthful generation could hold the key to advancing AAM.
Two years into its implementation, the Eldoret-Iten Water Fund (EIWF) in Kenya is helping to protect vital water resources, restore degraded forests and farmlands and work with local communities. @mongabay https://t.co/BTN7hOHMIB
Kenya’s Eldoret-Iten Water Fund, administered through The Nature Conservancy, partners with thousands of local farmers to adopt sustainable soil and water conservation practices, protecting over 120,000 hectares of degraded forests and farmlands. @mongabay https://t.co/wdTZ8xf6Xs
Part two of the story of the Eldoret-Iten Water Fund that addresses indigenous cultural identity issues.
@ElgeyoMarakwet@nature_org
https://t.co/D1WdT6xH20
Kenya's Eldoret-Iten Water Fund is a critical project dedicated to protecting three vital water towers: The Cherangany Hills, Elgeyo Hills and the Northern Mau Forest (Part of the larger Mau). Click the link to read more about the project and its work with local communities.
Meet the Muchilwa siblings, the teenage environmental heroes from Kenya on a mission to save Lake Victoria, Africa's largest freshwater lake from plastic pollution. Read their story👇 #LakeVictoria#PlasticFree"
https://t.co/zasPhJfNz3
Stress and trauma affect our biopsychosocial functioning as human beings. But having an adequate support system is vital for countering the challenges we face on a daily basis.
#Psychologicaltrainingforfreelancejournalists