Cheers to a fresh start and a year full of exciting possibilities! Sending you warm wishes for a Happy New Year filled with love and joy. #HappyNewYear2024
Violence needs to stop. All of us - men and women - need to speak up and teach our children that violence is never the solution. Together we can all make a difference.
Homelessness is a problem that goes beyond ‘rooflessness’ and a lack of access to safe shelter. The experience of homelessness includes vulnerable people living in refuges, crisis accommodation or in temporary housing.
Gender inequality, discriminatory social norms, cultural taboos, poverty & lack of basic services like toilets and sanitary products can all cause menstrual health and hygiene needs to go unmet. Menstrual health and hygiene interventions can help overcome these obstacles.
The onset of menstruation means a new phase – and new vulnerabilities – in the lives of adolescents. Yet, many adolescent girls face stigma, harassment and social exclusion during menstruation.
Transgender men and non-binary persons also face discrimination due to their gender identity, depriving them of access to the materials and facilities they need.
Currently, nine arid and semi-arid (ASAL) counties in Kenya namely; Kilifi, Mandera, Marsabit, Samburu, Turkana, Wajir, Isiolo, Kitui, and Kajiado are in Alarm drought phase.
One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognized pandemics of our time.
The occasion of World Diabetes Day reminds us all that we must not take this disease lightly as it can affect our lives in various ways. #WorldDiabetesDay
Domestic violence is not just perpetrated by a husband or a partner. Families too are a party to it. To us, violation of basic human rights by anybody around us – a parent, a sibling or a relative – is domestic violence. #TerlFoundation
Breastfeeding reminds us of the universal truth of abundance; the more we give out, the more we are filled up, and that divine nourishment - the source from which we all draw is, like a mother's breast, ever full and ever flowing. #breastfeedingweek