06 NOVEMBER 2020
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This Coming Week
Thursday, 19th November 2020 World Toilet Day Across Kenya, millions of people are not able to access clean toilets due to the inequitable distribution of sewage and sanitation infrastructure, mainly evident in rural areas and urban low-income communities. This World Toilet Day, we highlight how the KIWASH project is working to improve access to dignified household toilets and sanitation facilities for vulnerable communities of western and eastern Kenya, which has been key in promoting health safety and environmental protection to about 80,000 Kenyans.
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Monday, 16th November 2020
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World Children’s Day
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Other Notable Dates
Saturday, 21st November
Friday, 20th November
World Television Day
International Day for Tolerance
Updates on COVID-19
Coronavirus situation in Kenya
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As of 13th November 2020, there were 40,178 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections, 751 fatalities and 31,710 recoveries in Kenya. According to the Ministry of Health (MoH), Mombasa and Nairobi are currently the most affected counties, with Elgeyo Marakwet County being the least impacted.
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Trash for cash; Changing lives in Ukunda An initiative set up by the Kwale Plastics Plus Collectors in Ukunda has had a tremendous success in cleaning up the public spaces and the local environment at the same time helped needy young people earn much needed cash in the current declining economy. The young people have been collecting waste that has been bagged away and taken for re-purposing and recycling in exchange for cash, this has in turn created a much cleaner and healthier environment in the community.
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Farm to feed Farmers across Kenya have had a logistical challenge in bringing their produce to the market due to the pandemic, leading to many experiencing loses in revenue due to post harvest loses. Farm to feed has been on the forefront in supporting the farmers by buying the unsold produce and distributing the food to vulnerable Nairobi families, thereby providing a short-term solution to hunger and malnutrition issues by delivering food
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Talking Head
Proper utilization of the right to information insulates journalists from unnecessary attacks to promote the integrity of the profession through professionalism Dinah Ondari Journalist
Weekly Round-up
Water hyacinth to bio gas in Dunga Beach
Technology Aiding the Ecosystem
Boosting Healthcare access for people living with HIV and
The local communities living around Dunga Beach, Lake Victoria have for long suffered as the destructive water hyacinth spreading across the lake has made it imposable to fish, disrupting their main economic activity. The Flexi Biogas system, installed at the beach through a joint collaboration of Biogas international, Cambridge institute and pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has been able to convert the water hyacinth
Technology has proved to be our greatest ally in preserving, protecting and reversing damage done to the ecosystem. . An Invasive cactus that has spread out of control in the wildlife rich grasslands of Laikipia, poses a great danger for the wild animals, The Loisaba conservancy in Laikipia is using maps and apps to supplement the existing biodigester project to help deal with this grave threat to biodiversity.
While Kenya has made great strides in providing care to people living with HIV AND AIDS, the Covid 19 pandemic has tremendously back tracked the progress made, the center for health solution has been working with 425 health facilities through their Shinda, Tegemeza plus and Naishi project to ensure that people living with HIV are able to continue accessing health treatment and care.
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Pioneers of our Planet
Kenya straddles a volcanic rift.
The Maasai community are the champions of conservation and preservation of culture among Kenyan communities. Have a look on how they manage to preserve nature and live harmoniously with wild animals.
In 2010 fewer than one in five Kenyans had electricity. Now some 60 percent do—thanks mostly to geothermal power from the East African Rift.
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