By Martha Awinoh International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world on March 8. An event marked in countries around the world and is set to acknowledge women’s significant contributions to society with the aim of achieving equality for women in all areas of life. This year, the annual event has been themed “Balance for …
By Martha Awinoh What does International Women’s Day mean to you? A day set aside to honour what’s good and beautiful in our society. What does it mean to be a woman in the part of the world and society you live in The positive: Today there is not as much pressure to perform the domestic …
By Martha Awinoh What does International Woman’s Day mean to you? International women’s day is celebrating women’s achievements while recognizing that there is still a lot of work to be done to achieve gender balance. It means pushing for better gender balance at work, in politics and in families and women truly being equal partners …
By Martha Awinoh Planting trees has over time proven to have immense advantages ranging from its economic, environmental and even health benefits for individuals and the community at large. However, due to the realisation of the concept of deforestation the earth has lost more than half of its natural trees. Deforestation has scientifically been proven …
By Fiona Imbali The World Bank recently held a consultative meeting with Faith Based Organisations in Nigeria. The theme of the meeting was: Ending Extreme Poverty; A moral and spiritual imperative. Adam Taylor from the World Bank noted that extreme poverty is the biggest threat to human existence today and sadly majority of the world’s …
By Fiona Imbali Kenyans continue to grapple with the high cost of living as inflation rates have shot to a high of 11.48 as at the end of April 2017 according to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Houghton Irungu from the Society of International Development notes that Kenyans currently have mixed feeling …
The Organisation of African Instituted Churches (OAIC) has partnered with the Israel Embassy in Kenya to sensitise people and engage communities on the importance of conserving nature through tree planting. Rev. Phyllis Byrd Ochilo, the Director of Just Communities notes that this partnership is part of a larger initiative by OAIC that seeks to plant …
Just a week ago the OAIC worked with youth from various areas in Nairobi to maintain the peace and stand against negative aspects of tribalism in Kenya. In the past there have been many ethnic challenges between Kenyans but in order for Kenya to continue to prosper, it is important to realize the value …
Abraham Rugo Muriu will be presenting on the new government and how do we work with it through specific discussions on how we can influence policy debate with solid research as well as translating research into information that can be used and understood in the community. Mr. Muriu currently works at the Institute of Economic …
Recently, the OAIC’s Just Communities department held a follow up training on Tuesday 5th of February to meet with the trainers for discussion of their successes and challenges since October. From the participants there were many accomplishments and struggles especially during this critical election period. We would like to share with you some of the …
