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Halima Abdo, a -34 year-old teacher, is a member of the Manyata Konso Women Group in Marsabit County, Kenya. This group, consisting of local women, engages in various activities such as merry-…

Did you know there is a sound that teeth make when they are falling off? She describes it as something like a small explosion in your mouth. She blames her so-called ‘wild teenage’ days when she used…

When we were born, our parents put us in napkins. Today’s child wears diapers. I mean it is a given. As we grow up, we are taught how to use a toilet; be it a pit latrine or a good toilet with a bowl…

It is difficult to see it when you walk in. You may easily confuse it for stones neatly arranged in the middle of the compound. Or maybe an attempt at some creative landscaping. I mean it could be…

Oxfam is an implementing partner for Water Sector Trust Fund, in the Water and Livelihood Programme targeting Turkana West Sub County of Turkana County host and refugee communities. The Programme is…

Oxfam in Kenya annual report highlights some of the key results achieved in 2018–2019 through our work with different partners in the four main thematic areas. That includes; Women rights, tax…

“This rain was too much, the worst I have seen in the last 10 seasons,” Mariam Nabura recounts.“We were caught unawares by the floods in the middle of the night, at times we would receive the warning…

As we mark the World Humanitarian Day 2017, we call on governments and world leaders to prioritize and invest in the protection of women, girls, boys, men and aid workers caught in disasters.

The last few years has seen a significant change in the way that humanitarian organisations approach response design. Partly spurred on by the growth
in cash transfer programming, market based…