Great.com – Interview with Joshua Omweno Highlights Community Collaboration
October 19, 2023
Great.com interviewed Joshua Omweno, CFK Africa Project Officer for Education, as part of their ‘Great.com Talks With…’ podcast.
Great.com interviewed Joshua Omweno, CFK Africa Project Officer for Education, as part of their ‘Great.com Talks With…’ podcast.
As students were sitting for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations at the end of 2022, Esther Askoye, student at the neighboring Olympic High School in Kibera, delivered a healthy baby girl at CFK Africa Tabitha Maternity Home. Hours later, she took her national Agriculture examination in the same clinic.
“The three-day training for more than 36 teachers was aimed at equipping them with the necessary skills on how to better support children with disabilities.”
“He will further strengthen initiatives that empower women and girls in Kibra and other informal settlements.”
“Soccer can be used not just as a gateway to education, but to also help bridge ethnic barriers.”
CFK Africa’s Funzo project improves health, wellness and educational outcomes for teenage mothers in Kenyan informal settlements.
“My message to other teens out there is to come out and look at the challenges our community is facing, and to try to address them in small ways.”
“As a field officer; I ensure that the community I serve is safe. Alongside other field officers, I sensitize the community on the importance of hygiene practices at the household and business levels to combat the cholera menace in Kibera.”
“Beyond the recent headlines, however, the Women’s World Cup serves an even more important role in helping connect at-risk girls and young women with mentors, serving as an entry point to education, and even helping them overcome deeply rooted ethnic divisions like here in Kenya.
“We teach breastfeeding mothers from three months onwards on how to express their milk. We teach them how to store because for some they don’t have refrigerators.”
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