Tag Archives | kenya

A price too high to pay for clean water

By on May 7, 2012 in Sponsor Impact

It’s 5 a.m. one chilly morning in Mariwa village, and Florence is up and ready for the day ahead. She quickly sips her tea to help her energize. As the lady of the house, Florence knows an early start will give her an edge over most other women going down to the stream to fetch water.

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Sustaining communities and forests at the same time

By on March 30, 2012 in Sponsor Impact

In one of the driest parts of Kenya, FH helped people in one community gain better access to clean water while, at the same time, protecting the environment on which their very lives depend. Years ago, the Arapal community settled on Kulal mountain, right in the middle of the forest next to a freshwater spring. [...]

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Committed caregiver makes all the difference for woman suffering from AIDS

By on March 12, 2012 in Sponsor Impact, Stories

In rural parts of Africa, it can be a struggle for HIV-positive people to access antiretroviral (ARV) therapy — drugs that extend and improve the quality of life. To those who can get the drugs, however, a possibly even bigger hurdle is to take them on a perfect schedule. If not adhered to correctly, the [...]

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How to boost real estate in Northern Kenya

By on January 18, 2012 in Church, Sponsor Impact

Karbururi used to be just another overlooked, undesirable village on the road between Golole and Sololo in Northern Kenya, until a big hole was dug in the ground. With no school or water source, and with a road impassible during the rainy season, this community suffered increasingly from isolation as other development groups passed it [...]

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WORLD AIDS DAY–More people than ever are living with HIV. Why is this GOOD news??

By on December 1, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

Today is World AIDS Day – a day when the global community takes a hard look at the AIDS pandemic and our progress in defeating it. The United Nations said 2011 was a “game changing year” for the AIDS response (source). The good news is that fewer people are dying from HIV than ever before, meaning more [...]

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This week, in a special event in Kenya, dozens of men are taking a big step to protect themselves from HIV.

By on November 29, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

Today through Thursday — which just so happens to be World AIDS Day – FH staff in Kenya are carrying out a massive campaign to medically circumcise more than 150 men in one of the world’s most HIV-endemic places. Once men learn that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) can help protect them from HIV, many willingly line [...]

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FH staff rescue boy on the brink of suicide

By on November 11, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

This is John. When he was little and just learning to talk, he lost both his mom and dad to AIDS. He’s been on his own for a long time. John comes from a Christian background, is 11 and also is HIV-positive. One day, John learned about doctors coming to his village of Loiyangalani to do [...]

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When is “it’s just cultural” not an excuse for allowing injustice?

By on November 9, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

While helping a community emerge from extreme poverty, FH always strives to preserve that community’s unique culture and traditions. There are times, however, when traditions probably should change. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a tradition practiced mainly in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. It is widely condemned as a violation of human rights along [...]

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Stopping the real killer of AIDS patients

By on October 28, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

You probably already know that AIDS doesn’t technically kill a person; rather, it cripples a person’s immune system so much that other deadly diseases or infections easily grab hold. In reality, worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading killer of persons infected with HIV (source). Here in the U.S., we very rarely hear about TB — [...]

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Why men are lining up in droves to be circumcised

By on October 12, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

In a recent report from FH field staff in Kenya, one of the challenges listed to FH’s new Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision program was that every day, there was a long line of men waiting for the procedure–more men than the project could handle. The World Health Organization reports that circumcision lowers by about 60 percent the risk of [...]

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