The following updates come direct from members of our Kenyan team and community, I'm publishing them from me in the UK because at present there are some government restrictions on publishing informati...

The Kanga is a traditional garment mostly used in African regions by women to tie around their waist as a wrap skirt, carry babies on their backs, folded to form a base to carry luggage on the head am...

As Technical Advisor in the Child.org programming team based in Kenya, my work is to help design and implement programmes. It is to shape programmes in a way that gives them the best chance at succeed...

Ruby Cup is a social enterprise selling menstrual cups. For every cup sold, Ruby Cup provides a cup to a woman or girl for free. Child.org is now an official partner on their ‘Buy one, give one’ progr...

Baby Boxes have been making news in the UK for a few years, with research and debates ongoing into how they help families in Scotland and Finland (or shoppers at Lidl). But there's been precious littl...

We've just finished creating a full report on HealthStart 2: what we spent, what we learned and what we achieved. The full report is available for anyone to download at the foot of this page, this blo...

The story so far... Back in May, at the start of the programme, Child.org trained four research assistants to conduct a baseline survey in informal settlements in Westlands, Nairobi. The women surveye...

Perhaps there will not be so dramatic a reaction, but I for one will be sad to leave this clanging, frightening, kind and laid-back city. Looking back at what has been one of the most tightly packed t...

We have been working hard on the development and design of the Baby Box. And we are proud to show you the first result! The box can be folded into a flat pack which will make it easy for mums to carry...

Child.org are working to improve the health of all pupils at Zulea's school. Many of the kids here walk a long way to school, but Zulea lives nearby. Recently, teachers have noticed that Zuela has tak...

She is spearheading Child.org’s move to project-manage our programmes more directly. Cherio works in collaboration with our long-standing partners to manage our HealthStart programme, to ensure it is...

I wanted to share an awesome recent achievement from the Child.org team, the creation of our brand new School Health Training Guide. It's a hefty 136 page book that's designed to help our HealthStart...

A little nuggest of interest for our baby box supporters! Our programming team have been working very hard to design our brand new baby box programme, and they've devised a process for handing out the...

The school is in an area of rural Kisumu that is stricken by poverty. But despite the obstacles he faces, Walter has a vision - a school where every child is able to learn, regardless of their disabil...

For the last year myself and Laura have been studying Charity Apprentice with Child.org and are just getting ready to graduate in a few weeks time. However, in between this time we secured a placement...

Thanks to your generous donations to our first ever Christmas campaign (£4884 raised so far!), we're kicking off the work to launch this brand new Child.org programme. Charity Apprentice Alumnus Anne-...

The agricultural training that forms the core of The Meru Women's Garden Project of our women's groups is ongoing until graduation in April. A delegation of Soroptimists will be visiting the community...

For two years, Comic Relief have been funding this stage of HealthStart in 25 schools in Kisumu county. The two years will come to an end in April, so we're finishing up our work with the current scho...

Childhood mortality in Kenya is an area where Child.org believe we have enormous potential for impact, and I'm excited to let you know that the team here have begun investigating one intervention in p...

Today is International Women's Day - a day to celebrate the achievements of hard-working and strong women across the world.  We're proud to work with CIFORD, an organisation based in Meru County, Keny...