Mummy Tales

Kenya’s national school re-entry Guidelines provide standards for teachers, parents and communities to support teenage mothers’ return to school. The Guidelines stipulate that a...

By Maryanne W. Waweru When I meet 16-year-old Elsa, my first impression of her is a confident young woman. At five months pregnant, she carries...

Why don't pregnant schoolgirls in Kenya, who then become teen moms return to school despite the school re-entry policies that allow them to do...

By Maryanne W. Waweru l maryanne@mummytales.com After two days of nursing her two-year-old daughter at home, an anxious Maximilla Kangahi made her way to a...

By Maryanne W. Waweru Belinda Adhiambo is a 27-year-old mother of one. Her son is eight months old. Born and raised in Kibera, she works...

A Gender-Based Violence (GBV)/ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) centre has been launched at the Eastleigh Health Centre by the Nairobi Metropolitan...

Ugandan Members of Parliament on the Committee of Health have promised to lobby government for better health services in the Busoga Sub-region. The legislators made...

How is the menstruation experience for girls and women who are visually impaired? Eve Kibare, 32, also known as ‘The Newly Blind Girl' lost...

Until last year, the students at Eliya Chimthengo Primary School in Dedza had never heard of digital learning. Their studies were conducted with one...

I recently came across an intersting video about neighbourhood learning groups in Kenya that are aimed at helping young school-going children sustain what they...