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COVID-19 UPDATE
Kenya has confirmed a limited number of COVID-19 cases to date – less than 500. The majority of these have been in the capital Nairobi and...


HELPING THE MOST VULNERABLE
A ‘boda boda’ is a taxi – a few years ago they used to be bicycles, but these days the majority are motorbikes. The young guys that take...


MICROSCOPES OF LIFE
In remote villages – where resources are limited and local people rely on traditional medicine – ‘health literacy’ arms people with...


WORLD AIDS DAY
World AIDS Day is held every year on 1st December. It aims to raise awareness in communities and around the world about HIV/AIDS. It is a...


GWENO - THERE'S ALWAYS A CHOOK
Story by Alice Mitchell It’s December 2019 and I am currently in Kenya, strengthening our health literacy program. Living in Kenya always...

STRONG LOCAL TEAMS
Story by Alice Mitchell One of the strengths of the project in Kenya is the intentional building of cohesive teams of lay Community...


POSITIVE AID'S TRAVEL TO KENYA
This year we were fortunate to have three volunteer representatives travel to Kenya. Long-term committee members Alice Mitchell and...


EMPOWERING MUMS
Positive Aid is now piloting new activities targeting women – providing them with reusable sanitary pads. We are initially giving the...


BORO IN FULL FLIGHT
After starting off under the umbrella and mentorship of URDI CBO, Boro Rural Development Initiative (BRDI) CBO is now independently...


HELPING PEOPLE TO ADHERE TO TREATMENT
Now and then in the villages of Uranga or Boro, you might glimpse someone walking or cycling to a homestead in a green polo shirt with...


VISIT TO KAKAMEGA
‘Jiggers’ (tunga penetrans) are a kind of flea common to Central and South America as well as Positive Aid recently supported an...


JIGGERS OUTREACH HELPS HUNDREDS
‘Jiggers’ (tunga penetrans) are a kind of flea common to Central and South America as well as Sub-Saharan Africa. They commonly infect...


KELLIE VISITS KENYA
Committee member and long term supporter Kellie Woiwod visited our project in Kenya in March. She set out to represent Positive Aid on a...


MOH MCH TRAINING
Our Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Officer Connie is a local woman from Uranga. She is passionate about helping women and children, and...


TRAINING FOR HIV TESTING
Peter, our Manager in Boro, is soon to be trained in Home-Based Counselling and Testing (HBCT) of people for HIV. To date, Project...
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