Butterflies lift Kenya’s rarest forest from extinction
In a bid to keep one of Africa’s longest strips of coastal forest alive and unspoiled, a Kenyan project breeding butterflies has attracted some 5000 farmers and created a magnet for tourists, including Angeline Jolie and Brad Pitt.
Stretching 420 square kilometers, Arabuko Sokoke is the second most important bird forest in Africa after Congo forest ,with 230 species including the globally threatened Sokoke Scop, East Coast Akalat, Spotted Grou...
Recession hits the creation of young researchers in Malindi
Malindi’s largest research library, with more than 6000 books, is reporting a stark gap in new readers, following the suspension two years’ ago of the holiday arts program built to establish the l...
Making baby owls in Malindi
The only bird sanctuary for birds of prey in Kenya, Falconry of Kenya, is running a breeding program for the rarest of the raptors, the owls that are the centre’s biggest attraction, alongside Mzee ...
Women miss out on easy treatment of post partum depression
One in every ten women suffer from post natal depression, yet very few seek help in time, leaving their babies affected by the mother's withdrawal, and sometimes with behavioural problems for years to...
Nairobi's shoes and leotards for young ballerinas
As schools re-open and parents enroll their kids for after-school activities, the search begins for ballet shoes for aspiring ballerinas and young movers. From hand-made shoes in local leather to import...
Kenyan school opens units for autistic children
The Autism Society of Kenya will next year in January be opening special unit at Kasarani primary for kids with autism and other special needs, thanks to General Motors, who sponsored the constructi...
Dyslexics are geniuses in disguise
Dyslexia is the most common cause of reading, writing and spelling difficulties, affecting 10-15 percent of school going kids, yet only five out of 100 dyslexic kids are recognized and given attention...
300 kenyan children will die today
The 2009 World Children’s Day on November 20th celebrating childhood, this year also marked the first 20 years of the Child’s Rights Convention, adopted in 1989. Strides have been made since then ...
New baby store majors on international brands
Coochy Coo kid culture, a newly opened kids store in Westlands is bringing in baby furniture, cradles and chests, to add to its range of baby and kids’ clothes and accessories from the world’s top...
Graffiti artists show all at Sarakasi Dome
The fourth element of hip hop colony, graffiti, is creeping into Kenya’s emerging youth art scene, with a monthly event WAPI held in Nairobi now bringing together underground artists to compete and ...
Nairobi’s Biggest Kids Party – Extreme Fun for Free
January can be the month after the party, cash-strapped and low action, but not at Westgate, which is this weekend throwing a free party for hundreds of children offering entertainers, goodie bags, pr...Nairobi’s biking and running races in the forest
Saturday will be a day of family and biking races through the Karura Forest, on the west side of Nairobi, as the Porini Trail Run Series comes to the forest as a fundraiser to build bandas for the ran...
Quizzes to tell you your ideal career
Although many schools offer career counseling, advice is not always based on what you would shine at personally, tending more towards what careers paths exist. However, many online services now offer ...
Malindi museum expands from world’s oldest living fossil
Malindi museum, which records the history of the world’s oldest ‘living fossil’ - a weird fish with half-formed legs described by the fishermen who caught it as ‘an evil spirit’ and in fact ...
A decade of Juhudi opening doors, hearts and eyes for kids
What began as an idea to offer Nairobi schoolchildren activities they never normally saw is now a 200-strong kids club, making mosaics for hospitals, hearing from embassies about foreign lands, and on...
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