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This week we celebrate Kennedy Odede a community organizer and social entrepreneur who is dedicated to improving the quality of life communities in low income areas.

In 2004 Kennedy Odede started SHOFCO (Shining Hope for Communities) a grassroots movement that catalyses large-scale transformation in urban slums. Today SHOFCO system filters water and sends it to kiosks while avoiding contamination and provides children in slums with scholarships and opportunities for education. More https://bit.ly/3AJIln0

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This week is for Samuel Gitau, a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier based in the dreaded Boni Forest in Lamu County who has offered to teach students at Kiangwe Primary School. He decided to teach students himself after teachers fled the school over security fears. More https://bit.ly/3hP263E

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This week we celebrate Judy Kihumba, a wife and mother of two beautiful girls, is a sign language interpreter and advocate of mental health and wellness of nursing mums with impaired hearing (deaf nursing mothers). She is also the founder of Talking Hands, Listening Eyes on PPD (THLEP), which focuses on walking the motherhood journey with deaf mums and breaking the silence on postpartum depression (PPD).Read more: https://bit.ly/3g8OWyt

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Dr.Patrick Amoth, the acting Director-General in the Ministry of Health, was appointed the Chairperson of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board. The Executive Board consists of 34 members. The World Health Assembly, considering an equitable geographical distribution, elects the Members entitled to designate a person to serve on the Board. Kenya was elected to the Executive Board in 2019, and was previously represented by Dr. Masasabi John, until January 2020, when Dr. Amoth was appointed as the substantive Member. Dr. Amoth is a medical doctor with a Master of Medicine (MMed) degree in Obstetrics/Gynaecology from University of Nairobi. More https://bit.ly/3qZ6UHR