Social Development

International Women’s Day, which was celebrated on Friday, March 8th, 2024, left me appreciating the immense power and strength of African women’s leadership. Having a first-hand experience of what feminine…

The Mijikenda community that resides in the coast region of Kenya has a reputation for being good-nurtured. Their rich history and culture rotates around natural kindness to strangers, welcoming and…

For the last four years I have been working with SAWBO as a knowledge manager, I’ve interacted with people from different cultures, religions, and social standing.  Right from Kenya, where…

It’s October 1, 2023 and the much-awaited “El-Nino” rains are finally here with us. Kenya had been put on high alert and citizens interpreted the situation according to their past…

On Friday, 19th May 2023, Feed the Future Innovation Labs, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) personnel and local smallholder farmers visited a SAWBO Network Kenyan farmer in Murang’a…

The most difficult stage in developing a social media network using platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp is giving a life and direction to an established group. Most groups disintegrate and…

In my last blog post titled “Expanding the SAWBO Networks in Rwanda and Burundi”, I recognized how the people of the two East African “twin-nations” were warm and welcoming, kind,…

The story of Rwanda can never be complete without mentioning its twin brother, Burundi. In the 16th century, both Rwanda and Burundi were part of the same kingdom in the…

Whenever Kenyan governors and politicians want to admonish their residents and encourage them to observe general environmental hygiene, they ask them to visit Kigali, Rwanda, and see what it means…

Three years ago, when I started working with SAWBO and was learning the ropes of information dissemination SAWBO content, I had great ideas of what worked in the political world…