by GROOTS Kenya | May 4, 2020 | Blog
In Kenya, 65 % of households (8.1 million people) use firewood as their primary cooking fuel. Out of this number, 71% of households use a woodstove as either their primary or secondary cookstove. A greater prevalence of these households (92%) are in rural areas. The...
by GROOTS Kenya | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog
What a timing for the 2020 World Waters Day in the wake of COVID-19! The world, including the most economically developed nations have not been spared by the deadly Coronavirus. In order to contain and combat spreading of the humbling and threatening COVID-19, the...
by GROOTS Kenya | Dec 3, 2019 | Blog
The use of open fires and solid fuels for cooking is one of the world’s most pressing health and environmental problems, directly impacting close to half the world’s population and causing nearly 4 million premature deaths each year. Women and children are...
by GROOTS Kenya | Dec 2, 2019 | Blog
On an exchange visit, in the framework of LANDac professional learning program, we visit Laikipia in central Kenyan, where the ever-expanding white settler ranges or wild parks and the small-scale farmers and pastoralists are competing for land, water and other...
by GROOTS Kenya | Nov 7, 2019 | Blog
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the ICPD – a milestone in reproductive health and rights. The Summit aims to bring everyone together: heads of state, ministers, parliamentarians, thought-leaders, technical experts, civil society organizations, grassroots...
by GROOTS Kenya | Oct 14, 2019 | Blog
Without women, many communities would not survive. This is true not just for society in general, but especially the world’s agricultural workforce, in which women play a key role in sustaining and transforming the farming model. Women contribute to agriculture, food...
