12 October 2023

I have been a big sister for over three years, and I’ve attended to young girls who have come to me with any issue concerning sexual reproductive health and rights. Most of them feel safe talking to me, which I encourage them to do during our sessions. One such case is Faith – not her […]

I got a referral different from any other that I’ve had before. This was a defilement case. I’ll call her Mary[not her real name] for confidentiality purposes. Mary is a sixteen-year-old girl in secondary school from mwiki, from two to be precise. She is a day scholar. She got in touch with me via call

The referral process is quite a task at times especially if you are dealing with a young girl and the guardian is involved. Let me name my small sister Diana. Diana is a young girl aged 16, she hails from the outcasts of Kiambu county, Juja Sub county, Theta ward. She is a very brilliant

Adolescence is a very crucial stage that marks the transition into adulthood. A lot happens at this stage including, physical, socio-emotional, and behavioral changes, and most likely to reflect in someone’s adulthood. A report from the National center for children in poverty (NCCP) indicates, that among all children, 45% live in low-income families and approximately

My name is Kelly Kamau, a Big Sister in Kiambu. I am passionate about empowering adolescent girls and young women to make informed decisions, and women in leadership and a volunteer under the Safire program that seeks to address Sexual Reproductive Health Rights and reproductive health Services.  The program has impacted adolescent girls, young women,

Working in a programme for improvement in the reproductive health sector in public health systems. It was intended as a space to independently implement my ideas and to fulfill my desire for interacting with the rural communities in the sub-county of Kiambu, Kenya. We have focused on education and issues, such as livelihood and reproductive

Big sister Njambi, not her real name, 24, explains how the SAFIRE programme in Kiambu, is helping to change girls’ and young women lives: “We use sessions because it attracts girls and young women. Once they mobilize, we talk to them about sexual reproductive health and responsible sexual behavior,” she says. “We have seen the

As a child growing up in Kiambu, life held promise for Njeri, not her real me, was doing well at school and on completing her primary level, gained a pass for secondary school. But her education ended when she discovered her parents could not afford the fees. She was devastated. “I wanted to continue with

Elizabeth, not her real name, is a small sister from Kahawa Wendani and a form four student. She has lived with HIV from birth, this only being disclosed to her when she was heading to the upper primary school that is class 6.  Elizabeth has been struggling with accepting her HIV status and this has

Remembering the first time I held a session sparks up nostalgia as I was very nervous, especially talking about sexual and reproductive health-related issues. It was only after doing a couple of sessions that I became more confident and comfortable.  My evolution as a person in the Safire program has been phenomenal, I have been