It all started with a dream
When Joseph arrived in Bungoma, he didn’t know what he was doing there. His wife was a teacher who was posted to Bungoma, so they moved for her work.
“It was a moment of joy in the slum”
At the end of last year, you helped fund three Christmas parties in Kyampisi, Kisumu and Nateete. Haggai, our partner who organised celebrations for the children at New…
Violet was 2 years old…
It was a normal morning for two-year-old Violet*. On a Wednesday last year, her dad dropped her off at a neighbour’s house. Her mum was sick in a nearby medical centre and…
He’s been called the ‘miracle boy’
It was the middle of the night when a passer-by heard a gurgling sound coming from the bushes. It was Allan. He was 6 years old and had just been attacked by witch doctors.
When it takes 14 years to get justice
How do you keep going when it takes years – 14 years – to see justice for an attack? This is life for the advocates in Kyampisi, who spend their days and nights stopping child sacrifice.
This is not normal. And you can change it.
The young girls are looked at. Abused. Sold. And many are rejected.
And what’s more…. this is all considered normal. The girls and young women of Kisumu are viewed as property…
Meet the Women of Kyampisi
Your husband has died. You never finished primary school. And you have five children to feed. If this was you, what would you do? What’s your next step?
The memory that brought me to tears
It’s mayhem. Children running around, squealing with delight. An endless group of kids, clumped in front of the camera, pushing each other to catch a glimpse of themselves in a photo.
This thought changed everything
It all started when a group of Aussies were confronted with a thought: “Will you remember these people?” That was back in 2006 and now DIAS is celebrating…
What made him go from accountant to activist?
He heard stories. Horrific stories. Stories of mothers who could no longer hold their babies. Of parents who were waiting for their children to walk through the door, but they never…