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You won’t believe what these boys are forced to eat

May 30, 2018

Before DIAS Director, Rod, left for Africa last month, he had a question he wanted answered. And while he was walking the streets of Bungoma...

You can rewrite this tragic story

May 8, 2018

You’re alone. It’s dark. You’re crying out for help, but no one is coming. Imagine you had to go through this, like 17-year-old Jessica did. She didn’t know what was...

Dirt and water bringing life

April 17, 2018

Domtila and Kevin have two very different stories, but they have one thing in common: the Milele Farm is keeping their families alive. The Milele Farm is giving more...

The day I was given a gift

March 21, 2018

It was May 2017, and I was on a long plane trip headed to Uganda. We were on our way to pick up three children and bring them back to Australia for surgery. I’d been...

It all started with a dream

February 26, 2018

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”

January 24, 2018

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…

January 17, 2018

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’

January 10, 2018

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

December 5, 2017

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.

November 4, 2017

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

October 5, 2017

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

July 31, 2017

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.