Healthy living for every person.

Fatiyah lives in the village of Lado with her only surviving relative  aunt Nima, she had lost her family to varying  health complications, her dad had developed a breathing problem after working at the town’s factory for 20years as a result of the fumes he inhaled while working at the production front. This led to […]

Swiss students can go back to university – partially

Face to face teaching – currently on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic – will soon be possible at universities following recent government approval. But there will be restrictions Calls had been mounting, most notably from the Swiss Student Union last week, for a return to campus after almost a year of online learning. The […]

VACCINES FOR COVID-19

Although Africa received the vaccines late, and in limited quantities alot of ground has been covered in that short time. More than 420,000 people in Ghana were vaccinated in just two weeks, this covers more than 60% of the target population.  Vaxzevria (formerly COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca) is a vaccine for preventing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) […]

Ready to use therapeutic meals.

Young mothers in the village of Nazambi had it tough, there struggled with catering for their kids and ensuring their safety.  Halima a mother of twins was not getting by as she had no support from the babies father in Caring for them. She was saddened as she watched her babies slowly regenerate from lack […]

Child Trafficking

Trafficking of children in West and Central Africa is on the rise and demands a concerted effort from all sectors of society in affected countries to combat it, according to ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child labour. Recruited and sold into prostitution and forced labour,children aged between 12 and 16 are the main […]

World Health Day

“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver: – Mahatma Gandhi. World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 every year, the theme for world health day 2021 is Building a fairer, healthier world. The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated under the sponsorship of the […]

Children with special needs.

Dom has always been a lucky go child, smiling through everything the world has thrown at him. Despite his stature and the fact that he had growth impediments resulting in him being disfigured, and which meant that he was developing at a slower rate than his peers, he was not detered from living a full […]

Drug use and abuse.

A drug is defined as any chemical or biological substance, which when taken into the body, by any means whatsoever changes the functions of the body or behavior of the user. If it changes the functioning for good substance is regarded as medicine. Drugs are most times substances taken into the body that create a […]

Living with trauma

Deola has recently been contemplating suicide, life as an orphan has been a harsh reality, being passed from one foster home to another isn’t an ordeal any child should deal with but he was familiarizing himself with it, as no one wanted the boy who screams at night. Unbeknownst to them his screams were a […]

Hygiene in rural developments

Ravi’s family of five lives on the land demarcating the village and it’s general dumpster, they have had to live there for a while, after their dad lost the deed to their former house through debt. Staying In such a polluted area has made illness a norm for them especially airborne and water borne diseases, […]