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Community Health

Okana Community faces several health challenges. Being a rural community, health awareness is low and health facilities are far away and deficient. SRI focuses on awareness creation on health and preventive interventions. The health programs are on:

Awareness creation, advocacy and public health campaigns
Nutrition and lifestyle diseases
Maternal health
Physical education and sports
Adolescents health
Community dialogues and health resources

Celebrating the Newest Doctor from Okana Community

by Admin | December 24, 2022 | Education, News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

On Friday 23 rd December 2022, the Okana Community celebrated the graduation of Caroline AkinyiOnyango. Caroline graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from KabarakUniversity, Kenya. She is one of the pioneering graduates in Medicine in the...

World Contraception Day

by Admin | April 23, 2021 | News | 0 Comments

As a way of empowering local youth from Okana community, SRI in partnership with Y-Act, had a privilege of joining the world in Celebrating World Contraception Day at St. Benedicts Nyang’oma School in Muhoroni Sub-County on 25th September 2020. The celebration...

Nyakakana FC Lifts SRI 2022 Tournament

by Admin | December 20, 2022 | News | 0 Comments

The curtains came down on the 2022 SRI Annual Football Tournament on 18th December 2022, same day as the finals of the World Cup. Nyakakana Football Club emerged the winners of the tournament winning the trophy and a cash award of Ksh. 12,000. This was after a...

Expert Briefing for Budget Tracking

by Admin | May 21, 2022 | News, Research & Advocacy | 0 Comments

SRI being part of Expert Briefing, to analyse Quarterly Budget Implementation Report for Q1 & Q2 of Financial Year 2021/2022. Focus being accelerating public knowledge on budget tracking within the grassroots.

SRI at Africities 2022

by Admin | May 20, 2022 | News, Research & Advocacy | 0 Comments

SRI is currently represented in the Africities Summit in Kisumu running through 17th to 21st May 2021. Key to SRI as part of the Development partners within the region is the alarming rate of urban population that continue posting challenges to both growth and...

Africities Pre-Youth Forum

by Admin | May 13, 2022 | News, Research & Advocacy | 0 Comments

The condition within Africa can only allow youth to be by standard, if policies and regulations supporting the same are implemented to the latter. Today, Kisumu Africities 9 / Africités 9 Summit Pre-Youth Forum held at Rotary Innovation Center - Kisumu, saw several...

72nd World Health Day

by Admin | April 10, 2022 | Environment | 0 Comments

7th April 2022 marks the 72nd World health day anniversary. This not only marks the formation WHO, but also makes the world understand the importance of universal health coverage. Sustainable Rural Initiatives joined @TUELIMISHE VIJANA CBO to commemorate the day...

Tree Planting with Students

by Admin | April 10, 2022 | Environment, News | 0 Comments

The rainy season is here with us to support more agricultural and environmental growth. How often do you plant trees within your surrounding? In our quest to support other environmental actors in realizing at least 1% tree coverage in Kisumu County, Sustainable Rural...

Vijana na Kilimo

by Admin | March 20, 2022 | News, Research & Advocacy | 0 Comments

In our quest to support agricultural value chain addition among the young farmers, SRI joined Brighter Mondays and GIZ in launching a youth program called "VIJANA NA KILIMO. This was launched at Kisumu National Polytechnic with clear focus to breaking the agricultural...

MeTA Kenya Alliance Capacity Building

by Admin | March 20, 2022 | News, Research & Advocacy | 0 Comments

MeTA Kenya Alliance CSOs two days capacity building on: 1. Gender responsive budgeting and effective public participation; 2. Leveraging on Alliances and partnerships - Kisumu CSOs eco-system; 3. Development of memoranda, proposals, problem statements and effective...

Gender Sector Working Group Meeting

by Admin | March 18, 2022 | News | 0 Comments

Men and women are affected differently by political violence In the case of women – and although we recognise that women do not form a homogeneous group and that their experience may differ depending on various factors including their class, ethnicity and perceived or...

Community Dialogues and Health Resources

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Maternal & Reproductive Health

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Nutrition and Lifestyle

We encourage the community to embrace natural foods through our farm produce and advocacy programs.

We have engaged with the community by;

Mapping of community health needs
Community water testing done
Capacity enhancement for community health workers
Collaborations with County Government and other organizations
Community response to COVID 19.
Distribution of bicycles to community health workers
Advocacy and awareness programs
Survey on WASH conducted
Commemoration of UHC Day, World contraception Day, World Aids Day, 16 Days of Activism Against GBV
Conducting HIV/AIDS self-test kits for men