by admin | Feb 18, 2016 | Health, In the news
As concern grows about the link between the mosquito-borne Zika virus and an increase in babies born with abnormally small heads Nigel Timmins, Oxfam’s Humanitarian Director, reflects on what Ebola has taught us about working with communities on health-related...
by admin | Aug 19, 2014 | Emergencies, Health, Rights, Water
Could you cope with just 35 litres of water, the equivalent of one 5 minute shower, a day? On World Humanitarian Day, Alaa Milbes shares the situation in Zaatari refugee camp as the summer heat reaches its height and explains how Oxfam is responding. Zaatari...
by admin | May 16, 2014 | Health, Inequality, Livelihoods, Water
From vegetable-growing pilots and meteorologists to doctors and teachers. Mora McLagan hears the children of Mukuru’s hopes and dreams for the future and finds out what they would do if they could be President of Kenya for one day. Last month I was in the Mukuru...
by admin | Aug 19, 2013 | Health
This is my last post from Kenya. Four days ago I was diagnosed with a severe case of Gastroenteritis. I spent that morning being examined by doctors and having every blood test under the sun to determine what I had. I then spent the next four days in a medicine...
by admin | Aug 13, 2013 | Health
In Mukuru, bags of human poo are called ‘flying toilets’ because people tend to use them at home and, once it’s dark, they go outside and throw them as far as they can. At first I found myself wondering how people could bring themselves to poo in a...
by admin | Aug 11, 2013 | Health, Recycling
Today we visited a different part of Mukuru, an area called Kingston. We went to meet Eric, a youth group leader and operations manager of an Oxfam-funded recycling plant. I was struck by Eric’s passion for the project and its goals, how much he cares...
