Reflecting On A successful Partnership: VAS Project Closure Meeting

By Matilda Atieno Helen Keller international convened partners to a Two-day regional close out meeting for a vitamin A supplementation (VAS) project in Nyanza region. The meeting held in Kisumu was attended by high-level delegates from the 5 counties across Nyanza, including departmental heads and decision makers in the areas of nutrition, immunization, Early Childhood
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Kisumu County Mulls Ambitious Plan to Provide Consistent Hot Meals to Early Childhood Learners.

By Lorraine Anyango. The Kisumu County Department of Education, Technical Training, Innovation, and Social Services is exploring an ambitious plan to provide hot meals consistently and sustainably to Early Childhood (ECDE) learners. The current practice of feeding approximately 45,000 children enrolled in ECD centers across the county has been sporadic, leading to dropouts whenever meals
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Kisumu Conducts Verification of Public Primary Schools Assets

By Matilda Atieno The Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC) is currently in Kisumu for a verification exercise of public primary schools, to ensure the preservation of the assets of the primary schools and ECDE facilities previously under the management of the Municipal Council of Kisumu. The exercise spearheaded by IGTRC alongside the County Committee members
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Stakeholder Engagement Forum on the Development of A Regulatory Framework for the VET Bill

By Matilda Atieno The County Department of Education and Vocational Training together with African Women’s Development and Communications Network – FEMNET, held a two days engagement forum with the County assembly committee on Education to review the Kisumu County Vocational Education and Training 2024, with the Stakeholders’ discussions geared towards the regulatory framework for the
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MSN BOOST.

by Lorraine Anyango The Kisumu County Multi-Sectoral Nutrition (MSN) coordination platform made great strides in the last two years prioritizing nutrition matters in Early Childhood Development Education Centers (ECDE) among others. Even better, the Kisumu MSN initiatives have gotten a boost with the coming in of the Ealy Childhood Development Network for Kenya (ECDNek)as a
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Kisumus MSN to perpetuate Nutrition Gains.

By Lorraine Anyango Pomp, style, and a comprehensive exhibition of nutrition interventions carried out in the last two years marked the close of the USAID Advancing Nutrition project in Kisumu County. The project which had four objectives of increased advocacy, resource mobilization, planning, and coordination, was implemented through a Multi-Sectoral Nutrition (MSN) coordination platform that
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Kisumu County Special Ball Games Kicks Off at Moi Stadium

By Matilda Atieno The 19th edition of County ball games for Special Learners has kicked off at the Moi Stadium under the theme “Creating awareness on special needs”. Kisumu County Executive Member for Education Mr John Awiti flagged off the event with a procession walk through the city to the Moi stadium to create awareness on
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14M Worth of Food Towards ECD Feeding Program in Kisumu

By Stephanie Peris The Deputy Governor Dr. Mathew Owili earlier today flagged off 2112 bags of food set for distribution in all public Early Childhood Development Centers ( ECDC) across Kisumu. County Government led by Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o, has taken the bold step towardsfeeding program in a move aimed at reducing the burden of feeding
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Improved Evidenced-Based MSN Implementation Capacity.

By Lorraine Anyango. Kisumu Countys’ capacity to implement Multi-Sectoral Nutrition initiatives has increased by 12% in the last two years. Due to this notable change, a recommendation has been made to enact a policy to institutionalize the MSN coordination platforms for sustainability. Further, there is a need to increase advocacy for resource allocation for nutrition-sensitive
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