We know from past crises that women are typically left out of traditional disaster relief efforts. That’s why we’re stepping in as women led organisation…
Compassion Blogs
We need a new school!
In April our school was demolished. We need help to start again.
Nairobi cancer survivor has hope at last
Margret is among many women Compassion CBO trained in 2015. She has survived breast Cancer 2 times.
Compassion CBO launches film about Anti-FGM campaign in Kenya
Compassion CBO launches short film about their Anti-FGM campaign in Kenya
Compassion CBO conducts Anti-FGM Seminar In Heri Junior School.
In May, Compassion CBO conducted another Anti-FGM Seminar, to educate children and teachers about the dangers and health hazards related to FGM.
Compassion CBO opens office in Nairobi
Thanks to a grant by Amplify Change to support a new Anti-FGM hotline, Compassion CBO has opened an office in Nairobi.
Compassion CBO awarded grant for Anti-FGM Hotlines in Kenya
Following an intensive selection process, Compassion CBO has been awarded a grant by AmplifyChange to run Anti-FGM Hotlines in Kenya.
In Memory of Aunty Polly
The children of Compassion CBO school in Nairobi are the beneficiaries of a heart-felt tribute from the friends and family of much-loved Parthenia Adams – ‘Aunty Polly’ – who passed away, age 97, in Detroit, Michigan.
Keeping the children dry at school
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters we managed to repair our school roof before the rains started…. Panic had set in at our school in the Githogoro Slums when we heard that there was going to be heavy rain.