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In April 2018, our school was demolished. We need help to start again.
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We need a new school!
May 27, 2018
In April 2018, our school was demolished. We need help to start again.
Nairobi cancer survivor has hope at last
Sep 13, 2016
Margret is among many women Compassion CBO trained in 2015. She has survived breast Cancer 2 times.
Now aged 63 years it was in 1993 she underwent total Mastectomy sad enough it had a recurrence in 2013.
She was put under adjuvant chemotherapy where she has spent over $5000 in treatment from 2013.
Every day she takes Tamoxifen. Through thin and thick she has managed to pay $3000 for her medication but has to raise the remaining $2000 and pay for Tamoxifen every month.
Margret is a…
Compassion CBO conducts Anti-FGM Seminar In Heri Junior School.
May 25, 2016
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
Mar 17, 2016
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
Feb 06, 2016
Following an intensive selection process, Compassion CBO has been awarded a grant by AmplifyChange to run Anti-FGM Hotlines in Kenya.
Nairobi cancer survivor has hope at last
Margret is among many women Compassion CBO trained in 2015. She has survived breast Cancer 2 times.
Now aged 63 years it was in 1993 she underwent total Mastectomy sad enough it had a recurrence in 2013.
She was put under adjuvant chemotherapy where she has spent over $5000 in treatment from 2013.
Every day she takes Tamoxifen. Through thin and thick she has managed to pay $3000 for her medication but has to raise the remaining $2000 and pay for Tamoxifen every month.
Margret is a beneficiary of Compassion CBO women training programme on micro business.
The little did we know Margret will greatly benefit with the training and now she sells home made detergent.
Regularly she sells to the Compassion CBO school in Githogoro Slum. She walks long distances selling the detergent to raise funds for her medical expenses.
Margret belong to Kiambu Cancer Support group a network of Compassion CBO.
http://www.compassion-cbo.org/network/kiambu
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.
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Highway Disabled People's Self Help Group
In 2012 a blind man, called Francis, decided that he wanted to help others so he started to set up the Highway Disabled People's Self Help Group, with the aim of giving disabled people and those who care for them the opportunity to help themselves.