Say NO to Female Genital Mutilation On 6th February, 2021 we joined the world in celebrating the International day of Zero tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). FGM directly affects the health, education and economic advancements of girls and women in the society. This is a dangerous practice that must be stopped to safeguard our [...]
Anchored under God’s Providence Greetings from Echo Network Africa (ENA) and Happy New Year! We are grateful to God to have ushered in the year in good health. Our theme this year is Anchored under God’s Providence. We are confident that if we commit our plans to God he will direct our steps and help [...]
Amplifying women’s voices towards full inclusion Echo Network Africa in collaboration with Women Leaders held a press conference on the Report of the Steering Committee on the Implementation of the Building Bridges to a United Kenya Taskforce Report (BBI Report October 2020). The women leaders recognised that for a fully inclusive Nation, the BBI process [...]
Empowering Women to Take Up Their Rightful Spaces On 16th September 2020, Echo Network Africa in partnership with Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA), Common Women Agenda (COWA), Kenya Pipeline Company and KEPSA Foundation hosted a workshop on “The Space for Women in National Resource Sharing and Budget Making Processes”.The objective of the workshop was to [...]
It’s Time for Action The Advocacy focus area seeks to prevent and reduce teenage pregnancies and enhance menstrual hygiene management. This is achieved through supplying girls with menstrual hygiene materials. The focus area aims to reduce the sex for pads menace, which leaves the girls exposed to diseases and deprives them of their innocence at [...]
Scaling up Aquaculture Initiative On Tuesday 28th July, 2020, Echo Network Africa (ENA) was honoured to be invited to a meeting with the Ambassador of Israel to Kenya H.E. Oded Joseph, in Homa Bay County.ENA was represented by the Head of Programs, Cohesion and Development, Mr. Joshua Oiro. The Homa Bay Chief of staff, Eliud Otieno, [...]
Evidence of God’s Grace Reflecting back, the past 6 months have indeed been a bold testimony of the Evidence of God’s Grace for Echo Network Africa (ENA).The year began with a lot of expectation for the planned great annual performance. Unfortunately, everything has changed because of the rapid spread of the novel Covid – 19. [...]
Restoring dignity to the girl child The past decade has seen great efforts by both levels of Government (National and County), NGO’s and private sector in creating substantial awareness about menstrual health in Kenya particularly amongst young adolescent girls. The recent lock down and its ripple effects threatens access to menstrual products and the ability [...]
ENA’s First School and Second Family in Meru County. ENA has established her first School; Kithangari Girls Secondary school and her Second family in Meru County. Led by the Group CEO, Dr. Jennifer Riria and Kenya’s youngest PHD holder in Biomathematics Dr. Purity Ngina under the Girls Excel Initiative, ENA conducted a mentorship session with [...]
ENA continues to address many challenges faced by girls in Kenya through its Advocacy initiatives.