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HANDS KENYA, Behind Kenyatta University/Kericho Campus, Next to Space and Style Appartments (Mlimani Block), Kericho (2026)

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Behind Kenyatta University/Kericho Campus, Next To Space And Style Appartments (Mlimani Block)

16/09/2026

伝統食文化の普及を通じて生物多様性保全を行っている活動のモニタリングを行いました。
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ナイロビからJICAと農業省のSHEPチームも訪問しました。

HANDSの生物多様性保全事業にはSHEP（小規模農家の収入向上のための営農法普及）アプローチも一部導入し、これまで見過ごされてきた伝統・自生の食用野菜や果物などの普及を進めています。

09/07/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻! 🌱✨

Following the successful conclusion of our 3.5-year under-five nutrition project last month, the "𝗘𝗖𝗗𝗘 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆" model has been fully handed over to our local counterparts.

We are thrilled to share that all 4 schools and newly joined 2 satellite centres, 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗻 and 𝗠𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗶𝘄𝗲𝘁, have already set their dates for the next ECDE Nutrition Day. A dedicated team of sub-county nutritionists, CHAs, CHPs, agriculture extension officers, and ECD Ward Supervisors stands ready to support them.

🎥 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟬-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 by clicking the 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 to see highlights from the 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗶𝘄𝗲𝘁 and 𝗞𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘄𝗼 ECDE Nutrition Days celebrated this past June.

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05/06/2026

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒 𝐊 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐬

In May, we organized and held a study visit at Kugerwet Comprehensive School in Konoin Sub County, Bomet, targeting 4 K Club pupils, patron teachers, and headteachers from our four target ECDE centres. The school’s 4 K Club, under the guidance of patron Mr. O***a Dominic, has established a vibrant kitchen garden and rabbit farming project. Rabbit urine is innovatively used as organic pest control and manure, making the club a model of sustainable agriculture and practical learning.

The purpose of the visit was to inspire pupils by exposing them to unique differences in 4 K Club activities, and to prepare them to share lessons on Kugerwet’s livestock programme and kitchen garden technologies with their peers. Patron teachers and DOA officers explored strategies for sustaining and expanding club activities, while headteachers exchanged leadership ideas to strengthen 4 K Club operations in their respective schools.

This study visit showed how collaboration and knowledge sharing build stronger 4 K Clubs. Pupils gained practical skills to transfer back home, teachers discovered sustainable management approaches, and headteachers reinforced leadership strategies. By learning from Kugerwet’s successful practices, participants left motivated to nurture brighter, self sustaining clubs that benefit both schools and communities.

15/05/2026

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 are 𝘃𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲!.

HANDS has achieved a major milestone by successfully introducing biofortified food crops into the model kitchen gardens of ECDE centres. In March, sweet potato iron-rich leaves were added alongside Nyota beans, which had been introduced in October last year. The sweet potato variety is especially valuable as a rich source of iron for young children and women of reproductive age. Training sessions were conducted by Mr. Manfred Miheso, a facilitator from KALRO-Njoro, equipping CHPs, 4K Club patrons, and school management with agronomic knowledge. In early April, CHPs received further training to promote household adoption of the new sweet potato variety during meal monitoring visits.

Looking ahead, the upcoming ECDE Nutrition Day in June will feature taste-testing of this “new vegetable,” giving CHPs, community members, and 4K Club members the chance to experience its nutritional benefits firsthand. HANDS is optimistic that the adoption of all biofortified crops introduced throughout the project will strengthen nutrition improvement efforts across the community, ensuring lasting impact for children and families.

[𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 “𝐸𝐶𝐷𝐸 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠: 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟-𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑁𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐾𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑜 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦” 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝐼𝐶𝐴 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔r𝑎𝑚 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 2022 𝑡𝑜 2026.]

24/04/2026

HANDS’ Biodiversity project focuses on ensuring that people get knowledge, understand it and start practicing what they learn for the betterment of our environment. The project is working together with communities in Kenya to conserve their biodiversity through documentation of traditional foodways and indigenous trees.

Kenya has many cultures, different foods and various diets. Many of these are considered wild and are underutilize. Some of them hold great potential in nutrition, health improvement, income generation and environmental protection. These can be discovered through documenting traditional foodways and indigenous knowledge on environmental aspects.

Our traditional foods and indigenous trees have both cultural value to our communities and value to our environment. Documenting them not only ensures that they are not forgotten but also help us reconnect with the beautiful traditional practices that surround our foods. Who wouldn’t like to learn and reconnect with our forefathers?

Our target groups have been learning about their traditional foodways from the elderly people in their communities and they have also contributed to developing picture books for their foodways. You too can be part of the documentation exercise and learn your traditional foodways.

Links to the Traditional foodways picture books below:
Kericho: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YCeNNAEjh6kZLhu81JAnmAS8Akn-Iwwz/view
Narok: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F9m-hrg1N66zbqG7gyJSxyxKsOYf2aM4/view
Vihiga: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZaF1JEg7HvPokpoTjA-2mNqf7VSZsV0Q/view?usp=sharing

27/03/2026

At the heart of HANDS’ mission is the belief that people thrive when they are equipped with the right skills to live healthy, independent and empowered lives.
One way HANDS’ work towards its mission is by capacity building its staff. A photography session was done so as to elevate staffs’ skills as they take photos to capture moments or communicate to any targeted audience.
Meaningful photos enhance communication, accountability and transparency. They also build stories of hope, resilience and transformation.
I will share some of the photos taken during that session with the captions showing what we learnt. I hope you will find a tip or two to try when you take your next photo.
Below, look for words in the captions that describes different viewpoints of photos.

13/03/2026

𝐄𝐂𝐃𝐄 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬
We just concluded our fifth phase of ECDE Nutrition Day event in February. ‘ECDE Nutrition Day’ is a once-a-term school event that brings together various stakeholders and offer learning opportunities to the school community. In our quest to ensure that this important event (ECDE Nutrition Day) is adopted by the neighboring ECDE centres, we started engaging the stakeholders of the satellite centres across the four target centres. Earlier this year (February), we made a visit to each of the satellite ECDE (Chemosogon ECDE, Mogoiwet ECDE)-Kapkures A, (Tegat ECDE,Kisiaga ECDE)-Kaplelit, (Kipkecheiyet)-Baregeiwet, to assess the school situation. We were amazed by the resilience of each of the stand-alone centres. A number of them already have a running feeding programme fully supported by parents.
In addition, the BOM chairpersons from 4 satellite schools participated in the just concluded events. They got a chance to witness three (Growth Monitoring, Feeding Programme and Kitchen Garden) modifiable programmes, at play. Plans are underway to ensure that each of the satellite centres adopt at least one or two of the three programmes. An orientation training will be conducted in April to facilitate the dissemination of these programmes to the satellite schools of the four target centres. We are looking forward to ECDE Nutrition Day events at each of the satellite centres in May this year.
[𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 “𝐸𝐶𝐷𝐸 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠: 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟-𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑁𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐾𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑜 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦” 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝐼𝐶𝐴 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔r𝑎𝑚 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 2022 𝑡𝑜 2026.]

20/02/2026

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲’𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬

In Kisiaga village, Kaplelit, the family of young Brighton Kipngeno has experienced remarkable changes through the project. His great grandfather, Joseph Busienei, recalls how frequent illnesses troubled the household in the past, but today those concerns have greatly reduced. The family’s kitchen garden, which used to grow only maize and beans, now thrives with a variety of crops. This change has brought healthier meals and renewed strength, showing how the project has reshaped everyday life for Brighton’s family.

Brighton himself is a direct beneficiary of the school feeding programme at Kaplelit ECDE Centre, where he enjoys nutritious 10 o’clock uji supplemented by produce from the school model kitchen garden. His grandmother and primary caregiver, Emily Rotich, has embraced new habits that safeguard his wellbeing, preparing diverse meals at home and ensuring improved hygiene practices such as regular handwashing. The family credits these changes to the guidance of our CHP, Kipketer Cheruiyot, whose visits have provided them with vital knowledge. During a monitoring visit by Ms. Yuki Iji from JICA Tokyo, the family shared their journey, affirming that the Kaplelit ECDE Centre has become a true place of health and learning; benefiting Brighton, his family, and the wider community, while inspiring better nutrition and brighter futures for under-fives in Kaplelit and beyond.

30/01/2026

The time to act is now

Many of Kenya’s key biodiversity areas are facing very high levels of threat, with pressure on forests, grasslands, wetlands, and wildlife habitats increasing year after year.

At HANDS, we believe that preserving biodiversity starts with the choices we make every day. This is why we are promoting traditional foods, planting indigenous trees and creating awareness through environmental education.

Our traditional crops like sorghum, millet, amaranth, and local legumes are not just nutritious, they are climate resilient foods that support biodiversity and food security. In addition, they are tied to indigenous knowledge and cultural aspects that are important in our various communities and the environment.

Indigenous tree species give us fruits, support rich soil, provide habitat for wildlife, help regulate water cycles, and are better adapted to local conditions than exotic species.
Awareness is the first step towards action. By teaching our communities, we inspire long term commitment to protecting our land, water, and biodiversity.

So now what can you do?
1. Learn about indigenous knowledge surrounding your traditional foods
2. Choose and prepare traditional, locally grown foods
3. Plant and care for indigenous trees whenever possible
4. Support community clean ups and conservation events
5. Share knowledge about biodiversity with friends and family
Together we can make a difference!

Every tree planted, every traditional crop grown, and every mind educated brings us closer to a healthier environment for Kenya, and for future generations.

Let’s honor our natural heritage by conserving it, protecting it, and celebrating it every day.

Follow us on our other platforms to learn more about HANDS activities!
HANDS Biodiversity: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572988148480
HANDS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hands_kenya/

16/01/2026

𝑱𝒐𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒆𝒔
This month marked an important milestone in the introduction of the Sweet Soya Pancakes recipe, first taught to Community Health Promoters (CHPs), cooks, and school staff last year at KALRO-Njoro during the soya bean value addition training. The CHPs showed that they had gained strong skills by preparing the pancakes during this month’s play-circle session. Their demonstration was a clear sign that the training was effective, and it gave the children and their caregivers a chance to enjoy a new, nutritious snack. The excitement and positive feedback from the session highlighted how simple recipes can bring joy while also improving nutrition.

Looking forward, HANDs hopes to see this recipe move from schools and play circles into households through the CHPs, who serve as ambassadors for promoting new initiatives in the community, where it can make even bigger difference. This step will help caregivers provide nutritious snacks to their children and ensure that the benefits of the training reach more people. The success of this recipe is not just about taste, it is about building healthier communities through practical, sustainable food solutions.

[𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 “𝐸𝐶𝐷𝐸 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠: 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟-𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑁𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐾𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑜 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦” 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝐼𝐶𝐴 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 2022 𝑡𝑜 2026.]

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