Several weeks ago, I had written about a gentleman who named his daughter after the Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates. A new trend has developed; this one is also associated with the American presidential elections.
Mothers in Kisumu, Kenya, have celebrated the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States by naming their [...]
Tags: Baby Names, Barack, elections, Kenya, Michelle, News, obama, Parenting, trends
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People in many places celebrated in myriad ways yesterday when Barack Obama was elected the next president of the United States. Perhaps nowhere was the party as enthusiastic as in maternity wards the world over, especially Kenya, Obama’s birthplace.
Today saw a flood of little Baracks, Michelles, and even Obamas, as mothers hope their little bundles [...]
Tags: Baby Names, Barack Obama, Kenya
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These are the kinds of things you know you never want to happen to you: rape, extreme poverty, war. Throw in a feeling of displacement, of never belonging, of never being able to come home.
In times of crisis, it seems that the incidences of rape increases. In several alarming cases reported in [...]
Tags: Kenya, rape, Safety, violence
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A Cornwall-based charity has been giving away tent kits to families in most need. ShelterBox, as it is called, includes a ?10-man tent, sleeping bags, a multi-fuel stove, cooking equipment, tools, mosquito nets and water containers.?
In Camp Henderson, Nakuru, Kenya, pregnant schoolteacher Louise Kimani gave birth in one of the first tents set [...]
Tags: Aid, Kenya, natural disaster, Rotary Club of Helston, shelterbox
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