Nairobi, Kenya – Kibera, one of East Africa’s biggest informal settlements, played host to the launch of the East African Caravan on Maternal Health in Nairobi, Kenya on July 3. In attendance were women, men, boys and girls, UN representatives, Ambassadors, representatives from the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, medical doctors and other dignitaries.
The caravan makes its journey through Kenya into Tanzania and Rwanda before arriving in Kampala, Uganda on July 14, ahead of the 15th Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union.
New Analysis Reveals African Countries Top List of 20 Countries Making Most Overall Progress on MDGs
As G-8 and G-20 leaders prepare to gather in Canada, new analysis issued by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the United Nations Millennium Campaign finds that, in absolute terms, many of the world’s poorest countries are making the most overall progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – the set of promises world leaders made to significantly reduce extreme poverty, illiteracy and disease by 2015.
On May 25, Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) Zimbabwe ambassadors Pastor G and Victor Kunonga, working closely with Zimbabwe’s premier reggae band, The Transit Crew, hosted a cultural event as part of UN Millennium Campaign-sponsored activities to commemorate the life and work of the late Dr. Tajudeen Abdul Raheem. Dr. Abdul Raheem tragically died in a car accident on Mombasa road in Kenya last year, on his way to Rwanda to promote a campaign called “Piga Debe” (Make a Big Noise) for Women’s Rights.
