Environmental Education Club in Africa

Friends,
God has been good to us at The Clean Kenya Campaign. He has given us Friends whom we can surely rely on as we walk this Journey of Hope in Africa.
It has not been easy. We have gone through some real tough times and emerged strong. The first such test was in March of 2010 when our Land Lord descended on us and locked our office taking everything that was inside with him. I made some protests then, went to the Police, to Kituo Cha Sheria, then I realized that I was arraigned against forces of impunity. They thought I would go to Court. We did not. And still, we emerged stronger.
We have seen more trying moments and in all this, God has given us Friends who have had faith in us and in what we are doing. Mark you, we have never had a structured funding process to support what we have done so far.
The Chiromo Campus- University of Nairobi
Today, I want to appreciate our Friends, for they have stood with us at all times and they have given us strength. We are able to reach out far and wide because of the trust you have had in us. 
As we start championing for the University Students for a Clean Kenya Campaign in Kenya, I have had great boost from two Friends; one in Nigeria and the other in Cameroon. Prof Martin Ayim Ph.D., MPH, MCHES is Cameroonian and he is an Endowed Professor of Health Education, Grambling State University, Louisiana, USA.
Mr. Udomah C Ohiri is also an Academician who lives and works in the USA. He is Nigerian. They both believe that we should have a Comprehensive School Health Education in our School Curriculum in Africa with the following content areas;

1) Communicable Diseases Education and Prevention

2) Personal Health and Chronic Diseases

3) Community and Environmental Health.

To this extent, Prof Ayim is coordinating The Diaspora Health Literacy Advocacy Team & Global Collaborators to advance the Vision of health literacy in Africa. This will be a Longterm Solution through Health Education and Health Promotion being infused as a subject in Schools and University Community Health degree programs to offer BS, Masters and Ph.D programs. These young professionals will then provide leadership in the health literacy journey.

We are not on any political journey. We are Non-Political in our journey. We have identified a global need and a global solution. Anybody with a conscience and concern for lives can fit in our journey irrespective of political leanings- so says Prof Ayim.

This is a sure proof that the support you have continued to give to us at The Clean Kenya Campaign has never been in vain. We are rolling out an Integrated Training Programme in November in Nairobi to train as many Organized Groups as possible on Waste Conversions. We are in discussions with various Teams and our interest is simple; we cannot keep talking about waste as if it was something beyond our management. 

Waste is wealth and we must move with speed to see the various forms of waste as raw resource for Conversion Processes.

Again, we will be rolling out a Massive Campaign with the University Students, Lecturers and the Religious Leaders, for a Clean Kenya. We know how politics creates divisions in society and we want to rise above this and advance Mother Kenya and Mother Africa as our nerve centre.

This is a feat we can all achieve if we put in some little efforts.

For us at The Clean Kenya Campaign, we will forever remain thankful to Akiba Uhaki Foundation as the first Team that saw some potential in us and stepped forward with some support. They have since been our constant partners in this Journey of Hope across Kenya.

The second Team to see our potential was A Better World/SOF-DI. Ms Brigitte Frey and her Family Foundation have since been our single largest benefactors with their support to us having been recently defined and structured. As a Family, they have pledged a yearly support of Kshs 320,000.00 which they have surpassed this year with a rider; because of the good work we are doing.     

The third Team to identify our potential were the Public Service Transformation Department at the Office of the Prime Minister. Mr. Emmanuel Lubembe saw The Clean Kenya Campaign as something that was going to go viral soon enough, and true to his prediction, we are there. The PSTD has since become our largest benefactor and Key Partner in this Campaign. 

To these three Friends we say; Thank you.

Then we have had a series of one off Partners and several Individual Friends. Without their support and strategic advice, The Clean Kenya Campaign would not have remained this consistent. We salute you all for the support you have given to us.

Lastly, the Media has started being proactive in championing our concerns. Several Media Houses have invited us for interviews and I want to believe that we have helped make a case for the issue of waste mis-management in Kenya.  We are on the right track.

We must hence re-double our efforts and work for a Clean Kenya and a Clean Africa. If all the University Students in Africa rose to the occasion, we will all have some good reasons to each celebrate our Silver Jubilees a happy lot. 

Africa cannot be the Dark Continent and at the same time be the Dirtiest Continent. This is a sure indictment on our incompetence as a people. This is why we at The Clean Kenya Campaign will support the efforts of Prof Martin Ayim to make a comprehensive case for School Health Education to be introduced as a subject matter in our Education System all across Africa.

Let us all work for a Clean Kenya and a Clean Africa as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50.

Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,

The Clean Kenya Campaign

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