No Bra Day is an annual observance on October 13 on which women are encouraged to forgo wearing a bra as a means to encourage breast cancer awareness. No Bra Day was initially observed on July 9, 2011, but within three years it had moved to October 13, the month of National Breast Cancer AwarenessContinue reading “NO BRA DAY AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US AT STOWELINK #PROJECTALPHA 13/10/2019”
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STOWELINK HOLDS PROJECT ALPHA 3 PHOTO X VIDEO SHOOT. 29/9/2019
Project alpha is one of our first and longest projects creating sensitization on cancers. this year we will be doing a third edition of the annual project alpha photo x video shoot where we intend to bring on board some of the best photographers and videographers in Kenya together with young people to one venueContinue reading “STOWELINK HOLDS PROJECT ALPHA 3 PHOTO X VIDEO SHOOT. 29/9/2019”
WORLD CANCER MONTH CELEBRATIONS (FEBRUARY)
The world cancer month is always as important month for Stowelink because its when our first project officially kicked off 3 years ago. This year we celebrated the world cancer day and when world cancer month in a special way. We had a panel discussion which was recorded live and will be uploaded to YouTubeContinue reading “WORLD CANCER MONTH CELEBRATIONS (FEBRUARY)”
Stowelink at the 5th Annual non communicable diseases symposium 2018. 14/7/2018
Stowelink was privileged to be invited to the 5th annual non communicable diseases symposium which was held in Nairobi hospital .the symposium saw relevant bodies dealing with non communicable diseases including medics, the government, non communicable diseases Alliance of Kenya and public health officials invited and participate by giving out presentations. The conference which isContinue reading “Stowelink at the 5th Annual non communicable diseases symposium 2018. 14/7/2018”
Mylittlebigthing competition :Africa’s Biggest Sustainability Challenge 10/7/2018
Stowelink participated in the African biggest sustainability innovation challenge dubbed mylittle big thing competition. The competition aims at identifying youth in the universities who are aiming towards solving the sustainable development goals in innovative and sustainable ways. At Stowelink we submitted our solution on how we solve sustainable development goals number 3 oh health forContinue reading “Mylittlebigthing competition :Africa’s Biggest Sustainability Challenge 10/7/2018”
SIMPLE HABITS TO PREVENTING LIFESTYLE DISEASES.- PIMA PRESSURE EVENT
Stowelink has been doing myheart ke project for sometime now and below are 5 key things we discovered o how to prevent lifestyle (non communicable) diseases in general!!! Reduce your salt intake. Why is a high salt intake so bad for you? A high intake of salt puts you a twice the risk of developingContinue reading “SIMPLE HABITS TO PREVENTING LIFESTYLE DISEASES.- PIMA PRESSURE EVENT”
Stowelink participates in the world hypertension day (PART 1) MAY MEASUREMENT MONTH.
Stowelink participated in the recently concluded launch of May measurement month programme during the world hypertension day celebrations. The event organized by various partners attracted a large audience of people getting screened for blood pressure and blood sugar. Hypertension is one of the major conditions leading to the development of non-communicable diseases and especially cardiovascularContinue reading “Stowelink participates in the world hypertension day (PART 1) MAY MEASUREMENT MONTH.”
STOWELINK AT GERMAN SCHOOL OPEN DAY
Stowelink members were privileged to attend the open day held at German school Kenya. The open day was a day where various people mostly parents came to see how and what students and the school had done in school. As Stowelink we went to the open day to benchmark for how we would conduct ourContinue reading “STOWELINK AT GERMAN SCHOOL OPEN DAY”
STOWELINK CONDUCTS COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS IN KIBERA.
We recently conducted a community diagnosis at Kibera Sub County where we visited a few villages in kibera led by Community Health Worker Adoyo Peter Of Kibera Sub County. The data collected at the activity was based on 5 key areas which are risk behaviors responsible for putting teenagers later in life at high riskContinue reading “STOWELINK CONDUCTS COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS IN KIBERA.”