Malezi Bora na Maisha Mazuri (Kenya) Updates October - November 2022

Reporting by Kathleen Murphy

The Malezi Bora na Maisha Mazuri team was thrilled to be awarded a grant from the GPI Emerging Trends Fund. These funds will support our work in Eldoret, Kenya, to refine the Malezi Bora programme for street-connected mothers to engage fathers too. By undertaking formative research to better understand the gendered nature of parenting practices among this population, as well as important content and delivery considerations for engaging fathers (including opportunities to leverage the digital ecosystem), our goal is to improve positive and playful parenting practices by both parenting partners, challenge gender norms, and reduce violence against children and violence against women.    

Our project team has also expanded to include Co-Investigator Dr Eve Puffer from Duke University, Collaborator Jessica Clark from the Consortium for Street Children, and a new Steering Committee member Dr Lonnie Embleton from Mount Sinai. In essence, our team is growing, with the goal of putting folks in place who can contribute both to this project and its next steps. We are also pleased to be partnering with Innodems, Kenya.