Photo Essays

Close to the heart: How Kangaroo Mother Care is saving Kenya’s tiniest babies 

For many preterm babies, Kangaroo Mother Care is the difference between life…

Fatal encounters: Battling snakes and survival in Kerio Valley

In Kerio Valley, pythons, cobras and green mambas go searching for water…

Childhood Obesity: Why you should be paying more attention to food labels 

A diet heavy in ultra-processed foods, lack of physical activity and sedentary…

No Smoke, All Fire: How smokeless tobacco is stealing lives of rural youth

For Japheth Korir, smokeless tobacco has been more dangerous than cigarettes: chronic…

Darkness at Noon: How cataract surgeries are restoring vision to Kenya’s elderly 

Stitching Hope: Hand-knitted comfort for breast cancer survivors

After losing her breast to cancer, Dionisia Mugo faced the steep cost…

The Village Prescription: How pots and patience outshine nutrition clinics  

The strongest cure for hunger isn’t found in a syringe or a…

In the Hands of the Healers: Kenya’s herbal medicine stories

In Nairobi’s estates and in quiet rural villages, men and women are…

Plate of a Champion: Why Kenyan athletes pack ugali to foreign countries… no burgers please!

Where Rivers Speak and Remedies Live: A journey through Kwale’s healing traditions

In Kwale’s sacred rivers and hidden Kaya groves, healing flows through rituals…