Anglican Development Services - Western

07/03/2019

ADS Western in partnership with the County Government of Nandi held a stakeholder sensitization workshop in Kapsabet, Nandi County on climate change governance and finance, under the Lake Region Economic Bloc, Climate Change Governance project. The project is implemented under the Adaptation Consortium.

In attendance were the area ACK Bishop, Diocese of Kapsabet; Bishop. Dr. Paul Korir and his counterpart, Bishop Tim Wambunya of Butere Diocese and chairman ADSW Board of Directors and the Executive Director for ADS North Rift, Mr Peter Nyorskok who all rallied behind the call to take action on climate change with the urgency that it so deserves.

01/03/2019

On-going- the National Treasury and Planning, under the state department of planning has today convened a dissemination forum in Kakamega County for the Third Medium Term Plans (MTP III) of our nation's blueprint. The MTPs outlines the main policies, legal and institutional reforms as well as programmes and projects that the
Government plans to implement during the period 2018-2022.

28/02/2019

We are excited to partner with the County Government of Nandi in ensuring that the county is a model within the Lake Region Economic Bloc in ensuring climate change policies and climate change finance mechanisms are formulated and institutionalized.

07/12/2018

ADS western in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture in Vihiga County has today convened a farmer field day in Khwipanga, Emuhaya Sub-county. Under the Integrated Rural Development Projects, farmers were able to establish demonstration plots and the Vihiga County farmers' focused more on Africa Leafy Vegetables.
Kelvin Amwayi, a youth and the host for the demo plot for Neema Women Group narrated how farming vegetables has greatly improved his income, enables him to pay school fees comfortably and enabled him build a decent home. He urges the young people to embrace agriculture in the face of finite and scarce employment opportunities.

27/11/2018

ADS - Western today has been privileged to receive a delegation from World Renew Canada who in collaboration with Canadian Food Grain's Bank (CFGB) fund some of the Conservation Agriculture projects in Kenya. They will visit farmers in Bungoma and Busia County between Wednesday and Friday.

20/11/2018

At ADS Western, we exist to support orphans and vulnerable children in attaining the basic needs and realization of their rights such as access to health care, education and shelter. On this International Children's Day, we reiterate our commitment to ensuring that children's rights in the four Counties of Kakamega, Vihiga, Busia and Bungoma, nationally and globally are upheld.

To that effect, we are signing this petition by UNICEF (https://www.unicef.org/world-childrens-day ) to call on world leaders to commit to fulfilling the rights of every child and acknowledge that these rights are non-negotiable.

Will you also sign it for the sake of your children, sisters and brothers and grandchildren?

Children are taking over and turning the world blue. Sign the petition.

19/11/2018

ADS WESTERN WISHES ALL THE MEN A HAPPY INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY. We appreciate the work you do to make the world a better place

19/11/2018

World Toilet Day.

Did you know that:

1.) 2.6 billion people globally do not have access to even a basic toilet. KTN Kenya
2). There are more people in the world who have mobile phones than the number of people who do not have toilets. Al Jazeera English
3.) During menstruation, women and girls often stay home, or quit altogether, when there are no safe toilets and private hygiene facilities at work or school. UN Women
4.) According to the World Bank, 80% of the all the world's wastewater flows back into the environment without being treated or reused!
5.) Apparently, an average person visits the toilet 2500 times a year. That's about 6-8 times a day. Meaning, we spend about 3 years of our lives in the toilet. Standard Digital
6.) Human waste can be processed into safe drinking water
7.) Today, on , risking abuse and attack, 445 million women and girls will have no choice but to go to the toilet in the open.
8.) 62.5% of people around the world don't have access to sanitation. This means human waste is contaminating and polluting our environment. We must build toilets that work together with our environment. UN Environment
9.) 🚽1/5 of schools worldwide have no toilet facilities at all
10.) 🚽900 million schoolchildren have nowhere to wash their hands
11.) 🚽80% of all our wastewater flows back into the environment without being treated. UN-Water

14/11/2018

ADS Western has began the process of influencing policy makers in Busia County to formulate Conservation Agriculture (CA) Policy and cascade national CA related policies. To that effect, we have held a capacity building policy workshop today for small holder farmers in Busia County that will form the basis for a bottoms-up approach in this discourse.

13/11/2018

ADS Western has today convened a workshop under the Strategic Partnership for Convening and Convincing project that is supported by ICCO Cooperation. The workshop aims at strengthening the role of CBOs and FBOs in Kakamega County by capacity building them on the provisions of the Public Benefit Organization Act and its implementation status as we envisage its operationalization.

06/09/2018

Anglican Development Services Western Kenya in collaboration with County Government of
Busia, World Renew-Kenya and other stakeholders held the County Agricultural Trade Fair on 31st August, 2018.

The aim of the trade fair was to enhance Farmer to Farmer learning and to empower smallholder farmers to access sustainable value chains and access inclusive markets by creating linkages for markets,and credit in addition to being exposed to current technologies and good agricultural practices
including conservation agriculture.

The event which was held at Samia Sub-County under the theme Promoting Conservation agriculture through innovative technologies was graced by the area Member of Parliament.

06/09/2018

ADS Western has been working with farmers under Common Interest Groups. The organization successfully supplied the farmer group with farm inputs (seeds and fertilizers) and established demonstration sites for good agronomic practices across Bungoma, Busia, Kakamega and Vihiga Counties. Some of the groups captured in the photos include: Katakwa Hopeful Youth Group, Asis Women Group, Kitinya Women Group, Community Light Women Group, Makudi Microcatchment Group, Masaa ya Mbele Working Group and NYS Youth Group.