CREATING AWARENESS TO THE GRASSROOT WOMEN ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE 54TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
“When I think about climate change, I think about lives, and how they have been destroyed and shattered….” Said Menuri Pango, a grassroot woman in Waa Location, South Coast.....more		 16 DAYS CAMPAIGN 2009
Once again 25th November was here again, another 16 days campaign against Gender Based Violence, women at Mishomoroni , Kisauni Location had all the reasons to smile as they matched in one  voice in a one kilometer procession distributing materials to the public and carrying the banner with the message ‘COMMITT ACT DEMAND, WE CAN END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.....more
International
women's day
The day was graced with traditional dances from Maridadi dancers, plays from Ndambale group, songs and poems all with a message geared towards the welfare and the rights of a girl child. Grace Education Centre moved the crowd with their moving poems on girl child education, HIV/AIDS and girl child protection from gender based violence.....more		 Hunger in Kenya
Having declared the food crisis as a National disaster, the president left the citizens with no option but to find something for their stomachs, it did not matter how or where the food was supposed to come from, citizens searched for food anywhere they could stumble on. While some Kenyan women sold their bodies for as less as Ksh. 20 just to access food.....more
Introduction
This was one of CWID’s 16 Days activism programme, the activity was held at Kadongo grounds in Mishomoroni Slums, the venue was significant because it is one of the places in Coast Province where women and girls still need to be sensitized to recognize their rights. Fortunately, a large crowd was that of the residents and it was our delight because they were our target group....more

Girl child education

Since most girls in Kinango are subjected to early marriage by their parents especially fathers, chances of them completing their studies are so slim. Their tradition too does not create room for the girl child to have enough time to prepare and concentrate on their studies. ...more

THE WORLD INTERNATIONAL NON-VIOLENCE DAY
The event was organized by Coast Women In Development (CWID) in conjunction with Humanist Resource Network,  the activity which was held at St David’s Primary School Grounds in Mishomoroni, Kisauni and well attended by the nearby residents and invited guests
POVERTY IS VIOLENCE ..more 

CLIMAT CHANGE
CWID's Programme Coordinator with
Kenya's Prime Minister
Hon. Raila Odinga
Impacts of climate change in Africa are mostly associated with water, droughts, floods and this changes affects agriculture, infrastructure, health and energy thus the challenge of climate proofing requires improving the ways in which water is managed and used, these investments are costly but can create jobs and enable communities to secure livelihoods......more
CWID donates books to students at Barani Secondary in Malindi District

CWID takes care of children's education by donating text books to schools in the poverty stricken rural areas

 click to enlargeGiving sanitary towels to women prisoners shimolatewa womens prison mombasa

CWID supports prisons reforms programs by the Kenyan Government and other Non governmental organisations, in 2006 International Women's Day they joined the celebrations with Shimo La Tewa Women inmates by donating to the sanitary towels which are difficult to find in prisons
click to enlargeFeeding the children on DAY OF AFRICAN CHILD

CWID feeding the school children who participated in the Day Of The African Child 2006 in Mombasa District where they were the host together with Mombasa Children District Office

 

 click to enlargeGiving clothing and bedings to children born in prison

CWID beleives that children born in prisons are inocent and deserve a better care, on this occasion we visited the infants born in Shimo La Tewa prison and donated to them clothings and beddings for warmth
Click to enlargeVisiting the poor chldren

CWID supports children in the orphanages and poor children in the slums by donating foodstuff and clothings

 click to enlargeGiving mosquito nets to pregnant women and children

One of the deadly killer disease in Kenya is Malaria, CWID has a program of donating mosquito nets to pregnat women and children under five years, this we do in the slums and the poverty stricken rural areas. On this occasion we were in the slums of Mshomoroni
click to enlargeWon a case in court of an infant who was abducted by a rogue father

CWID advocates for the rights of children and women, on this occasion we won a case against a man who had abducted an infant of ten days from his woman. CWID beleives that mothers are supposed to take care of their infants when they are alive no matter their financial status

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counts on the support of generous and caring people.
People like you to achieve the dream of bringing about the kind of change we want for the vulnerable women and children.
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account name   COAST WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
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