Millennium Villages

Jan 31

A Vital Link to Health Services in Sauri, Kenya

By Claire Bulger

Community Health Workers take advantage of low and high-tech tools to provide a critical link between village residents and the local healthcare clinic.

May 07

Video: Documenting Successes in Uganda and Kenya

By Lauren Isenman

I had the wonderful opportunity this spring to visit two Millennium Village clusters, Ruhiira in Uganda and Sauri in Kenya, with a group of extraordinary donors.

Jun 08

U.S. Media Editors Stop in Sauri on Kenya Tour

By Joelle Bassoul Mojon

In June, a group of 12 senior editors and producers from U.S. media houses visited the Sauri Millennium Village in Western Kenya to witness firsthand development programs in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on agriculture and food security.

Jun 30

A camel, a tree and a blackboard: Dertu’s mobile school

By Joelle Bassoul Mojon

Sitting under a sprawling acacia tree, Abdulahi Bari Barrow points to his blackboard and asks the students to repeat the lesson after him.

Sep 09

Community Health Worker Training in Dertu, Kenya

By Jackline Oluoch

The Community Based Management for Health program, currently being implemented across the Millennium Villages in East and Southern Africa, stopped recently in the pastoralist village of Dertu, Kenya which has 850 households (350 sedentary and 500 migratory).

Nov 11

Coping mechanisms to face a devastating drought

By Ahmed Mohamed

Climate change is a reality in the Millennium Village of Dertu and Northern Kenya.

Nov 18

Dertu promoted to the administrative status of regional Division

By Ahmed Mohamed

May 2009 was a turning point for the people of the Millennium Village of Dertu, Northern Kenya.

Dec 04

‘The MVP have opened up the eyes of people,’ says Kenya’s Prime Minister

By Joelle Bassoul Mojon

Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga hailed the Millennium Villages Project’s (MVP) achievements in his country, at a meeting in Nairobi with a high-level Ethiopian delegation.

Dec 08

Juliana’s story: Gender equality and education opportunities in Sauri

By Susan Karuti & Richard Ogeda

Everything in her future looked bleak. Juliana Rabilo Adele, a young girl born in a family of eight in the poor rural Kenyan village of Sauri, had struggled to join a secondary school.

Feb 24

Kenyan Ministry of Education delegation impressed with Sauri’s school meals program

By Richard Ogeda

It is possible! That was the key message from Margaret Ndanyi, the Director of the school health, nutrition and meals Unit at the Kenya Ministry of Education, after touring schools in the Sauri Millennium Villages Project.

Mar 12

Breakthrough Village Results for Integrated Rural Needs

By John McArthur

This week the New York Times profiled the early results of the Millennium Villages in Sauri, Kenya.

Jul 20

Sauri farmers learn about new concepts in water and agriculture management

By Kenneth K’Awuor

Fifty farmers, including 10 women, from Sauri Millennium Village, Western Kenya, were trained in July on new concepts in water and agriculture management by a team from the Arava Institute of Environmental Studies.

Aug 17

Faith’s story of hope: Towards virtual elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV

By Philip Wambua

It is 10:50 am on a cloudless August day in Western Kenya. The HIV and AIDS Counselor from Sauri Health Centre and I have taken the short drive to the home of Lilian Awino Adhiambo, a 32 year old mother of 6 children aged 9 months to 13 years.

Jul 27

Repeat HIV Testing for Pregnant Women in Kenya and Tanzania

By Dylan O’Connor

The first in a series of blog posts from MVP interns.

Aug 24

Aspen: Where Passing is Synonymous with Independence.

By Jessica Masira

Jessica is the Team Leader for Sauri Millennium Village (Kenya). This is her first trip to the USA and she'll be blogging with us this week on the go from the USA Pro Cycling Challenge for Millennium Promise.

Feb 02

Sauri Looks Back on Five Years of Success

By Salome Munyendo

Located in Western Kenya, Sauri was the first Millennium Village (MV) to see the light in 2005. Five years on, the project area has grown to nearly 70,000 people and has registered numerous successes in its multi-sectoral approach.

Apr 06

Dertu MVP Students Shine in 2010 National Exam

By Abdi Sheikh Mohamed

With a little more than 700 students, Dertu’s primary school, set in this remote pastoralist village in arid Northern Kenya, was certainly not expecting to be in the news. So the joy and pride were big when a photo of one of its students was featured in a daily newspaper.

Jul 06

New Health and Community Facilities in Sauri

By Salome Munyendo

Members of the small community of Uranga, in Western Kenya, don’t have to walk long distances anymore to access healthcare. Now, they can visit St. Elizabeth Onding dispensary, which was inaugurated recently by local officials and the Sauri Millennium Village team.

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