3rd ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON YOUTH & ADOLESCENT SRHR 2019 | 25th June 2019 | Call for Abstracts Investing In Adolescent and Youth Sexual Reproductive Health And Rights – The Time Is Now! The Reproductive Health Network Kenya, as part of its mission to empower the youth and Adolescents on […]
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We have also successfully rolled out Straight Talk radio programmes aired on various institutional radio stations in institution of higher learning to foster debate on sexual health rights issues. Our shows have been available on MMU FM, USIU FM Our radio programmes are also available on SoundCloud.com, a content sharing […]
For a long time publications targeting young people have been about celebrities lifestyles tending to over glorify sex and drug abuse while offering very little information on the real issues affecting the youth. The Straight Talk magazine is a monthly four-page newsletter that targets secondary school students between the ages […]
A Report BY WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION : Venue: Embu CountyDate: 31st August 2013 Done by Madonah Syombua of Straight Talk And Alice Armstrong WHO Senior project coordinator. Straight Talk Foundation Kenya through Teen Plus Project, along with several partner organizations (such as USAID, Aphia Plus, NOPE, Embu PGH, Kenya Red […]
This is an awareness campaign by Straight Talk Foundation Kenya on the post – test situation facing adolescents which creates multiple complications to their livelihoods. Usually a lot of thinking around HIV/AIDs stops at testing, raising the question as to how the teenagers are expected to cope in cases where […]
#IwafikieVijana: A few months ago, there was a huge public uproar after photos of semi-nude teens surfaced online. Images of school girls dressed in skimpy dresses and jeans trended online using the hashtag #Iwafikiewazazi (Let this get to their parents). In June 2015, a Form 3 school girl from Marindi […]
Controversial Gospel artiste Hopekid’s view about sex in our earlier interview…. Even with all the sex education lessons, peer pressure is still very alive to the extent that besides seeing all the pornographic material online, one may fall into sexual temptations simply because of peer pressure Hope Kid, Gospel artiste […]
It is also important to know the difference between love and sex, as they are not the same thing. Love is a strong feeling of caring for someone else. You can love your family, friends, children or partner. Sexual desire is a strong feeling of physical excitement. It may be a fantasy or a crush. Love can exist without sexual desire and vice versa.
Provision of SRHR information and services to the vulnerable remains top of the agenda at Straight talk
Courtesy of this partnership and training, Straight Talk Foundation Kenya is able to author online and DVD lessons on different topics such as taking HIV?Aids mrdication, Menstruation and lessons about adolescent sexuality
Every Friday, Straight Talk digital team will be engaging on #FactsOnly Twitter Chat; sharing, engaging, dispelling and bursting popular myths about adolescents sexuality. JOIN US and win Free hoodies, mugs and Tshirts!
Changes in normal discharge can occur for many reasons including menstrual cycle and emotional stress.
“My menstrual periods are irregular. I even take 3-4 months without ‘travelling’ or having my periods. And when they come, they are so scanty and only last 2-3 days. Is this normal?”
The body changes experienced could just be part of the adolescence body changes experienced normally.
Our social media presence is robust and we boast of almost fifteen thousands facebook likes on our official page and 3,500 followers on our twitter. These social media platforms help us to interact with the youth and offer appropriate infotmation to their concerns shared on our wall. Our Twitter Chats […]
Sport and Play as Tools for Learning 2cheze’s approach to addressing SRHR challenges through the use of sport and play as tools to increase knowledge, as well as change attitudes and behaviours amongst youth and their communities. Research shows that sport and play are effective tools for increasing knowledge on […]
“I’m genuinely in love with my roots and I feel a sense of ‘kinship’ for the Kenyan youths” – CECILE Straight Talk recently engaged Jamaican riddims queen Cecile, and her passion and love for Kenyan youth is simply overwhelming! This is what she had to say: 1. Have you ever […]
INTERVIEW BY BETH MBATIA | STRAIGHT TALK Perusing through various actors and stars from Nollywood, here comes one of noble character with a pose of great standards high enough to inspire the Kenyan youth. Truly for Jim Iyke, there’s more to life than routine scenes where a Director dictates his […]
‘Your sexual health isn’t a laughing matter’ Yo! Straight Talk caught up with one of the Churchill Show’s funniest comedian, Jasper Murume, and we engaged him in an open but exciting and hearty convo about youth, sex, relationships, HIV/Aids and more! Check it out and share! ST: Tell us about […]
If you want one year of prosperity, plant corn. If you want ten years of prosperity, plant trees. If you want one hundred years of prosperity, educate people. — Chinese proverb Green Talk, in partnership with Kenya Scouts, is a space for young people and students to write and learn […]
Linda Dada is a Straight Talk Foundation’s initiative that seeks to empower girls through education, mentorship and free sanitary towels to needy school girls as well as lifesaving information on HIV/AIDS prevention, we also provide the girl child with the essential information to adulthood through guidance, counseling and empowering them […]
Straight Talk partnered with Kenya Red Cross to offer Family planning/Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights information and education to teenage street mothers. Young couples were also educated on the Birth control options available. Majengo Slums, Pumwani By Mohammed Sehal – Peer Educator, Straight Talk Leaving the busy, bustling city […]
A Report BY WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION : Venue: Embu County Done by Madonah Syombua of Straight Talk And Alice Armstrong WHO Senior project coordinator. Straight Talk Foundation Kenya through Teen Plus Project, along with several partner organizations (such as USAID, Aphia Plus, NOPE, Embu PGH, Kenya Red Cross) organized and […]
By Dan Halliwa – School Outreaches, Straight Talk Foundation Madonah Syombua Lead facilitator started by introducing the LVCT and Straight Talk team and thanking all the five schools from the Western region for participating. There was an exciting session of songs, dance, role play and skits with SRHR and HIV/AIDS […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) points out that many school children experiment with alcohol before the age of 12 and that pre-teen alcohol initiation, which continues into adolescence and worsens, leads to adverse health outcomes among the youth. Alcohol abuse among the young paeople has been blamed for the spread […]
Report by Mr Evans Ikobe Mankone, Straight Talk Club Patron, Sironga Girls High School. FACILITATORS Mr. Shiveka of LVCT Mr. Rose Mueni- of KENEPOTE Mr. Richard Magembe Dennis Otundo Straight Talk Foundation Schools that attended Sironga School Nyamagwa Girls School Kadika Girls School Cheptenye Boys High school The symposia […]
Parents were uncomfortable discussing reproductive health issues with their children. They offered that if they started talking to their children about sex, they might mistake it to mean that their parents had considered them adults to indulge in sexual activities… By Robert Mutwiri, Straight Talk’s Facilitator – Mt Kenya region […]