Press – Jenga Africa https://jengaafrica.com Thu, 06 Oct 2022 19:19:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5 97403511 Partnership Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya https://jengaafrica.com/partnership-meeting/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 02:46:32 +0000 http://15zine.cubellthemes.com/?p=383 Jenga Africa attends partnership meeting in Nairobi, Kenya – hosted by the Ministry of Youth.

]]> 383 Jenga Africa Event | Star Newspaper | 2021 https://jengaafrica.com/jenga-africa-event-2021/ Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:06:40 +0000 https://jengaafrica.com/?p=759 JENGA AFRICA TO HOST MENTAL HEALTH EVENT IN KENYA

The Star newspaper reports on Jenga Africa event that was meant to happen in 2020, but pushed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic . The event will highlight the issue of depression and suicide in Africa.

]]> 759 World Suicide Prevention Day: 18′ | 19′ https://jengaafrica.com/world-suicide-prevention-day-18-19/ Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:31:17 +0000 https://jengaafrica.com/?p=763 Jenga Africa participates in World Suicide Prevention Day activities yearly.

In 2018 and 2019, Jenga Africa was at the United Nations and participated in a podcast + a published article in the United Nations website. Read about it by clicking the stories below:

PODCAST: For effective suicide prevention, we must ‘break the taboo’, UN News | 2018

Sheila Akwara | Habari za UN | 2019

]]> 763 Jenga Africa to receive award in USA | 2021 https://jengaafrica.com/sheilla-akwara-to-receive-award-in-usa-2021/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:19:22 +0000 https://jengaafrica.com/?p=751 The leadership Africa Summit Awards to honor Sheilla Akwara of Jenga Africa in Omaha, USA.


The 2021 Leadership Africa Summit Awards to recognize Sheilla Akwara with an award for the work done with young people struggling with depression and suicide this year, 2021.

]]> 751 Sheilla Akwara in the Nation Media | 2021 https://jengaafrica.com/sheilla-akwara-in-the-nation-media-2021/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:34:53 +0000 https://jengaafrica.com/?p=756 Sharing my story will never stop, and when I do so, others are pushed to open up as well. Stigma is one of the major stumbling blocks to solving the current mental health crisis, and I hope that my story can inspire families to show more love and support to their children; governments to do away with harmful laws that work towards those with mental health conditions and teachers to focus on alternatives to corporal punishment… I look forward to deeper conversations in mental health.

]]> 756 Jenga Africa featured by Citizen TV https://jengaafrica.com/jenga-africa-featured-by-citizen-tv/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:04:38 +0000 https://jengaafrica.com/?p=808

Citizen TV | Nairobi, Kenya – Sheilla Akwara represents Jenga Africa on mental health matters, detailing how her childhood trauma played a tremendous role on her mental health and why she became suicidal. (You can jump to 2:38 where she comes in, but we suggest you watch the whole video)

Experts evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on childhood trauma and fear there could be a steep rise in mental illness in children.

We come in at 2:39 minutes

]]> 808 Radio Jambo https://jengaafrica.com/radio-jambo/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 07:14:43 +0000 https://jengaafrica.com/?p=2958
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Acme
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2018
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Sheilla Akwara shares her story on the 2nd biggest radio station and how she is now helping others

In August 2019, Sheilla Akwara represented Jenga Africa on one of the most popular stations in Kenya. It is widely listened to especially in rural areas as its programmes are transmitted in Swahili, the national language of Kenya. The talk was majorly on Sheilla Akwara’s story and the recurring theme was corporal punishment and the beating of children.

At the end of the discussion, the message was to not pressure children into what they do not wish to become, for example, if they want to become scientists or artists, they should not be pressured to become doctors or lawyers if this is not their desire. Parents or caretakers should also not beat children senseless as this is bordering on child abuse. We should counsel the child on why he/she is being punished and give them the benefit of the doubt.

“It is important for parents to also listen to the child and find out from the child what truly happened. The general assumption is that children are always guilty and always naughty, and so they are generally not given room to speak. Give your children a chance to explain themselves if they are being accused of something.”

]]> 2958 United Nations, Education Summit https://jengaafrica.com/education-summit/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 05:59:35 +0000 https://demos.codetipi.com/zeen-text/2018/06/29/est-inventore-facere-est-id-sed-repellendus/
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Attending the Transforming Education Summit at The United Nations; pictured here with one of the most inspiring and powerful international leaders of our time and in the world – Ms. Amina J. Mohammed – the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group.

For more than 30 years, she has worked hard to highlight and find solutions to developmental challenges facing our world – particularly for women.

To say it was an honor is an understatement.

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