Learnings and Updates

Written by George Baliraine, focal person for the Skybird micro project at Uganda Red Cross Society HQ level Background Gulu City is situated in the northern part of Uganda, with an estimated population of 1.2 million. The northern region was embroiled in instability...

Activities by Ethiopia Red Cross Society (ERCS) Addis Ababa Branch Issues related to menstruation, especially in schools, are related to a lack of perceptions, a lack of WASH facilities and items, privacy and space, awareness and education, limited access to...

Tanzania RC: Written by Hosiana Silayo Afred, Community Mobilization Officer for the Skybird Micro Project implemented by Tanzania RC School girls are facing challenges that affect their enrolment and educational participation. These challenges are related to...

Written by Priyanka Patel, Innovations Lead at Kenya Red Cross Society Design, a word that is always associated with the imagination of a pen or a drawing, and an artistic piece. In the world of innovation, we design to apply creativity, imagination, hidden leadership...

Written by Placide Mutangana, WASH Coordinator at Rwanda Red Cross, and Vanessa Hausegger, Skybird WASH Network Facilitator at Austrian Red Cross The government of Rwanda launched a school feeding program in day-schools to reduce hunger and malnutrition among the...

As we received a question during our mid-term review about the impact of COVID-19 on the implementation of the Skybird Programme, we wanted to answer this question in a bit more depth through this post. Part of a 5-year capacity building program, the Skybird Programme...