Category: AA
March 27, 2012 by Katie
The Empowering Lives Kenya Anti-Alcoholic (KAA) program will be running a campaign in the village Merewet, located in the Moiben Region, on March 30 -31, 2012. The Team has determined that Merewet will be their new target of operation this year, where there is much brewing and alcoholism currently taking place. It is estimated that 25% of this population are alcoholics, ranging in age from 18 to 45.
The village of Merewet is in economic decline, as many in the community are not working or investing their funds into establishing a sustainable living for their families. While there is farming, the yield is extremely poor. Either there is little motivation to learn farming techniques or what money is made is spent feeding their addiction.
The KAA team will set out to help inform this community of the dangers of alcoholism, so that they can make an informed decision on how they want to live the rest of their lives. (more…)
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March 21, 2012 by LoriEaton
Last week, Empowering Lives Kenya attended the 2012 Eldoret National Agriculture Show. This is the premiere agricultural exhibition in the Eldoret area. ELI seized the opportunity to show the community what our organization has to offer. All the staff worked very hard to prepare for the show. We set up and decorated the tent, built eye-catching displays, painted posters, created a drip irrigation demonstration plot, brought in tree seedlings for sale, put together an informative brochure, and produced drip irrigation kits to sell. The star of the show was drip irrigation. Many farmers are thirsty for drip irrigation materials that can water their plants year-round easily and effectively. The Kenya anti-alcohol staff also brought a poster which read “alcohol can destroy your crops” that created a lot of discussion! (more…)
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January 4, 2012 by Micah
Recovered with the help of ELI’s AA program, this family in Kenya now makes bricks instead of alcohol. Learn more about ELI’s AA program. (Photo: Micah Albert)
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October 18, 2011 by Micah
Last year, in a controversial presidential decision, Kenya signed into law a bill that legalizes the traditional home-brewed spirit called changaa.
Changaa, translated literally means “kill me now”, and according to studies, kills more than 100 people annually in Kenya.
But changaa is less of a problem of physical health than it is social, mental, and familial; tearing apart families and destroying local economies due to lack of productivity. The government admits that the country is sitting on a time bomb unless the problem of idle youth is dealt with urgently. ‘When the youth are idle they are easily lured to crime. We have seen the consequence of having idle youth. The post-election violence was mainly driven by idle youth.’ Kenya’s youth are treading a dangerous, increasingly alcohol-fuelled path that is leaving them vulnerable to HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. (more…)
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October 10, 2011 by Micah
In a shocking article entitled How Kenya’s ‘lost generation’ could bring the economy to its knees Kenya’s own newspaper shared that: “According to the findings, more than 70 per cent of young people under the age of 29 are abusing alcohol. Experts are warning that unless a comprehensive program to empower and rehabilitate the country’s affected youth is implemented, poverty levels in many parts of the country are set to increase. Findings by government agencies paint a picture of a lost generation. Learn more here. (photo: Micah Albert)
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October 3, 2011 by Micah
Riding 3 hours one way to Eldoret, Kenya from his village, one of our AA graduates has a new life selling milk at the market instead of wasting days drinking the local brew. Learn more about our AA program and how you can help here. (photo: Micah Albert)
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