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TRANSFORMING AND EMPOWERING LIVES

STOWELINK REPORT

FIRST QUARTER

(JAN 2019-MARCH 2019)

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TABLE

OF

CONTENTS

Message From Stowelink Executive…………... 1

About Stowelink…………………………………….. 2

Stowelink Organogram …………………………..3

Notable Achievements……………………………. 4

Health Division: 2019 Updates……………………. 5

Project Slim Fit…………………………...…………... 7

The 10,000 Project………………………………….. 8

Events And Conferences…………….….……….. 8

Ncd Champion Of The Quarter……………….. 10

Art And Entrepreneurship Division……………… 11

Make A Change Movement………...…………. 13

Prospecting………………………………………… 14

Plans For Second Quarter………….…………… 15

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This year we are designed for growth, this the year we have set one

overall goal which is to achieve growth in all the divisions at Stowelink.

Now, I know most of you have an idea of what Stowelink is but maybe

you don’t have the whole picture, part of what we have prepared for

you in this quarter’s report is a brief by relevant easy to understand

description of what Stowelink is in its entirety . Knowing that Stowelink

has not yet become a beneficiary of funding since its inception in 2016,

the organization has embraced the concept of sustainability which is

strongly embedded in the organizations design and belief. It’s because

of this reason that we still come to you the reader requesting for

collaborations and in kind support in terms of finance, infrastructure and

also material resource. At Stowelink we have developed a culture of

disruptive thinking and collaboration and we wish to continuously learn

from all of your contributions, insights ad experiences that you could

offer us .

We strive for greatness, we push towards it and we know the only way

we will get there is through collaborations, innovations and disruptive

thinking and more than that acting and that’s why this year we are

opening our doors wider to collaborations, volunteerism and cross

boarder learning and collaborations. At the start of 2019 we set

ourselves on a very ambitious journey of reaching 10,000 people with

free health care and we know we can do it alone but together we

could beat this goal by far .as you will see in this quarters report is that

we have made tremendous strides in our efforts to achieve this goal

also this quarter as you will read is that we have had global recognition

twice and seemingly made history as being some of the youngest

researchers contributing to the various aspects of health care through

our research work which led us to presenting at the AHAIC conference

and ASBC conference both which were global scientific conferences

attracting global audiences and key players in the health field.

It would be unfair on my end as the founder and CEO of Stowelink if I

do not thank all of you- our constant supporters, followers and

collaborators. Without you we could not have proceded this far and

with precision as we are doing right now. Specifically this quarter we

want to recognize and deeply appreciate three individuals whose

support for the course really stood out this quarter: Dr Githinji Gitahi-

Global CEO of Amref Health Africa who has become a role model and

an inspiration to our team and Mr Siyad, a public health Officer from

Garissa county whose efforts to support Stowelink financially have been

truly felt this quarter and Ms.Harriet Shikanda from impact Africa for her

big role at the ASBC Conference. From us to these three outstanding

individuals and to all of us together we would like to say thank you so

much and lets continue in the words of our mantra and vision

TRANSFORM AND EMPOWER LIVES, because if not us WHO?

MESSAGE

FROM

STOWELINK

FOUNDER.

OGWENO STEPHEN

CEO and FOUNDER

Stowelink

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ABOUT STOWELINK

SO WHAT IS STOWELINK?

Stowelink is a youth led social enterprise registered with the government of Kenya in 2019

as a company. We are youth driven and focused on attaining one mission only and that

is transforming and empowering lives. We do this actively trough focusing on health and

disruptive entrepreneurship. We have 3 main divisions and this include the health division,

the disruptive entrepreneurship division and the techHub Division. Stowelink focuses

majorly on reaching the young people with various messages on health and wellbeing.

HEALTH DIVISION

Our main focus is to provide health and wellbeing with the specific interest in non-

communicable diseases. We also have an interest in sexual reproductive health

and these two form our major focus in the health division. Under non

communicable diseases we focus majorly on preventive primary health care

providing services and undertaking projects aimed at addressing this. We have

projects to address the 4 major risk factors to non-communicable diseases which

include tobacco use, alcohol use, poor diets and physical inactivity. We also go a

step forward to provide primary prevention for non-communicable diseases which

include screening services where we currently do screening for cardiovascular

diseases which are the leading killer non communicable diseases through blood

pressure screening, blood sugar screening, and with time we hope to start

screening for cancers and other NCDS. We also conduct relevant easy to

understand trainings on the preventive approaches for all non-communicable

diseases. Under sexual and reproductive health we also conduct primary health

care projects and health education with our major target being the young people.

DISRUPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DIVISION

Under the Disruptive entrepreneurship division, we focus on raising a generation of youth who are

job creators and not job seekers.as a result we established the Kreative Hub clubs in the

universities to help us reach the young people in universities who are considered the cream of

the society and transform them into not only intellectuals but also individuals with hands on skills

who can create jobs for themselves and the communities around them. The Kreative hub clubs

have been established in Kenyatta University and Jommo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And

Technology with small groups in Moi University and Egerton university. The club trains its members

on 3 main pillars: health, disruptive entrepreneurship and soft skills development with major focus

on leadership and personal development foe all the members.

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TECHHUB DIVISION.

In this division we focus majorly on using technology as a tool to spearhead innovation

under heath care and entrepreneurship. As a result, we have been able to design

award winning mobile app on health care with focus on cardiovascular health called

MyHeart ke which we are now upgrading to mCure App. Besides creating apps, we

also develop websites, do social media marketing and manage social media sites.

THE STOWELINK ORGANOGRAM

STOWELINK

HEALTH DIVISION

ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO ABUSE TACKLED BY THE

DRUG FREE YOUTH PROJECT

PHYSICAL INNACTIVITY TACKED BY PROJECT SLIM

FIT

UNHEALTHY DIETS TACKED BY INFO4FOOD PROJECT

PRIMARY HEALTH EDUCATION AND DIAGNOSIS TACKED BY PROJECT ALPHA(CANCERS) MYHEART KE

PROJECT(CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH)

SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH TACKED BY SAVE A LIFE,SAVE A

WORLD PROJECT.

DISRUPTIVE ENTERPRENUERSHIP

KREATIVE HUB CLUBS

ART4HEALTH INITIATIVES

TechHub DIVISION

WEB DEVELOPMENT

SOCIAL MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AND

MARKETING

HEALTH APPS DEVELOPMENT-MYHEART KE APP, MCURE APP

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NOTABLE

ACHIEVEMENTS

STOWELINK WINS 2 KUSA AWARDS

KUSA awards are the most prestigious

awards at the Kenyatta University

whose main aim is to identify

exemplary students who, more than

academics, are impacting lives in their

other spheres of operation. Stowelink

has been privileged to have won this

award twice in the and in 2019 we not

only won one but two awards that is

the Exemplary Contribution to

Technology an award won by

MyHeart Ke app and the most

prestigious category and the highlight

of the awards, The Humanitarian

Award which was collected by the

founder Mr. Ogweno Stephen.

STOWELINK WINS THE YOUNG

RESEARCHERS SCHOLARSHIP

AWARD

Stowelink founder was honored to be

one of the winners of the young

African researches award. This award

was as a result of call for submissions of

research work from Amref Health

Africa. We submitted 3 research

papers all of which were taken in and

as a result we got to present at the

global African Health Agenda

International Conference in Kigali

Rwanda.

STOWELINK PARTICIPATED IN 2

GLOBAL CONFERENCES.

Stowelink has been honored to have

participated in 2 global scientific

conferences, the African Health

Agenda International Conference in

Kigali and the African Social Behavior

Change Conference in Safari Park

Nairobi. More details on this will be in

this report.

let your light shine

through the darkness

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STOWELINK WINS THE EFSOYC

INNOVATION COMPETITION

Stowelink emerged the winners of the

highly contested competition on

sustainable development goal 2 on

Zero Hunger where we presented our

innovative idea on food preservation

and encouraging growth of

alternative foods to improve nutrition

in a project called Info4Food. We will

be implementing a 7 month long

project in Githurai Nairobi in this

regard.

STOWELINK EXECUTIVE FELIX

OCHIENG WINS THE GLOBAL PEACE

AMBASSADOR

Felix Ochieng one of the Stowelink

executives and the project manager

for all activities under the sexual

reproductive health division wins the

global peace ambassador owing to

his work at Stowelink with the youth.

This was awarded to him by the

Global Peace Chain Organization

which is a global organization

advocating for peaceful coexistence

amongst its other agendas

HEALTH DIVISION: 2019 PROJECTS UPDATE

THE DRUG FREE YOUTH

INTRODUCTION

The drug free youth is a Stowelink project which aims at creating awareness on drugs and

substance abuse with particular focus to tobacco and alcohol smoking among the young

people. The project aims at sensitizing on the effects of drug abuse and linking them to

non-communicable diseases since tobacco and alcohol abuse are the leading risk factors

for non-communicable diseases. The project uses various approaches to ensure the

message is out and these include public education, focus group discussions and the use

of art to talk about drug and substance abuse linking them to non-communicable.

diseases.

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SCHOOL TOURS

The project focused on populations of the slum areas

with specific focus on Kibera and Githurai. In the first

phase of the project we visited four institutions to

conduct the project in.in these institutions we had focus

group discussions open forums and use of art to take the

message home and make it relevant to the youth. The

schools visited are as bellow:

1. Pedro Education Center 6th Feb 2019

2. Our Lady of Mercy 28th Feb 2019

3. Shining Star Academy 7th March 2019

4. Olympic High School 28th March 2019

A detailed report of this project is currently being worked

on and you’ll receive it as a soon as its done.

Cumulatively, we had an estimated reach of 4200

individuals from these schools who were reached directly

with these messages.

DFY POETRY CONTEST.

We had an interesting and shocking experience with this

particular poetry contest especially in terms of the impact

reached with this. We never expected this competition to

have the impact it had. the following are the analytics from

the poetry contest:

1. TOTAL LIKES 7138

2. TOTAL COMMENTS 6833

3. TOTAL SHARES 2148

4. TOTAL PEOPLE REACHED 343,034

5. OVERAL PEOPLE REACHED 359,153

WITH THE CONTEST WE WERE ABLE TO REACH 359153 PEOPLE

IN 3 WEEKS!!!!!!!

Pedro education center

Our lady of mercy

Shining star academy

Olympic school

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WHAT IS IT?

Project slim fit is a Stowelink project aimed at targeting

and addressing the fourth risk factor related to non-

communicable diseases which is physical inactivity.

The project aims at creating awareness on physical

inactivity encouraging light and consistent physical

activities and using new disruptive approaches in

showing how physical activities could be done.

PROJECT SLIM FIT

It’s not about being slim, it’s about being fit

WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR?

PROJECT FIT BICYCLE RIDING EVENTS

Stowelink has had several projects focusing on

physical activity through bicycle riding. These

events have been implemented at Kenyatta

university main campus influencing both members

of the community and the villages surrounding to

participate actively in the bike riding activities.

FEB 15TH 2019

Stowelink with the Kreative Hub this time round in

partnership with Jamii sports conducted the second

bike riding activity with the aim of even reaching

more people with this project.

This time round we were able to reach to more

than 200 people to participate in this project. The

activity took place after a 4 km ride around the

university ending up in the Arboretum where we

talked about healthy physical activities

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This is the big goal this year to reach individuals

directly with messages on free health care and

health messages. As at now those we have

been able to directly reach is approximately

3861 people reached directly and are hoping

to reach many more as the year progresses

THE 10,000 PROJECT

EVENTS AND CONFERENCES

THE AFRICAN SOCIAL BEHAVIOR CHANGE

CONFERENCE AT SAFARI PARK NAIROBI BY

POPULATION SERVICE INTERNATIONAL(ASBC)

This was the first African social behavior change

conference which was organized by Population

Services International (PSI) in collaboration with multiple

partners whose main aim was to share research and

insights surrounding social behavior change and how it

has been used and could be potentially be used to

change the face of health care and wellbeing in

Africa.

The conference saw both local and global leaders

attend including officials from the ministry of health

and corporate world.

Stowelink was privileged to have attended the

conference and cumulatively seemed to have the

most presentations at the conference and as a result

heavily representing the young people in the field of

research.

Our team submitted 9 abstracts all of which qualified

for the conference presentation

Harison presenting at asbc

Kevin rapporteuring at the ASBC

Victor and Felix at their posters

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ASBC PRESENTATIONS FROM STOWELINK

Oral presentations

1. NOEL MURUNGA, STOWELINK

Kreative Hub: Youth unemployment addressed

through social and behavior change.

2. HARRIZON AYALLO, STOWELINK

Behavior Change; Making health an interesting topic.

3. STEPHEN OGWENO, STOWELINK

Using art to sustain SBC funding

Using technology in SBC to improve cardiovascular

health sensitization and better lifestyle adaptation:

Myheart Ke

Poster presentations

4. FELIX OCHIENG,STOWELINK

Gender as an important factor in social behavior

change among high school students in Kisumu.

5. VICTOR OWINYO,STOWELINK

Project Alpha: a living evidence of the impact of

social behavior change as a key strategy in health

sensitization projects.

Creative art projects for SBC driven by youths.

6. COLLINS ONGOLA, STOWELINK

Kreative Hub: an innovative approach of using Human

Centered Design to change perception of youth on

health entrepreneurship and art

7. NOELLE MURUNGA, STOWELINK

Kreative Hub: a multi-faceted approach towards

social behavior change among youth in institutions of

higher learning

Stephen presenting at the asbc

The whole team light moments at asbc

Youth panel discussion at ASBC

AFRICAN HEALTH AGENDA INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCE IN KIGALI RWANDA AT KIGALI

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER.(AHAIC)

Courtesy of wining the young researcher’s scholarship

award from Amref to attend the Africa health agenda

international conference, Stowelink through its founder

traveled to Kigali to represent Stowelink and other young

researchers from Kenya in the conference. Stowelink

presented 3 research papers which were successfully

accepted for presentation at the conference. In total

Stowelink had 3 presentations one oral and two poster

presentations.

Stephen At Ahaic,Kigali- Rwanda

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AHAIC PRESENTATIONS FROM

STOWELINK ORAL PRESENTATION

1. Ogweno Stephen, Stowelink.

Myheart ke mobile application: Innovative

ways to reach the millennials with health

messages on lifestyle practices.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

2. Harrison Ayallo , Stowelink

Application of social behavior change

community mobilization towards

addressing barriers of access to health

3. Ogweno Stephen, Stowelink

Kreative Hub initiative as a platform for

youth voices to be heard, to fight against

non-communicable diseases and stigma

Stephen presenting at the ahaic

AMREF Young researchers scholarship award winners

PUBLIC HEALTH DINNER 2019

Stowelink partnered with the Kenyatta university school of

public health and EHSAKHU club of Kenyatta university to

bring you the first ever public health dinner in Kenyatta

university which was graced by the presence of Prof

Khama Rogo, World Bank Lead Health Sector Specialist.

The public health dinner was also attended by high end

visitors both from the school administration and outside

and was majorly led by Ambassador Ojiambo who

spearheaded the plenary session. The dinner had

interesting, insightful and strategic discussions on the fate

of the public health in the 21st century.

Prof Rogo at the PH dinner

Fonder Stowelink at the panel discussion

This new segment in our reports will be featuring youth NCD

survivors and champions willing to share their stories with the

world. We intend to create a positive image and to insist on the

fact that that communicable diseases is here with us as the

youth. And as a result, we should begin to change our

perspective on non-communicable diseases in Africa.

NCD CHAMPION OF THE QUARTER

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This quarter Stowelink celebrates Tevin Omondi who is our

NCD champion of the quarter. Tevin lives with asthma which

is a common pulmonary NCD affecting the lungs and the

breathing system. Besides being a high fashion commercial

model, Tevin also has been able to start up a youth

enterprise the Ngunjiri foundation which focuses on

rehabilitation of street kids proving that despite being a

youth suffering from an NCD he could still actively live

beyond the NCD and positively and immensely impact the

society. Tevin is also currently working with Stowelink on our

various projects and his story will be one of the several stories

which will be featured on the mCure app once its released.

ART AND ENTERPRENUERSHIP

DIVISION

ABOUT

The Stowelink Art And Entrepreneurship Division now called the Kreative Hub is the

future of disruptive entrepreneurship, innovation, health and the youth. It’s the

platform raising a generation of youth who are health conscious, a generation of

youth who have undergone self-development trainings and a generation of youth

who are capable of becoming self-employed and become job creators in the

society. It’s one of Stowelink’s biggest milestones in cementing youth engagement

in health while also rising a generation of leaders and self-employers and job

creators in the society. The Kreative Hub has 3 main divisions: 1. Kreative youth and

health 2. Kreative soft skills and personal development 3. Kreative networking and

personal development. The Kreative Hub is currently in 3 universities across the

country. currently we are in Kenyatta University, Jomo Kenyatta University Of

Agriculture And Technology In Nairobi University And In Moi University though the

latter 2 are still catching up. The Kreative Hub intends to pass down soft skills training

which are not taught in universities but which are beneficial and necessary to

become relevant in the job market and also to develop a generation of university

graduates who have practical skills and can be able to start up enterprises employ

themselves and also employ the community around them. So far we have trained

our second cohort in Kenyatta university which has 96 registered members. More

about the Kreative Hub can be found at kreativehub.wordpress.com

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KREATIVE HUB UPDATES.

KREATIVE HUB CLUBS COHORT 2

In The Kreative Hub clubs we took in the second cohort from

January to March where we trained them on leadership

entrepreneurship and health. We majorly focused on leadership

and personal development with this cohort. We trained 49

members in this cohort and this was an amazing experience with

this team. During this period we had a series of active projects in

which the members of the Kreative Hub had massive input on

including ,project fit in partnership with Jamii Spots, team building

activities at the arboretum, debate on leadership and disruption of

the norm and eventually the Kreative Hub festival.

KREATIVE HUB FEST.

The Kreative Hub festival is the rebrand of the Kreative Hub dinner where this

time round, we focused more on the youths in the training showcasing their

various contributions and lessons learnt from the Kreative Hub and how we

could use those to change the communities around us. The theme for this

year’s festival was, “African stories African Innovations shared the African

way.” The theme surrounded how we could influence other sectors of health

and entrepreneurship through art. The guest speaker for the day was the

founder Stowelink and the guest artist was Rymo LION. We had several

performing artists, poets, musicians, and innovators who, in one way or the

other, had benefited from Stowelink activities and projects. We also had

members showcasing their various goods and services that they have made

courtesy of the Kreative hub cohort one training. We saw artists and hand

craft designers who were members of the Kreative Hub cohort one come to

showcase businesses they had developed courtesy of the Kreative Hub.

NOMINATIONS TO KUSA AWARDS

Kreative Hub, being just 1-year-old now in Kenyatta

university, was nominated by the university among 4

other clubs for the Kenyatta university student

association (KUSA) awards. This came as a big honor

and showed that the university had noticed the

effects of the Kreative Hub clubs in the university.

Crowning king of KH 2019

Kh leaders breakfast

Training sessions

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MAKE

A

CHANGE

MOVEMENT

ABOUT

Make A Change Movement is a movement under Stowelink whose main

aim is to purely give back to the society. As Stowelink Inc. we strongly

believe in giving back to the society and as a result we decided to visit

children’s home every quarter throughout the year. We are committed

to improving lives and giving back to the society because at Stowelink

we strongly advocate for transforming and empowering lives.

ART4CHARITY FUNDRAISER EVENT 21ST FEB 2019

Stowelink in collaboration with the Kreative hub and the art for charity

poets held an art for charity fundraising event where we used poetry as a

means to raise funds for the less fortunate. The event which happened

right at Kenyatta university was largely attended by poets, and passionate

youth on a trajectory to change the world. The event was a way to raise

funds to visit Ebenezer children’s home in Githurai which is currently our

focus children’s home. Some of the big actors that joined us in making the

fundraiser a success included Joe Mshairi, Poetic Pen, Poetic Dose

amongst a myriad of other passionate poets. The event was predominantly

coordinated by Elvina Navalayo who ensured together with her team, they

made the event a success.

ART4CHARITY VISIT – EBENEZER CHILDRENS HOME 3RD MARCH

2019

This event preceded the art for charity fundraiser where we visited

Ebenezer children’s home and this time round focused majorly on

making the sleeping conditions of the children at the children’s

home better by providing bedding materials amongst other

donations like foodstuff, clothing and toiletries.

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PROSPECTING

STOWELINK AT YASA 15TH FEB 2019

Stowelink founder was invited at Youth

and Success Association YASA to give

a key note master class training on

leadership and innovation in social

enterprises among the youth. The

masterclass which saw a lot of positive

insights and knowledge exchange is

one of the many more coming

masterclasses around various topics

that Stowelink wants to focus on as a

way to develop a group of youth who

can positively impact in the society.

Masterclass training

STOWELINK AT THE CARDIOVASCULAR

DISEASESGUIDELINES DISSEMINNATION STAKEHOLDER

MEETING. 14TH MARCH 2019

Stowelink was privileged to be one of the stakeholders at

the CVD guidelines dissemination meeting representing the

youth. The meeting discussed important strategies and

approaches in disseminating the cardiovascular diseases

guidelines which was launched in 2018.the meeting was

organized by the cardiac society of Kenya in collaboration

with the ministry of health .

Kevin of Stowelink presenting

NACADA SUPPORTS STOWELINK ON THE DRUG FREE YOUTH

PROJECT.

NACADA which is a Government institution in charge of drug

abuse control supported us by providing us with information

material on drug and substance abuse. this was a big win for us

and we were truly privileged to be supported by NACADA on a

serious and disruptive project focusing on linking drug abuse and

non-communicable diseases and educating the youth on it.

Looking forward to more partnerships and collaborations as such

event as we continue transforming and empowering lives.

At NACADA HQ to pick IEC materials

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PLANS FOR THE 2ND QUARTER

In the second quarter of 2019 we intend to implement and continue

with several projects including

Info4food project

In this project we intent to reach the farmers and local residents of

Githurai Nairobi Kenya with relevant information on nutrition and how

embracing alternative foods and food drying could go a long way in

improving nutrition thus beating NCDS and food insecurity

THE DRUG FREE YOUTH PROJECT.

We intend to finish up on the second phase of the drug free youth

project which will involve a lot of research work while also reaching

out to individuals in institutions of higher learning and secondary

schools and teaching them on drug abuse its relation to NCDS and

practical ways to keep off drugs as youths. Its time health and NCDS

in particular embrace a multi sectoral approach because even

NCDS themselves are multisectoral in effect.

STOWELINK MEETS THEIR ROLE MODELS

Stowelink members were privileged to briefly meet and talk to

their role models at the ASBC CONFERENCE ANT AT THE AHAIC

CONFERENCE IN KIGALI. Our biggest role models as an

organization are Dr Githinji Gitahi the global CEO of Amref

health Africa whom we met and briefly talked to at the ASBC

Conference and at the AHAIC Conference in Kigali. The

strongest attributes of Dr. Gitahi which matter to us as an

organization is the great passion, he has to address things from

the community level upwards and the total commitment to

Universal Health Care which he says cannot be achieved

without the youth like us.

We also met Prof Khama Rogo and even invited him to be our

guest speaker in the Public health dinner which we organized

at Kenyatta University. Prof Khama Rogo is the world bank Lead

Health Sector Specialist with a lot if wisdom and insights in the

health field. His Ted Talk on Walking With The Prados is one of

the most insightful talks on health which spurred us to continue

with the work we are already doing. His key attributes which we

learn from as an organization is his passion for innovation, his

straight forward nature on hitting the critical points on health

care on the head and his wisdom around health care and

disruptive innovation.

With Dr. Gitahi at ASBC

With Prof. Rogo at PH Dinner

With Dr. Gitahi in Kigali

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MYHEART KE X MAY MEASUREMENT MONTH.

Stowelink aims at testing 5,000 individuals during the May

Measurement Month as part of the MyHeart Ke project. We also

intent on organizing the Pima Pressure annual event in Nairobi in

commemoration of May Measurement Month. Let’s all know our

numbers, let’s get tested for blood pressure during the May

Measurement Month.

PUBLISHING RESEARCH WORK.

Stowelink is also actively now working round the clock to publish a series

of papers arising from our 3-year long projects at the African Health

Agenda International Journal and as a result also actively contribute to

the scientific field of research and innovation. We believe through our

research on disruptive approaches and initiatives we are able to inspire a

new age of scientific and research work in African young people

focused on innovation and disruption.

Stowelink research work at ahaic

CALL FOR PARTNERSHIPS

Stowelink Inc. is hereby requesting and calling for collaborations and partnerships with various

organizations especially those dealing with preventive health care, non-communicable diseases and

entrepreneurship. Wherever you can, chip in and partner with us; we highly welcome you on board. Be

part of our story, be part of our growth, BE PART OF THE DIFFERENCE. Our team is ready to collaborate,

partner and intensely be involved in making the health of the populations better and in helping grow

stronger and healthier communities because here at Stowelink we believe in…

TRANSFORMING AND EMPOWERING LIVES

SPECIAL THANKS

This quarter we would like to give special

thanks to

Amref Health Africa

Population Services Kenya

Kenyatta University

Kenya Cardiac Society

Youth And Success

Association

NACADA

Jamii Sports

Email :

[email protected]

Web:

stowelink.wordpress.com

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Twitter :

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