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Enhancing Climate Literacy and Action through Education in Isiolo (Kenya) and Ethiopia

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School of Arts and Social Sciences

Enhancing Climate Literacy and Action through Education in Isiolo (Kenya) and Ethiopia

PI: Dr. Jacqueline Walubwa

Funder: University of Berm- S

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Engaging Community Paralegals in Referral Pathways for Sexual Gender-Based Violence among Girls in Kisii County

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School of Arts and Social Sciences

Engaging Community Paralegals in Referral Pathways for Sexual Gender-Based Violence among Girls in Kisii County

PI: Dr. Peter Gutwa Oino , PhD

Funder: Micro Research Canada,

A school closer to home: using mealtimes to foster language development, improve girls' nutrition, and align home and school in rural Kenya and Zambia

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School of Education & Human Resource Development

A school closer to home: using mealtimes to foster language development, improve girls' nutrition, and align home and school in rural Kenya and Zambia

PI: CO- PI. Pamela Wadende, PhD

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC; UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund

Inclusive Agricultural transformation: Innovations and scaling of digital systems for enhancing productivity, knowledge, preservation and incomes of indigenous communities

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School of Information Science and Technology

Inclusive Agricultural transformation: Innovations and scaling of digital systems for enhancing productivity, knowledge, preservation and incomes of indigenous communities

PI: Dr. Ronald Tombe, PhD

Carnegie Corporation of New York Through Future Africa Canter for University Pretoria

Innovation for African Universities Programme (IAU)

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School of Information Science and Technology

Innovation for African Universities Programme (IAU)

PI: Prof. Fredrick Mzee Awour, PhD, PhD

Funder: British Council

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Enhancing local social capital in Kenya: Adapting rural leadership training for Southwest Kenya

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School of Pure and Applied Sciences

Enhancing local social capital in Kenya: Adapting rural leadership training for Southwest Kenya

PI: Prof. Anakalo Shitandi, PhD

Funder: University of Minnesota + Ford Foundation

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Building Character Strength; Using a Phenomenological approach to explore how children 4-8 years are taught gratitude in home and school settings among indigenous Kenyan Turkana and Ethiopian Amhara

Building Character Strength; Using a Phenomenological approach to explore how children 4-8 years are taught gratitude in home and school settings among indigenous Kenyan Turkana and Ethiopian Amhara led by Dr. Pamela Wadende at the School of Education and Human Resource Development, supported by Tempeleton World Charity Foundation.

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