Race day preparations for the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon are in full swing! Here are some tips for an incredible race! Optimal pacing: Most people start out too hard with a frenzy of excitement, only to taper down on hilly terrain as it gets hot. …

It’s peak running season! From local neighborhood runs to high-profile large city marathon races, the month of October sees Emergency Medical Services (EMS) crews busy keeping runners and spectators safe. EMS crews at running events are tasked with caring for runners as they “hit the trails” and “pound the pavement”…

This past week, a tragic live stream drowning video made the rounds. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of the Late Helen Nyabuto, a passionate 24 year old Kenyan nurse living in Toronto, Ca. A Go Fund Me page has been set up to support the family. Here are some important water safety tips. If you spot someone drowning 2. Shout and call for help!

The Agricultural industry is raided with all sorts of occupational hazards and ranks among the top hazardous occupations world wide while representing half of the world’s workforce (International Labour Office — ILO). In most developing countries, Agriculture forms the backbone of the economy. For example, farming is Kenya’s mainstay, accounting…

We’ve all got this group of friends who get together over the weekend to hit the outdoors. A few year’s ago, we got together with some friends and hit the bicycle trail. It was a relatively flat trail that we’d frequented before. We’d been following the green dots on the…

As we pull onto the driveway, we spot a state of the art training and innovation hub sitting on a well manicured lawn on the lush campus grounds. …

Millions of dollars continue to be pumped towards training programs designed to address human suffering, with very little progress to show for. Could it be that the training approaches in place are infact exacerbating human suffering? Perhaps even compounding the very problem they were designed to solve and contributing to…

“Let’s train the trainer, capacity build our workforce. While at it, let’s go after a certified status and check off a compliance box or two..” So goes the play book of learning and development professionals. Tons of funding, a wall of certification plaques, and a lavish celebration later, the same…

7:00am: The pop up stalls are already buzzing as market merchants are busy putting out their wares on display. They’re nailing it! What to some may look like a laborious task has become part of a daily set up routine. It is how the market comes alive. Clearly, most of…