The Kenya Marathon Dinner Group was last week recognized by the Mama Sarah Obama Foundation for their contributions towards the Kogelo Marathon Run For Orphans & Widows Campaign.
The Orphans and Widows Campaign is an initiative of Safeguard Orphans and Widows Organization (SOWO). It has been the vision of Mama Sarah Obama to achieve the four out of eight Millennium Development goals which have been the pillars of this campaign.
Majority of Orphans and Widows are the victims of HIV/AIDS related death of their breadwinners and thus they are left most vulnerable. SOWO assists women to establish self help groups for income generating activities. We also offer counselling to widows.
This campaign also focuses on the Girl Child with the intention of ensure they get equal opportunities as those of the opposite gender. We provide sanitary ware to adolescent girls in over 20 schools across the country.
SOWO promotes education so far paying school fees, providing uniforms, writing materials and text books to over 800 students in primary, secondary and public universities.
The Mama Sarah Obama Kogelo Marathon is the campaign platform whose proceeds shall be used to implement projects in the top 20 counties worst affected by HIV/AIDS in Kenya by 2015.
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