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CHF International is a leading provider of inclusive and innovative approaches to strengthening health, social, and economic development services. Since 1952, CHF International has served as a catalyst for sustainable and transformational development in communities and institutions in more than 100 countries worldwide. With current operations in 29 countries including Kenya and more than $170 million in funding for public health over the past five years CHF International has a proven track record in building local capacity to address the key challenges in health and provide needed services.

Our mission is to be a catalyst for long-lasting positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around the world, helping them improve their social, economic and environmental conditions. Our approach to health programming focuses on building local capacity for a viable, sustained response.

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The Atlantic

Kenyans Need to Start Voting for Policies, Not Personalities
Selline Korir 
06 Mar
As the Director of the Kenya Tuna Uwezo program ("We have the power" in Kiswahili), a program of the non-profit Global Communities, which is supported by USAID, I work in the densely populated and poverty-impacted informal settlements of Nairobi. Since 2012, we have worked to reduce conflict and build peace among warring factions with long, bitter histories inflamed by ethnic divisions.

The Guardian

Kenya peace project puts focus on talk and trust ahead of elections

Clar Ni Chonghaile

03 Mar

In a dim, mud-walled hall in a Nairobi slum, about 50 people from the local community have come to meet their new chief; a demure, petite lady in a white jacket with black piping. Around the edges of the room, young men, some wearing caps at rakish angles, stand silently. These are the men Selline Korir, a peace activist, has come to see. But first Korir, 49, who works for non-profit Global Communities, will speak to the audience.  View PDF

666 ABC Canberra Breakfast Morning Show Radio Australia

Interview with Selline Korir on Kenyan elections [audio not available for distribution]

Ross Solly

04 Mar