AHADI KENYA TRUST

Hundreds of rural dwellers are living with jiggers in their bodies. they are unable to walk or even work and this results in trauma, isolation which leads to low self-esteem.

This is a problem that has been overshadowed by other plights. It is time we said goodbye to this pest.

Ahadi Kenya Trust has opened jigger help and counselling centers in Murang'a, Gatundu, Kiambu, Malindi and Tana River Districts and plans to open several others in all affected areas countrywide to help in eliminating jiggers. We need your help to turn lives around.

"Where did we go wrong that jiggers can still torment people in the 21st Century?"
- Daniel Arap Moi,
Former President of Kenya

Welcome to www.jigger-ahadi.org

Tunga penetrans is known as the chigger, jigger, chigoe, bicho do pé or sand flea. The head is angular, it has no comb of spines , and the thoracic segments are narrow at the top...

Since its inception, The Anti-Jigger Campaign (an Ahadi Kenya initiative) has visited many parts of the country, fighting the jigger menace...

Cecilia Mwangi, Miss World Kenya 2005, is the anti-jigger CAMPAIGN AMBASSADOR for Ahadi Kenya Trust...

View jigger video

The Jigger Menace in Kenya Report - Vol.1

AWARDS WON BY THE ANTI-JIGGER CAMPAIGN:

1. Head of State Commendation (HSC) by the President of Kenya

2. Global Leadership & Management Award 2009 from USAID

3. Distinguished Alumni Service Award 2009 - JKUAT

4. Woswa Achievers Award 2009 - WOSWA (UON)

5. Laico Regency Humanitarian of the year Award '09 - LAICO REGENCY

News Updates:

24th January 2010: Churches join the fight against jiggers in Kenya..........16th January 2010: A man in Malindi uses a knife to cut off his parts of the body affected with jiggers..12th December 2009: Ahadi Kenya Campaign ambassador Miss world Kenya 2005 and the Founder Stanley Kamau, were awarded with the Head of State Commendation (HSC) by the president......... .. .23rd November 2009: 50 missionaries trained on jigger infestation management..............14^th November 2009: Several children dropping out of school due to jigger infestation in Kiambu............31st October 2009: Senior public health officials deny there are jiggers in Central Kenya............24th October 2009: A man dies in Mukurueini, Nyeri after severe jigger attack.........3rd October 2009: Jiggers kill three people in Nyahururu..........18th September 200: Anti-jigger campaign launched in Western Kenya........12th September 2009: More than thirty corporate bodies take part in All Corporate Jigger eradication Day in Murang`a......... June 2009: Anti-jigger awareness campaign/lottery launched in Nairobi. ...... .......... More information in the ACTIVITIES section..

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