Day: July 28, 2025

When the State Kills, Who Will Speak?

In July 2025, Boniface Kariuki was shot dead—another young Kenyan felled by police bullets. His name now joins a tragic lineage that includes Baby Pendo, killed during post-election violence in Kisumu in 2017.

Living with Purpose in a Time of Uncertainty: Lessons from Faith, Crisis, and Lifelong Learning

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, many of us were jolted out of our routines and confronted with the fragility of life. For me, it was a deeply personal reminder that life is finite—a wake-up call to recalibrate not only what I do but why I do it. As John Piper put it in his book Coronavirus and Christ, "The coronavirus is God's thunderclap call for all of us to repent and realign our lives with the infinite worth of Christ." I believe God never wastes a crisis. Neither should we.

From Resilience to Transilience: A New Language for Navigating Uncertainty

In May 2025, we launched the Navigating Uncertainty Webinar Series in response to sudden USAID funding cuts that disrupted thousands of livelihoods across Kenya. What began as an urgent support platform soon evolved into something deeper: a shared journey of reinvention. Out of this experience emerged a concept that reframed our entire understanding of change—transilience.