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Kenya Creates

KENYA CREATES

Kenya Creates is a storytelling initiative dedicated to reimagining how Kenyan youth talk about their bodies and health.

For too long, reproductive health has been framed in a way that feels impersonal and inaccessible.

Kenya Creates is here to change that. Our films speak to the heart, addressing the real barriers young people face while providing tools to navigate life with confidence.

OUR FILMS

Through four captivating short films, we move beyond legalese and jargon to embrace a language that’s deeply personal, relatable, and rooted in our local history.

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Home

By Adelle Onyango

The title poem “Home” exists as a short film that follows a young Kenyan girl’s relationship with her body, her name is Adhis. It begins in the past, weaving through a time in Africa where a woman’s body housed joy, confidence and was celebrated in d...

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Bella Is Dying, Maybe Next Week

By Abigail Arunga

Bella’s morning starts with a broken plate and parental indifference. At school, a health lesson on drug-resistant gonorrhea sends her into a spiral—she’s convinced her pimples and period changes mean she has it. Misinformed friends only fuel her pan...

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Know Thy Body, Know Thyself

By TY Ngachira

In Know Thy Body, Know ThySelf, Ty tells it like it is—raw, real, and ridiculously funny. Growing up, he remembers the first time he heard about sex as a kid: confusing, weird, and full of half-truths. As he gets older, things don’t get any smoother—...

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Float

By Lydia Matata

WENDO, a fourteen - year - old swimming Champion is dreading the first day of practice with her team, after a long Christmas break. Wendo’s body has gone through noticeable changes over the Christmas holidays. On the first day back with her swim team...

Our Films help you understand every body with a dash of

Brilliance

Adelle Onyango
Adelle Onyango
Anthony 'Ty' Ngachira
Anthony 'Ty' Ngachira
Abigael Arunga
Abigael Arunga
Lydia Matata
Lydia Matata

Our Journey

Explore the stories and inspirations driving our filmmakers. You’ll find journalistic articles, audio segments, insightful commentary, and lively discussions surrounding their releases and impacts.

Ivan Lucy OkeyoARTICLE
Ivan Lucy Okeyo

HIV/AIDS stigmatization in the 21st Century

Asha BekidusaPODCAST
Asha Bekidusa

Access to Services and Safe space after SGBV

Seliphar MusunguARTICLE
Seliphar Musungu

“I Chose My Family Over My Job”: A Kenyan Dad's Unwavering Journey Through a Maternal Crisis

Betty LukeARTICLE
Betty Luke

SRHR and Mental Health

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PODCAST
Jemimah Lauzi

Access to SRHR

Mical ImbukwaARTICLE
Mical Imbukwa

Navigating Myths and Realities on Infertility and Childbearing

Learn more about our Journey

Our Partners

The People who make this possible

IRIS

IRIS

The International Resource for Impact and Storytelling ( IRIS ) - whose commitment to independent storytelling and community wisdom has been essential in bringing Kenya Creates to life.

Docubox

Docubox

Docubox - is the East African Documentary Film Fund that exists to enable talented, driven, focused and accountable creatives across the East African region to produce unique films that unearth new realities and cross trans-national boundaries.

Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)

Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)

JHR- offered dedicated mentorship to Kenya Creates journalists, fostering robust investigative storytelling that amplifies the voices of Kenya’s youth

  • For how long will we wait for the world to change

  • We are the reason it will change for the better

  • Join our movement, because we can’t do it alone

  • For how long will we wait for the world to change

  • We are the reason it will change for the better

  • Join our movement, because we can’t do it alone