Nigeria: Taking Ownership - Women in Jigawa Community Fund Emergency Transportation for Pregnant Women

Nigeria: Taking Ownership - Women in Jigawa Community Fund Emergency Transportation for Pregnant Women

Blog - "My husband and I have always known that I would deliver at the hospital," says Azeema Hussaini, 25, while sitting on a bed in a muddy two-room house, nursing her three-week-old daughter, Maisara, whom she gave birth to at the General Hospital Jahun, Jigawa State. The mother of three had her previous deliveries at the same hospital. Three years ago, when she had her second child, she had to undergo a caesarean section. Her husband Hussain…

Columbus receives third grant for sidewalks

Thirty three Transportation Alternatives (TA) projects received over $37 Million in grant funding from the Kansas Department of Transportation according to a press release from Governor Laura Kelley. KDOT’s TA Program provides federal funding to promote and enable the use of active transportation as well as certain scenic and historic improvements.

SEK communities get funding for transportation alternatives

Five Southeast Kansas communities are getting large chunks of change for pedestrian, bicycle and transportation improvement projects through a new round of state-administered federal funding.Gov. Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Transportation announced Monday that $37.2 million will be distributed to 33 projects statewide through KDOT’s Transportation Alternatives program.Pittsburg received the largest award in the area, with $1.8 milli…