Margaret Atieno Ogola (12 June 1958 – 21 September 2011[1]) was a Kenyan Catholic novelist who wrote The River and the Source and its sequel, I Swear by Apollo.

The Initiative's main goal is to strengthen the capacity of African communities, to advocate, care for and support children impacted by HIV/AIDS & prevent further spread of HIV.

The clinic offers VCT, baseline investigations including CD4s, treatment of OI, provision of ART and nutritional support to 1000 persons from the surrounding slums: women, men and children.

The commission is charged with Coordination of 500 Catholic Health Units & Community Outreaches all over Kenya providing services to over 5 million cases annually.

Odhiambo contends that "Ogola's text seeks to project Kenyan women as capable of not only telling their own stories but also of claiming their rightful place and identity in the broader national life.

The accidental attributes that we acquire such as colour, sex intelligence, economic circumstances, physical or mental disability should not be used as an excuse to deprive a person of life.

"Quoted from a speech she gave: "On the Dignity of the African Woman"On 12 June 2019, on Ogola's 60th birthday, she was honored with a Google Doodle.