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Blogs about: Kibera

FILM

minbodso wrote 4 days ago: The Volunteer is documentary which follows the journey of Hugo Chittenden, who having faced and come … more →

Tags: film, Community, Volunteer, Philanthropy, nairobi, Kenya, Hugo

Girl in the ghetto!1 comment

africanstar wrote 1 week ago: I was born into a life, where life was no life, in the ghettos of Kawangware, otherwise known as Ngw … more →

Tags: slums, kawangware, neighbourhood, shanty, Africa, girl, woman, Child, railway line

Slums, A Collection of Images

Filip Spagnoli wrote 1 week ago: From a human rights perspective, slums pose a variety of problems: the rights to housing and healthc … more →

Tags: housing, human rights images, poverty, Barrio, Human Rights, overpopulation, Shelter, slum, Urbanization

Kibera

SlackAlis wrote 1 week ago: Kibera is one of the largest slums in Kenya, with approximately 1 million people living in an area o … more →

Tags: Africa, Kenya, slum, house, Home, poverty

Hope and Desire For the Women of Kibera to Become Self-Sufficient

Laurel Delaney wrote 1 week ago: Kendal Martel, a photographer, is taking up a fight for people who struggle to survive. She is doing … more →

Tags: Announcement, Education, Enlighten me, Inspiration, Kendal Martel, Laurel Delaney, Photography

Mumbai3 comments

Eugenia wrote 1 week ago: Not to brag (ok, maybe a little!) but I will be here for three glorious weeks in December and Januar … more →

Tags: EPIIC, Dharavi, India, mumbai, slums, Urban Poverty

Voice of America - Harnessing waste for cooking in Kibera

envhealth@usaid wrote 2 weeks ago: The scourge of so-called “flying toilets” – where human waste is put into a plasti … more →

Tags: Kenya, boigas

Voice of America - Harnessing Waste Produces Gas for Cooking in Kenya

envhealth@usaid wrote 2 weeks ago: The scourge of so-called “flying toilets” – where human waste is put into a plasti … more →

Tags: Kenya, biogas

Microfinancing

ciarasutton wrote 2 weeks ago: On Friday, I attended a talk with my sister at her firm Clifford Chance. The presentation was given … more →

Tags: Clifford Chance, Five Talents, Kenya, micorofinancing

Arriving in Nairobi

KC wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m here! And so-fari so goody! I arrived in Nairobi late last night feeling extremely dazed a … more →

Tags: nairobi, Giraffes, Warthog, Karen Blixen, British Airways, Matatus, Barbed Wire, Lonely Planet, Internet

Nubians in Kenya1 comment

Usama Hasan wrote 1 month ago: Bismillah.  I was born in Nairobi, hence the interest when a friend told me about his people there, … more →

Tags: Biographies, History, nubian, nubians, Kenya, nairobi

The women of Kibera are powerful

careaustralia wrote 1 month ago: By Chris Northey, Emergencies Coordinator, CARE Australia The women of Kibera are powerful. I learnt … more →

Tags: care, Chris Northey, Drought, food vouchers, HIV, nairobi

Govt lied to us, Kibera residents say

jambonewspot wrote 1 month ago: New residences for Kibera slum dwellers NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 13 – She climbs up the four flight … more →

Tags: Kenya

Preparation, Preparation, Preparation...

Eugenia wrote 1 month ago: I love school. I love college. I love reading. I love having professors who expose me to different i … more →

Tags: Adjusting, EPIIC, Kenya, nairobi, Microfinance, SHOFCO, institute for global leadership

SLUM TOURISM

Sean wrote 1 month ago: In Kibera, the large informal settlement in Nairobi, the residents are paraded like animals on safar … more →

Tags: Kenya, nairobi, slum tourism, Tourism

A Crazy Week1 comment

Eugenia wrote 1 month ago: With my first EPIIC test coming up on Thursday (along with an EPIIC retreat all of next weekend in N … more →

Tags: EPIIC, Off-Campus, Kenya, Davis Square, harvard, Raila Odinga, CollegeFest

Hoyo's Priorities

Bryce wrote 2 months ago: Hoyo throwing a rock at the camera. (Photo by one of my students, Mwanahamisi Ali) Hoyo. Now, Hoyo i … more →

Tags: Just hanging out, isiolo, hoyo, Chickens, Food, nubian

The Environment

lizmuthoniwairimu wrote 3 months ago: photo by Martin Ndung'u Environment is an area which is surrounded by living and non-living thin … more →

Tags: digital storytelling, enviroment, watr sanitation, Diseases

High Court stops move to upgrade Kibera slum

Keep on Keeping On wrote 3 months ago: by Judy Ogutu, 21 August, The Standard A move by the Government to upgrade Kibera slums has suffered … more →

Tags: Dispossession, Repression


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