Author Archives: Sande Wycliffe

About Sande Wycliffe

I am a motivated community leader living and working in the Kibera slum. The power of information exchange can change Kibera and bring about unity of purpose.

The Road To Durban Finally Begins

Our first day was of great importance to the youth and rest of people participating in the ” We have Faith Campaign”; that is heading to South Africa through other countries. With the theme: ‘We have faith act now for … Continue reading

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Climate Change Conference At The Multemedia University

  The national Youth Conference on Climate Change that began on the 2nd November 2011 at the Multimedia University started with registration of participants as they were checking in ready to go. I came in at about 10am the 2nd … Continue reading

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A Trip Around Kibera

It was today at about midday when Shaib, Mildred and I from Map Kibera Trust agreed to go on a journey that we have never tried before. Let’s go to Nairobi dam! I told them, what are we going to … Continue reading

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Wangare Mathaai’s Tree in Kibera

She was a true icon, a mother, a laureate price winner, a key player in a champion team, an impresario kind of a person who knew so well how to do the little things and do them so well until … Continue reading

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What is the youth response to corruption and devolved funds management?

We were supposed to be sitted in the YMCA-Shauri Moyo branch gymnasium at 2pm but too bad for us for our calculation of time was wrongly misplaced. “Let’s meet at 1:30pm at Karanja stage ready to go to the forum” … Continue reading

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Kibera; Sitting on a time bomb whose explosion waits

Having taken time to see, listen to people talk, watch in the news and follow all those tweets about the Sinai Slums tragedy, I sat back and thought what if/how different would it have been in Kibera if this was … Continue reading

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TEDxKaranja

    What started as a four day conference somewhere in California 25 years ago with a devotion to Ideas Worth Spreading (TED), has managed to grow to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. TEDx, a program of local, … Continue reading

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Empowerment Through Art (TEDxKibera Event)

TEDxKibera is an independently organized Ted event whereas TED is a non-profit with a global set of conferences devoted to ideas worth spreading. TEDxKibera was born in 2009 August the 15th when Otieno Gomba among other speakers took to the … Continue reading

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Views on Development.

  Development has been on the lips of every Kenyan either for the right or wrong reasons. I am not ashamed to say that it has been a subject of political campaigns/rallies to woe voters in the next general election.  … Continue reading

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Football in Kibera

Football is a widely played and watched game all over the world, Kibera being no exception. It is indeed encouraging to see even children under the age of 10 years playing football with much enthusiasm and getting rewards as well … Continue reading

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