Category Archives: Kibera

A Trip Around Kibera

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Sande Wycliffe

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

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Sande Wycliffe

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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TURNING BOTTLES TO SOLAR BULBS.

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Fred

Just like any other garbage lying on the ground, so is to the soda and water bottles dumped and scattered everywhere. These carelessly dumped bottles pose great dangers to our lives by their pollution to the environment. But who could  … Continue reading →

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STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Ibrahim

Although research indicates that HIV/Aids in Kibera is highly rated amongst the community but something still needs something to be done to enable the affected and infected person found in this community to get any required help or referrals for … Continue reading →

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Kibera; Sitting on a time bomb whose explosion waits

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Sande Wycliffe

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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Insecurity in Kibera

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Lee Ibrahim

Just a month ago, Police hunted down and killed a gang of thieves in two occasions. They were all youth and were killed for stealing property from the public. Insecurity is one of things that has been on the lips … Continue reading →

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THE SCOURGE OF POVERTY

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Fred

Poverty is the daily and familiar song that is sang by people living below average/under a dollar a day. The word poverty is defined differently,from one person,community or party to  another  based on their geographical positions and the environment in … Continue reading →

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OPENING OF SCHOOLS

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Ivy Winnie

Back to School In Kenya most of the schools are opening. Both from primary and Secondary, Private and Public schools. This is not an exception here in Kibera many pupils have been spotted here and there with backpacks heading back … Continue reading →

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Illegal brew in Kibera

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Lee Ibrahim

Illegel brew is one thing if you walked through Kibera mostly the Laini-Saba areas you will not fail to notice. Just a year after the death of 20 people from Kibera, 9 people in Shauri Moyo and more than 50 … Continue reading →

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Empowerment Through Art (TEDxKibera Event)

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Sande Wycliffe

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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