by Evans Ijakaa Kibera, the largest slum in Africa, is a place where hope and hardship coexist. Home to over 250,000 residents, it is also home to something else: over 500 non-governmental organizations (NGOs). With so many NGOs operating in such a small area, one would assume Kibera’s issues—poverty, unemployment, lack of education, gender-based violence …
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Kibera: Where NGOs Thrive While People Survive
February 18by Evans Ijakaa Kibera, the largest slum in Africa, is a place where hope and hardship coexist. Home …
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Fines and incarceration are the most common punishments for crimes in most societies. Whether it is a multimillion-dollar fine or many years in prison, these types of punishment rarely address the needs of the victims and affected communities. Sana Hussein, a 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Kenya, explores how restorative justice works and argues that it …
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Do you ever think about securing your financial future or the long-term management of your assets? In an era where young people are working to create generational wealth Sana Hussein, a 27-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Kenya discusses the benefits of using a trust to manage your assets and generational wealth. Photo Credits: Canva About Sana …
As the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, Education is among the top priorities for and key indicators of global development. But even as we celebrate how far we have come, there are still so many more shortcomings to address in order to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all. With this in …
When the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network realised that young people who speak Kiswahili could not access a historic international policy document to guide grassroots peace and security efforts, they decided to do something about it. Promise Forsuh, a 23-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Cameroon tells us why they took action and how they are making …
Every year half a million children under 5 die from Strepcoccus Pneumoniae, or pneumoccal disease. We’ve written about the life-saving pneumonia vaccine already, which is key because, in Kenya, the disease claims the lives of more children than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. More than 70 percent of the deaths caused by the disease are …
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A group of Kenyan teenagers in the slums of Nairobi created this hip hop video about bicycling and climate change: Okay, so the rhymes might not score anyone a recording contract, but that hook is pretty nice. And, more importantly, the kids just won the “1 minute to save the world” video contest. One member …
Spare a thought for the low-skilled workers who work in desperately hard conditions for little pay and whose lives could have been very different if only for a better education, writes Peter Njoroge from Banana, Kiambu in Kenya. The title for this post is both literal and metaphoric. My blood brother, so dear to me and my …
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Spare a thought for the low-skilled workers who work in desperately hard conditions for little pay and whose lives could have been very different if only for a better education, writes Peter Njoroge from Banana, Kiambu in Kenya. The title for this post is both literal and metaphoric. My blood brother, so dear to me and my …
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Kenyan hospitals are under resourced with a serious shortage of specialists in diseases like cancer and surgery, reports Peter Njoroge, a 24-year-old from the town of Kiambu, near Nairobi. A few weeks ago, as I sat on my bed watching the evening news, I was puzzled to hear a presidential report appointing Dalmas Otieno acting …
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