10,000 new residents arrive in Kibera every year. At such a dizzying rate, it is no wonder that the slum, in southern Nairobi, Kenya, is the largest in Africa. The community was first settled when the ...
“[President] Kibaki was announced the winner at 6 p.m. By 6:01 the entire slum went dark. By 6:02 all you could see was red light coming from the roofs. The fires had started.” Grabbing her cell phone ...
It is Friday morning, and the southeastern fringe of Kibera slum comes alive as teams of women and youngsters converge on the edge of the Nairobi dam. There, on its northern perimeter, some rake and ...
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global water treatment company Pentair plc, the Pentair Foundation, and Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) recently completed a multi-year endeavor to expand access to safe ...
Sapitro’s parents, James and Diane, are proud of their daughter’s selflessness. Diane Sapitro recalled her daughter as a young girl pulling a wagon around their suburban Chicago neighborhood to ...
This guest post is by journalist Abby Higgins, in partnership with The Seattle Globalist. It’s the first in a three part series which reveals the economically complex and culturally rich life of urban ...
In Kenya’s Kibera slum, an independently led and funded soccer league is credited with a remarkable reduction in criminality and substance abuse. Shadows dance together on the dry red earth as the ...
Strewn across public lands, railway tracks and water streams, Kibera, the world’s third largest slum, is an imposing sight. Located just three miles from the vibrant, cosmopolitan charms of Nairobi, ...
Nubians are a tribe of Eastern and Northern Africa, though their precise origin is unknown. It appears that the people of the Nubian or Nubba Hills often wandered about following their own economic ...
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