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Africa's Future - Kenya - Slums |
Slums Information Development & Resource Centres (SIDAREC) - The organization operates in 5 formal settlement areas (Slums) commonly known as Pumwani District. The areas social capacity in terms of social services, infrastructure (including shelter) is pathetic in all aspects of the word and is in dire need of attention. About Us, Activity Updates, Youth Programmes, International Partners, Youth Development Networks
WaterAid - is a unique charity. It is the only one in the UK to specialise in just three things water, sanitation and hygiene education. Research on water, sanitation and hygiene education : Mega-Slums The coming sanitary crisis By the year 2000 there will be 23 cities in the world with populations in excess of 10 million people. Eighteen of these cities will be in the developing world. This report highlights the plight of the urban poor and the sanitary revolution that will be needed to head off the global sanitary crisis. Part Two- The Response Slum populations - who they are, why they are there, how they live, what they want - have also won reconsideration. The image of helpless human flotsam washed onto the urban shore has been replaced by that of the determined and upwardly mobile pioneer[48]. In spite of the squalor slum-dwellers endure, their lack of adequate employment and civic amenities, and their separation from rural roots and kin from which women especially suffer, they have stuck to life in town. And not only to their own but to others' benefit.
ChildHope UK ChildHope is an international non government organisation (NGO) dedicated to improving the lives and defending the rights of street children world-wide. Projects - Africa ChildHope's partner Pendekezo Letu runs an exciting and challenging project for street girls and their families tackling the problem of urban migration and family breakdown and successfully incorporating girls into schools while supporting their families in setting up businesses Pendekezo Letu Nairobi Following two years of intensive research and planning involving the input of street children and their families and numerous other agencies and government bodies, a pilot project was set up in February 1997, with the aim of reuniting street girls with their families. Pendekezo Letu (meaning "our choice" in Kishwahili) entered a new phase of development in September 1998 and is being supported by the British Government for a four year period. This is an innovative programme for street girls and their families centred around a residential half-way house in Maragua District approximately 70 kilometres north-east of Nairobi. Contact Elanor Jackson elanor@childhope.org or Martin Swinchatt pendeltezo@mitsuminet.com
Children's Data Exchange CDX is a project of Childlife Trust and the Urban Ministries Support Group. CDX is committed to the inter-organization exchange of information in order to maximize the efficiency of efforts to help children in East Africa. - Children in Need - organizations
Soapbox - Kibera hosts one of the largest slums in Nairobi - Kibera hosts one of the largest slums in Nairobi. Approximately 900,000 people live there in an area covering 2 square kilometres. Basic utilities are sparse, disease is rife and for many a basic meal only happens once every few days. Education is just a dream, school fees prohibit most families sending their children to school. Medical care is a luxury.
Project "Albert" Kenya is currently experiencing its worst drought in living memory and as a consequence there is a flood of people from outlying districts into Nairobi in search of food and water. The slum areas of Nairobi are now swollen to record numbers. There is also a lost generation who have fallen victim to Aids. The care of the children that are left behind has (for the lucky ones) fallen to grandparents, however most children find themselves on the street. The `street kids' crisis is a focal point for many aid agencies and is also the focus of Project Albert. The Kibera Slum
Made In The Streets - Made in the Streets is a work of 16 young Kenyan men who have a heart for children and young people who ware sleeping on the streets in Nairobi, Kenya. It is estimated that as many as 30,000 are sleeping outside for various reasons ... Our facility in Nairobi, Students, Staff, Missionaries This rooftop view of Mathare Valley lets you see all the metal roofed shacks covering the river bottom and banks of the Mathare River. This incredibly large slum houses about 400,000 of Nairobi's very poor. Most of the street youth we know came from homes in the Valley, where there was no room for them to sleep and no food for them to eat. What Can I Do
'The painter is travelling no.5 -Nairobi, Kenya' - The picture portrays the living conditions in Mathare Valley.
Generation Incorporated - Project Njuguna - The Mathare Valley slum is home to more than half a million people of whom 60% are youths. Mathare slums are known to be one of the world's most congested, ugliest and harshest slums. Youth living in Mathare Valley are often denied education because of cost. Contact info@generationinc.org in Tasmania Australia.
Community Church Hornsby (CCH) - Mathare Valley - Mercy Care Centre is an independent school in the Mathare Valley slum settlement. The school seeks to provide education and spiritual development to underprivileged children up to 12 years old that live in slum conditions. The school also provides a feeding program for the pupils, which ensures that the children receive at least one nourishing meal each day. Contact: info@cch.net.au +61 2 9482 2479 New South Wales.
The Arms of Jesus Children's Mission - Kenya The mission in Kenya began with a small sponsorship program, seeking to provide care for 9 orphans in the Mathare Valley, a slum in Nairobi. The ministry grew as the needs demanded and today includes: The operation of a children's home, Child sponsorship program and with work & witness teams.
The Luke Society - Christian Medical Missions The Luke Society is an interdenominational organization of Christian health and business professionals dedicated to medical missions. We support indigenous Christian health professionals who have a vision to reach their own people. Our focus is on community health--teaching people how to prevent disease and equipping people to care for themselves, their families and their communities. - Kenya - Children Rescued from Nairobi's Violent Streets by Sammy Kere
Christ Church, Ware - March 2001 Newsletter - David & Rachel Williams, Crosslinks, Pray for wisdom for Rachel as she works with severely malnourished children in a clinic in one of the Nairobi slums.
Pataskala church of Christ Pataskala Ohio. Nairobi Great Commission School
Maryknoll Africa - Mission in Nairobi, Kenya
Homeless Children International - Kenya HCI-Kenya has operated since 1994, reaching out to street kids, and to the homeless and destitute children of Nairobi, Kenya, showing them the love of Jesus and bringing them hope amidst their despair. We provide a range of programs to meet the physical, educational, emotional, and spiritual needs of these children. Program Information, Ministry Updates, About Street Kids, Prayer Requests & Needs, Volunteers Contact: homeless@maf.or.ke or 254-2-573013 in Nairobi Kenya.
City Farmer's Urban Agriculture Notes - Urban Agriculture in Nairobi, Kenya Urban Agriculture In Informal Settlements: How Can It Contribute To Poverty Alleviation? Research in Nairobi, Kenya By Pascale Dennery Kibera, with a population between 250 000 to 800 000, is the largest informal settlement in Nairobi and is located not far from the city centre. Most of the mud and wattle dwellings are located along a wide slope opposite the Motoine River and Nairobi Dam. There are several housing developments for middle income earners located close to Kibera well as the President's usual home and a golf course.
Mazingira Institute - Mazingira in Kiswahilli means environment
Nairobi Street Children - My Work - Some Casual Reflections By Arnold Grol W.F. "The following article was written some years ago and describes the motives and incentive which were behind the work of the late Fr. Naud Grol. It is in his own words and reflects the concerns he had, all through his life, for the marginalised people of society. The issues raised here are still relevant in Kenya today, as well as in every major city around the world."
INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Boredom, Casual Sex Fuel AIDS in Nairobi Slums - Reuters (11/19/00); Denyer, Simon - An estimated 20 percent of the people between the ages of 15 and 49 in Nairobi's Kibera slum are infected with HIV, although the actual number could be much higher. Same article at JAMA HIV/AIDS Resource Center
CNN.com - 68 dead, 245 hospitalized after drinking Kenyan home brew - November 16, 2000 "Home-brewed alcohol mixed with methanol has killed 68 people in Kenya's slums and sent another 245 to hospitals. Footage on television news programs Wednesday showed the bodies of some of the men who died after drinking the brew lying unattended on the streets of Sinai and Mukuru, two of Nairobi's many sprawling, desolate slums. ... He said 62 deaths occurred in Nairobi, and six others in Kiambu district, about 20 miles north of the Kenyan capital. ... Kenya is going through its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1963, and poverty is widespread. More than half its 29 million people live on less than a dollar a day.
The NairoBits Project - Internet Kids in Nairobi, Kenya NairoBits uses internet as a platform for personal expression and cultural exchange between youth in African slums, Nairobi and the rest of the world. "January 17: We are getting back on track.....today the computers are moved to the new MYSA building in one of the slums of Nairobi. The computer lessons to the MYSA youth will now continue as normal. Thanks to the generator we can work there because there is no electricity in the building."
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