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Building Urban Promise from Urban Poverty

Life is hard in impoverished urban settlements, and SarsCo-V-2 has made it harder. But a local organization is providing services that the government has not, raising hopes of a better future for the children of Kibera and Mathare.

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A young boy sits over an open sewer in the Kibera slum, Nairobi. With up to one million residents, Kibera is Africa's largest slum and was the focal point for much of the post-election violence of 2007.

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Building Urban Promise from Urban Poverty

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Clean water is essential to survival, but many communities suffer from contaminated water. Shining Hope to Communities (Shofco) is a not-for-profit organization in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, which ... see more »

Kenya: Coping With the Pandemic in Kibra, Country's Biggest Slum

Nation, 15 September 2020

I come from a family of 10 in Kibra, the biggest slum in Kenya, and life has not been easy for me and my family during this pandemic. When schools closed in March, studies were… Read more »

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Shining Light on Slums to Unlock Girls' Talents

A Nairobi not-for-profit organization has expanded from providing education in the Kenyan capital's largest slum to a range of services in two sprawling settlements that create ... Read more »
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