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Elders coping
Francis Murage at the age of 72 works as volunteer at the chiefs office in Mathare slums. Some people think that elders should retire to the countryside because they make job opportunities scarce, but...
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Slum pets
Pets are common in the slums. For prevention, like a cat keeps rats out of your house, or safety reasons just like the dogs of the youth group in Kariobangi slums. Also people keep them for friendship...
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From grass to grace
When you are smart but live in the slums with little means, can you get to university? Robert, a carpenter, worked all days but saturdays. On saturdays he was going to university to become a civil...
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Living in the Slums
African Slum Journal creates a platform for giving the slums a voice and a face. We, young reporters from the slums tell you these captivating real life stories about situations that affect the people...
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Hair highly valued
Join me, your host Ursula Akinyi, as we tour the slums to tell you more about hairstyles. Don’t we all want a gorgeous hairstyle? Dreadlocks, shavings, plaiting, hairstyles inspired by magazines, TV or...
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Music on the rise
Music band ‘Eidala’ with singers Tess and Sharon Watch the upcoming music band Eidala from Kariobangi, formed by leadsingers Sharon and Tess and their band. ‘With our songs we express our feelings...
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Hair salons in Nairobi
Hair salon in Kariobangi Market, Nairobi One of the most popular jobs for women in Kenya is working in a hair salon. Or even better having your own. With the trainings of Paul Mangi, salon...
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RESTORING DIGNITY
Billian Okoth was born and raised in Mathare, from experience he knows how it is to go to school dressed in a torn uniform. Ficha Uchi is a Kiswahili phrase meaning ‘cover your nakedness’. This...
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BOXING GALS
Boxgirls is an organisation established to empower marginalised communities of Nairobi. Our reporter Lorna spends time with them, at Chemichemi Secondary School where the girls are passionately take up...
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We tour the slums to tell you more about hairstyles. Dreadlocks, shavings, plaiting, hairstyles inspired by magazines, TV or the streets. Millicent Awuor is a salonist who works at her doorstep in...
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Billian Okoth Restoring Dignity in Mathare Slums was born and raised in Mathare, from experience he knows how it is to go to school dressed in a torn uniform. Ficha Uchi is a Kiswahili phrase meaning...
View ArticleBoxing Girls in Kariobangi
Boxgirls is an organization established to empower marginalized communities of Nairobi. Our reporter Lorna spends time with them, at Chemichemi Secondary School where the girls are passionately take up...
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