Entries tagged ‘Nairobi’
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A Savvy Women’s Prayer Group Micro-Funds Its Own Small Miracles
When the Blessed Women’s prayer group of Kibera decided to start their own tiny micro-finance system, their earthly dreams starting to become reality.
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Black-Market Electronics Keep a City’s Unemployed Youth Flush With Cash
From slums to shopping districts, young men in Nairobi are taking refuge from the city’s sky-high unemployment in a sprawling economy built on stolen phones and laptops.
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Two Weeks in Photos
Our fortnightly roundup of photos from our bloggers, from a bustling harbor in Chennai to a traditional Thai massage in Bangkok.
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Kenya’s Sometimes-Clashing Tribes Find Common Ground at Slum Restaurants
In a place infamous for the ethnic strife that occasionally flares between tribes, sit-down eateries have become a space where bread can be broken and hatchets buried.
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Could a ‘Slum Technology Hub’ Lead the Way To Nairobi’s Future?
At the Informal City Dialogues’ recent Innovation Workshop, participants voted on which concept should compete for funding and, true to the city’s love of technology, chose a techno-savvy solution.
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Participants in Innovation Workshops Create Solutions for the Futures of Their Cities
The second phase of the Informal City Dialogues’ workshops has begun, with attendees now not only looking toward their cities’ futures, but figuring out ways to impact them.
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One Month in Photos
From an annual water fight in Bangkok to the slum-based bars of Nairobi, our fortnightly roundup of photos from our bloggers.
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Through Illegal Pipes and Shady Cartels, Water Flows Into a Slum
By law, Nairobi’s municipal water must reach its informal settlements, but often the pipelines stop right past the edge of the slum. How it traverses those last few miles is a small miracle.
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Rainy Season in Kibera Brings Misery, Destruction and Opportunity
For many cities, rivers and rain are a lifeline. But in a place where water and sewage management is scarce, the annual “long rains” can turn neighborhoods upside down.
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Illegal Brews in Slum-Based Bars Make Nairobians Tipsy, Blind or Dead
Playing a drinkable game of Russian roulette, Nairobi slum dwellers know that their informally produced drink might contain acid or gasoline. It’s a risk they’re willing to take.
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