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Video: PopTech Social Innovation Fellows

Posted Oct 26, 2011 in BOP, bottom of the pyramid, Education, Empowerment, kenya, social enterprise, Uncategorized by - 2 Comments

Being a part of the team of Social Innovation Fellows at PopTech last week was a transformative experience. Over the next month I’ll blog more about what I learned and the amazing folks from whom I learned. In the meantime, [...]

Menace of Alcohol in Kenya.

Posted Sep 20, 2011 in African History, Alcohol abuse, Careers, Education, Empowerment, Field Officers, kenya, Kibera, , zanaafrica by - 1 Comment

At least over 200 people have died in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi after drinking an alcoholic brew laced with methanol. A further 500 people are in hospitals across the capital, with some in a serious condition, and there are [...]

Keep Building On Your Self-Confidence

Posted Sep 17, 2011 in Education, Empowerment, kenya, Kibera, zanaafrica by - 0 Comments

Self-confidence is one of the most beneficial qualities that one can have. People with self-confidence feel good about themselves. They feel good about their knowledge, their talents, and their abilities. They feel confident that things will work out well for [...]

Happy Birthday Kajani

Posted Aug 17, 2011 in African History, Careers, Empowerment, Field Officers, kenya, Uncategorized, , zanaafrica by Sarah Meyer - 0 Comments

Yesterday at ZanaA we celebrated one of our awesome coworker’s birthdays- Kajani.

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Financial Freedom for Girls!

Posted Aug 12, 2011 in Careers, Education, Empowerment, Field Officers, kenya, Kibera, Sanitary Pads, social enterprise, , zanaafrica by - 0 Comments

It was a great one week long training at the Ngong Hills Hotel. The theme of the training was financial management for young girls in the slums. It was a joint venture of Population Council and Faulu Kenya. The  training [...]

One woman against several men

Posted Jul 20, 2011 in African History, Field Officers, zanaafrica by - 0 Comments

After a long morning of preparation to go for work, i had to walk to the bus stop to pick a matatu (mini bus). A half an hour drive turned to a two hours drive due to the bad traffic [...]

Two Years of Progress with Girls.

Posted Jul 20, 2011 in Careers, Education, Empowerment, Field Officers, kenya, Kibera, Sanitary Pads, , zanaafrica by - 0 Comments

It has been a wonderful 2 year experience since l joined ZanaAfrica. My main motivations being the passion l have for young people. Girls in the slums are very vulnerable in so many contexts and especially where resources are scarce, [...]

WHY DO WE DESPISE HER

Posted Jul 20, 2011 in Uncategorized by - 0 Comments

When you were still a fetus, This stomach, carried you for nine months This body of mine stretched to accommodate you, my little chubby angel My diet changed, to suit your picky needs, And I didn’t mind, because I loved [...]

How empowernet has helped us

Posted Jul 19, 2011 in Uncategorized by Super Stars - 0 Comments

It has helped us to know much about computer. Now we know how to put our results in ania page, we have also learnt that twitter is used to send short messeges while google is used for searching. We have [...]

How empowernet has helped us

Posted Jul 19, 2011 in Uncategorized by Four Stars - 0 Comments

Empowernet club has help us with so many things. For example pad, books, pens and the pantis in order to protect ourselves. It has help us how to use computer. We have two types of computer like laptop and netbook. [...]