Posts Tagged "nairobi"

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You, yes you: Help girls blog and tweet!

Posted Jan 10, 2011 in Education, Empowerment, kenya, Kibera, , zanaafrica by Megan - 2 Comments

Happy new year! Hope your start to the new year has been as great as ours, which has been complete with fabulous volunteers from Wharton and Middlebury and a new grant: This week we join The Girl Effect by bringing [...]

Don’t Judge Me

Posted Nov 17, 2010 in Field Officers, Kibera, zanaafrica by Amos Ireri - 0 Comments

It really hurts when people judge you by what they think you are without really knowing you. This happened to me during the postelection violence in Kenya.  Some young men in their early twenties once approached me and threatened to [...]

ZanaA and I

Posted Nov 1, 2010 in Sanitary Pads, , zanaafrica by susanmoenga - 0 Comments

The first time I heard about  ZanaA  I was taking tea in my room right before my classes back at school very early in the morning, when the C.E.O of  ZanaA was  being interviewed  by Carolyne Mutoko oF Kiss 100, [...]

The Trials of Transportation

Posted Oct 29, 2010 in Kibera, zanaafrica by maureenemukoya - 0 Comments

Matatus,(mini buses) and buses are the main means of transportation in Kibera unless there is an emergency like rainfall.  As I write this I am reminded of two days ago. I was coming from work to my home, which is [...]

Behind the Scenes at ZanaAfrica

Posted Oct 29, 2010 in Field Officers, , zanaafrica by Megan - 0 Comments

July 6, 2009 Monday morning — Visitors came to the ZanaA residence from the United States, filling the house/office with new faces and new voices. Within 20 minutes, the gap between Kenya and America was bridged, as Kajani (a Junior Field [...]

What I See…

Posted Oct 27, 2010 in Kibera, zanaafrica by Kaye Matekere - 0 Comments

Every morning l have a chance to see young people pursing their dreams,  the dream of a better life yet their options are not many, nor is their potential  to bring significant difference in their lives over time. Fear is [...]

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Modern Slavery & ZanaA’s Solution

Posted Sep 28, 2010 in Uncategorized by Sarah Meyer - 0 Comments

Freedom is a hard concept to define. What does it entail exactly? Surely it has specific requirements depending on who you ask to define it. However I believe that at its core, freedom, at least physical freedom, deals specifically with [...]