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Oct 7
2 min

A trip to Tambaya: Stress & fear but hope still remains

On the drive up from Nairobi you pass through sparsely populated hinterland and lush farmland before arriving at the banks of the Gura. H...

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Closed for Business: The pandemic closes schools putting children in danger

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Sep 11
2 min

Closed for Business: The pandemic closes schools putting children in danger

The Coronavirus crisis has already had a devastating effect on Kenya. There has been a huge jump in unemployment and an even bigger incre...

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Being a ‘Dignified Child’: How we help the poorest children in Kenya

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Jul 31
2 min

Being a ‘Dignified Child’: How we help the poorest children in Kenya

It was the only way of providing essential foodstuffs to children from impoverished families. But Dignified Children has become something...

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Korogocho: The tale of the slum and its people

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Jul 22
2 min

Korogocho: The tale of the slum and its people

Last Wednesday was a typical July day with one difference. The partial lifting of coronavirus travel restrictions meant that we could vis...

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Girl Power: Changing the world one day at a time!

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Jul 14
2 min

Girl Power: Changing the world one day at a time!

The struggle for equal access to education and career opportunities for women and girls hasn’t gone away you know. With attention remaini...

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Surviving Coronavirus: When social distancing is not an option

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Jul 7
2 min

Surviving Coronavirus: When social distancing is not an option

Since the beginning of the pandemic public health advice has been consistent. Everyone should stay at home, wash their hands and maintain...

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Gender-Based Violence (GBV): An emergency in the era of COVID19

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Jun 30
2 min

Gender-Based Violence (GBV): An emergency in the era of COVID19

Long before Coronavirus became front page news, the lack of a coordinated strategy to tackle and prevent gender violence in Kenya was pai...

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Dec 6, 2018
1 min

Kibera Camp Day 5- "There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story."

"There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story." -Frank Herbert. This is very true for us. After all the love we ...

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Dec 5, 2018
1 min

Kibera Camp Day 4- "Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age & dreams are forever," Walt Disney

The laughter and clutter of the children at Kibera Kidogo Camp was contagious. They were so full of life and bubbly. We had a devotion a...

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Nov 5, 2018
1 min

Kibera Camp Day 3- "If we are to teach real peace in this world..."

"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children,...

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Oct 4, 2018
1 min

Kibera Camp Day 2- "Art is as natural as sunshine and as vital as nourishment," MaryAnn F. Kohl.

The children showed up on this breezy Nairobi morning all brisk and happy! We started the day with a song and dance before embarking on t...

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Sep 4, 2018
1 min

Kibera Camp Day 1- The beginning....

Today was a successful start of our 5-day children’s camp in Kibera. We partnered with Kidogo Early Years, which means the children in ou...

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Oct 12, 2017
1 min

A Cause Close to My Heart, Forever Grateful!

Another incredible week of camp has ended, and I cannot believe how quickly it flew by! I have been volunteering with DCI throughout two ...

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Aug 12, 2017
2 min

Day 4: Our Last Day of Camp, and the Beginning of a New End!

Well, the last day is here with us, and I cannot stress enough just how bad I feel about leaving camp once again. I feel that leaving thi...

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Jul 12, 2017
1 min

Day 4...A Shirt a Day Brings the Children to Play!

We are almost there… “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22.6...

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Jun 12, 2017
2 min

Day 3: Peace War Peace

Getting closer and closer… To God be the glory. Is there anything else that matters? “Peace and war never coexisted and never will,” said...

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May 12, 2017
2 min

Day 2: Creativity and Problem Solving!

A dull day? Never!! Like a day should always start, lovely and beautiful, the day started off with a bang! Devotion was swift, as teacher...

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Apr 15, 2017
5 min

There is Magic..

“There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen." Do you remember the times when you were great? Mayb...

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