Nairobi set for competition targeting to lift face of residential areas

March 20, 2019

The stage is set for the Nairobi Changing Faces Competition next week on March 28, this year.The competition is a fun and engaging mobilization tool where a team of Nairobi residents adopts previously neglected open spaces in their neighborhood for improvement.

Saved by a call of nature: From life as a most wanted criminal to bringing change in Dandora

April 14, 2019

If snatching a phone and running away with it were to be an Olympics sport, there is no doubt among many residents of Nairobi’s sprawling Dandora estate that one of their own, Evans Otieno, would have run away with the gold.

Au Kenya, un concours citoyen contre l’abandon d’un bidonville

July 10, 2018

Depuis trois ans, une compétition incite les jeunes de Dandora, l’un des principaux bidonvilles de Nairobi, à imaginer des projets collaboratifs pour reconquérir les espaces publics. Elle a reçu le prix international Participation citoyenne « Le Monde »-Smart Cities.

Crime rate dips in Dandora thanks to Sonko’s youth initiative

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko says crime rate has reduced in most parts of Dandora following the establishment of the Dandora Transformation League (DTL).

The initiative recruits youths for ...

January 23, 2019

Gangs to gardens: Kenyan youth shun crime to create green spaces

People's Park was a dumping site and a crime hotspot in Nairobi, now it's been transformed into a well-manicured park and a popular spot for residents to meet and play

May 10, 2019

From city gangster to budding musician-cum-human rights defender

Growing up in the informal settlement has never been easy with crime and drugs at your disposal. Many youth in Nairobi slums often end up dead, in jail or as junkies for life...

April 23, 2019

PSN Wins Le Monde Smart Cities Award & Dubai International Award

Public Space Network, one of the companies working from the iHub, has won the "Le Monde Smart Cities Award - Global Civic Engagement Category" for their project Changing Faces Competition.

July 16, 2018

A green oasis in a concrete jungle

KOMB green youth group was started in in June 2017 by twenty young people who wanted to restore the banks of Nairobi River banks passing through Korogocho Area. Fredrick Okinda, the founding member of the group, says that they decided to rehabilitate that area...

2018

MindMe – A Small Organization with a big Heart

Three murals greet you as you enter the newly launched MindMe Pirates Community Library in the heart of Mathare’s area. One by Mother Teresa stating "not all of us do great things, but we can do small things with great love".

May 15, 2019

Cleaner, Greener, and Safer

​Do you walk around in a place and it literally disgusts you? How often does it rain in your hood and the only safe place to be is in the house because sewage is flowing directly outside your door. Think about all the times...

The garden of second chances: built by former gangsters

On the edge of bad smelling river in a Nairobi slum, a group of former criminals and sex workers are creating a community garden. Meet the people determined to change their environment- and their own lives- for the better.

Kenya: Cleaning up the Nairobi River

The river that runs through the Kenyan capital once teemed with life. Today it’s the most polluted waterway in the country. Together with young residents from the city’s informal settlements, Frederick Okinda is working to change that.