Meet Grace Grace lives in Machakos, Kenya, and is a widow. She is 61, and has a number of health problems, including high blood pressure – but this doesn’t stop her helping to raise her two grandchildren. Their mother, Grace’s daughter, is a single mother, and the family survive on the small income Grace’s daughter… Read more »
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TwistBlocks in Kibera
Life In Kibera Located in southwest Nairobi, Kibera is one of the world’s largest informal settlements. Most of Kibera’s roughly 250,000 residents live in densely packed homes constructed from mud and sheet metal. The majority of houses are built on unstable ground and lack adequate access to clean water and sanitation services. Many families do not… Read more »
Read moreKenya: Preventing Mosquitos from Entering Homes
Identifying Solutions to Stop the Mosquitos Entering the Home In Kenya, we work not only within vulnerable communities to build safe and decent homes. We also support research projects to improve life within the home. Inside a controlled environment, a model hut has been built. This hut is part of research into how mosquitos can… Read more »
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The impact of building a home: a volunteer’s experience in Kenya
In April, a team of volunteers from the leading house builder, Homes for Scotland, ventured to Kenya to build a new home for Mama Saline. Nicola Barclay, their CEO, returned inspired and wrote this blog post about her experience. Words can’t describe… A week after I returned from Kenya, and I’m back into the swing… Read more »
Read moreMicrofinance in Kenya: Tackling Unsafe Informal Settlements
Last month, our colleague Ruth Odera spoke to Caroline Njenga on KBC News to discuss issues with the current housing sector in Kenya and share her ideas on how microfinance can help in tackling their housing crisis as well as the growth of informal settlements in Kenya. Ruth suggested that, if the correct steps are… Read more »
Read moreThe World’s Largest Slums: Dharavi, Kibera, Khayelitsha & Neza
Supporting Vulnerable Children in Kenya
After contentious elections in 2007, parts of Kenya erupted in social violence. Riots flooded the streets and thousands were driven out of their villages, their homes looted and burned. There were roughly 335 families who managed to escape this terror. They fled their old lives and set up temporary bases in tattered tents near Maai… Read more »
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