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Kangemi Slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya is home to more than 100,000 people, who live in makeshift dwellings of cardboard, tin or plastic, with five or six...
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Kakuma Camp Prepares for Covid-19
Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya has no reported cases of Covid-19 yet, and measures are being put in place to mitigate its impact.
Protecting Peace and the Natural Environment
The Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR) in Nairobi, Kenya, was started in 2004 to respond to social and environmental issues. It is involved in...
Hair Care That Benefits The Earth
A young Kenyan woman who took part in a project run by the Jesuit Hakimani Centre in Nairobi has gone on to develop a unique and innovative business...
Counselling is a tool for survival
“My name is Nyawuok Chuol Mut. I am a South Sudanese refugee. My day starts at 6.00am, when I begin to the normal household chores like cleaning the...
An Oasis at the Margins
“Women and girls are Africa’s greatest untapped resource, and it is they, not diamonds or oil and minerals, that will be the foundation for solid, sustainable and equitable progress”....
Safe places for children
Child protection is a term that I have come to get used to and understand fully only in my adulthood. To understand why, you would need a little exposure...
Listening to children
Children in the context of a refugee camp, an urban setting, or any other location around the world fall into a category of individuals who are extremely vulnerable. Simply...
Niall Leahy at Hakimani Centre Kenya
Niall Leahy SJ from Leitrim worked in Nairobi at the Jesuit Hakimani Centre (JHC) a centre for social concern.