Experiencing the Evictions: A First-Hand Account of Displacement in Mathare
The Kenyan government’s current program of demolishing structures and relocating residents living on riparian land in Nairobi has raised concerns about equity and fairness.
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Insights from the Digital Employment and Training Centers Validation Workshop in Mathare
The workshop aimed to validate various aspects related to digital hubs, including the locations of the sites, digital needs and challenges, services and facilities offered by the hubs, as well as their management and sustainability.
Digital Hubs Co-creation Workshop
These concepts all aim to facilitate digital growth in communities using different strategies. They have been applied in designing a digital hub for Mathare, with the goal of creating a model that can be replicated in other informal settlements.
Co-creating Digital Employment and Training centers workshop in Mathare
The community pointed out that their digital needs were access to information, CBC learning, digital literacy and online marketing as well as accessing social media and other entertainment sites.
Nairobi Workshop-Towards a framework for community-based participatory research in informal settlements: A pilot in Mathare
Participants discussed ways of tackling research waste, which predominantly included community engagement from research conceptualization to dissemination and openly sharing data and research outputs with the community and other stakeholders in the Mathare.
An Innovative way to break down waste into a Useful Resource
The Ecotreat waste digester is a microorganism based product that breaks down different kinds of waste: human solid waste, animal waste, vegetable gums, fats, complex proteins, oils, and greases as well as cellulose (tissue paper) and starches at an accelerated rate.
