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Library in Nairobi, Kenya
knls, Kibera Community Library is one of the 64 branches in the Kenya National Library Service network, it is located in Kibera which is one of the biggest impoverished settlements in Nairobi, Kenya.[1] It is home to an estimated one million people covering an area of 2.5 square kilometres. The library was set up in 2012[2] by the Kenya National Library Service (knls) in partnership with Practical Action (an NGO) and Berkley Foundation (UK).[3][2] Kibera Community Library is surrounded by over 25 primary schools, 4 secondary schools and a tertiary college.[2]
The Library, which receives over 500 visitors daily,[2] is an invaluable resource for schools when it comes to implementing the Social Pillars of the Kenya.[2] One of the key projects offered by the Kibera Community Library is “Kids on the Tab” project which was started in 2012. The main objective of the project was to meet and stimulate the desire for education among the younger population of the slum area and to match opportunities for children from poor families to interact with technology to advance their learning and improve school performance.[2] The library also often holds reading campaigns for children within the slum area.[2][4]
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recorded knowledge of a community, which is being preserved for posterity. The bibliography was last published in 2018. The National Library Division is also...
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the Way to War. He co-founded the non-profit organizations Carolina for Kibera and With Honor, and the investment firm Double Time Capital. Barcott's mother...
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in giving back to the community in different ways. In 2017, he began an initiative to develop and stock a library in the Kibera slums where students from...
Kawangware Academy. However, many children in the slum do not attend school. Kibera Mathare Mathare Valley Kiambiu Korogocho Mukuru slums "Kawangware Slum"...
(Perth, Australia) and the American Community Schools (Athens, Greece). Since 2011, Chapin has worked with the Kibera School for Girls in Nairobi, Kenya...
signed Minecraft building community, FyreUK, to help render the environments into Minecraft. The first pilot project began in Kibera, one of Nairobi's informal...
Project on National Security Reform, the Advisory Board of Carolina for Kibera, and the Board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He...
million to 40 million inhabitants over the last century. Nairobi is home to Kibera, one of the world's largest slums. The shantytown is believed to house between...
education among 10-19-year-old young people who live in informal camp in Kibera, Nairobi. The project was carried out between September 2014 – December...
creators of the Half the Sky movement. In the episode Farrow travels to Kibera, Kenya's largest slum, to share stories from organizations providing education...
slum of Kolkata, India, over 10 people sometimes share a 45 m2 room. In Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, population density is estimated at 2,000 people...
like SHOFCO which also try to improve the livelihoods of Mukuru residents. Kibera Kawangware Kiambiu Korogocho Mathare Mathare Valley "InfoCatho". infocatho...
offences. The Mwangaza communitylibrary is a facility developed by KOSCOBAR, a Community-based Rehabilitation and Community Development project active...
Famous, Rich and in the Slums, wherein the four celebrities were sent to Kibera in Kenya, the African continent's largest slum. Henry was criticised for...
Phillip, Kanika (7 December 2017). "The World's Largest Slums: Dharavi, Kibera, Khayelitsha & Neza". Habitat for Humanity GB. Retrieved 12 August 2022...
on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021. "Spotlight: Kevo Abbra's 'Kibera Ghost Rider' Is Afrofuturism Personified". OkayAfrica. 10 February 2021...
Award; co-founded Shining Hope to combat gender inequality and poverty in Kibera, Nairobi Area, Kenya Charles Bennett Ray – first black student, Wesleyan...
Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Library Special Collections. UNC University Libraries. Retrieved March 4, 2017. "Douglas A. Shackelford"...
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