Kibera was my first experience of urban slums and sparked a personal interest in the development of slums and the contribution the model of slum living is making to some progressive modern city planners who are thinking about how cities should be built for the future. It is estimated that 1 billion people live in slums worldwide and it is projected that this figure will grow to 2 billion by 2030 with the continued migration [...]

Frank Ritchie, Tear Fund’s Education and Campaigns Manager talks about his recent trip to Kenya and the Micah Network conference on Climate Change he attended.

If you’ve followed this blog recently, you will know I spent some time at a Compassion project in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Compassion is a TEAR Fund partner. They are the organisation we do child sponsorship through. I thought I would share a slideshow of my favourite photos that I took while at the project. The kids were wonderful and the experience will be etched in my memory as a highlight forever. Hopefully [...]

To read the post that provides the context to the following writing, click here. This trip that has me in Nairobi, Kenya, is one that I am doing on my own. Here at the Micah Network conference I have been forming some good acquaintances very quickly, some that I hope will turn into good global friendships, but there is no-one that I am very familiar with to the point where I can offload my experiences [...]

Last week we had the opportunity to chat on the radio with Luke from 100 Days 100 Dollars and Dan, the lead singer from Kingston. Check out the earlier interview with Luke here on The Humanitarian Chronicle. The highlight of this chat for me was Dan’s honesty about his feelings during his visit to the Kibera slum, moving from taking it all in like a tourist, to just being overwhelmed by it all. Have a [...]

Recently I took the opportunity to pass a few questions to Luke Winslade. Luke heads up a great campaign that The Humanitarian Chronicle is right behind- 100 Days 100 Dollars. Here’s the conversation: (Frank) To kick this off, give us a brief run-down of how 100 Days 100 Dollars got started… (Luke) The whole 100 Days concept kind of came completely out of nowhere. In 2006 we found ourselves standing in the midst of 1 [...]