Carolina for Kibera Honored with Reflections of Hope Award

2008-04-20T07:20:34Z

The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum will honor Carolina for Kibera (CFK) as the recipient of the 2008 Reflections of Hope Award. The award, established in 2005 as part of the 10th anniversary commemoration of the Oklahoma City bombing,...

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Help Kibera Youth Spread Their Message for Peace in Kenya

2008-03-05T18:56:49Z

No one could have predicted the degree to which chaos, destruction, and fear would sweep across Kenya last month. The Kibera slum of Nairobi has been one of the places most adversely affected by the ethnic violence gripping the country for near...

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CFK's Kicking AIDS Out (KAO) Project Produces Short Video

2008-02-29T16:37:45Z

CFK's Kicking AIDS Out (KAO) project empowers 32 young Kibera leaders trained as peer educators to help thousands of youth in the community tackle the challenges they face, including poverty, HIV/AIDS, gender, rape, substance abuse, tribalism and...

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Carolina for Kibera's Rye Barcott to Speak at UNC on Feb 8

2008-02-01T14:40:15Z

Rye Barcott, Carolina for Kibera (CFK) president and founder, will address students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) on Fri., Feb. 8 at 5 p.m. in the Global Education Center. In light of the current political situation in...

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Sila and the Afrofunk Experience Benefit Concert for Carolina for Kibera on Feb 2 in San Francisco

2008-01-18T14:55:56Z

On Saturday, February 2nd, bring your dancing shoes to the Independent in San Francisco as Sila and the Afrofunk Experience performs a benefit for Carolina for Kibera, Kenya. Nominated for Best World Music at the San Francisco Weekly Music Awa...

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Update: Violence in Kibera and Kenya

2008-01-04T16:27:01Z

Friends and colleagues, Many of you have called or e-mailed asking for information and sending your thoughts and prayers to the Carolina for Kibera (CFK) staff and volunteers who are on the ground in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Thank you...

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Violence in Kibera

2008-01-03T00:36:19Z

As many of you had heard, there has been widespread ethnic violence and looting in Kibera in light of the presidential election over the last several days. To the best of our knowledge no one from CFK has been injured, and our clinic and youth c...

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BBC: Former CFK Trustee Sammy Gitau earns MSc/Int'l Development despite never graduating high school

2007-12-13T18:24:23Z

The BBC in the United Kingdom profiled founding Carolina for Kibera (CFK) Trustee Sammy Gitau and his journey from the streets of Nairobi to graduation at University of Manchester. Despite never graduating from high school, Sammy earned a Master...

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UNICEF features Carolina for Kibera Binti Pamoja Center Alumna, Fatuma Roba

2007-10-31T02:41:46Z

As part of its "Digital Diary" series, UNICEF featured Carolina for Kibera Binti Pamoja Center alumna, Fatuma Roba, in a recent online article. Digital Diaries are written by youth across the globe in order to promote children's issues, activism...

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Impressions of Carolina for Kibera from two visitors

2007-10-24T22:23:02Z

Helen Snow (UNC Health Affairs) and Deborah Sams visited CFK on the ground in Kibera this week. Below are their impressions from their time with the CFK staff in Kibera. Please also visit Deborah's blog, where she posted photos of the new clini...

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