http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:20:34 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/carolina-for-kibera-honored-with-reflections-of-hope-award.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Carolina for Kibera) http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/carolina-for-kibera-honored-with-reflections-of-hope-award.html?_c=feed-rss http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/carolina-for-kibera-honored-with-reflections-of-hope-award.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:20:34 -0700 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,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/carolina-for-kibera-honored-with-reflections-of-hope-award.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a833e5000500f48cf0358a0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/help-kibera-youth-spread-their-message-for-peace-and-healing-in-kenya.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Carolina for Kibera) http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/help-kibera-youth-spread-their-message-for-peace-and-healing-in-kenya.html?_c=feed-rss http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/help-kibera-youth-spread-their-message-for-peace-and-healing-in-kenya.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:56:49 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398a833e5000500e398e303010004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398a833e5000500e398e303010004-50si" alt="Jamii Ya Kibera Campaign Logo" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/help-kibera-youth-spread-their-message-for-peace-and-healing-in-kenya.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a833e5000500f48ce1665b0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> development leadership campaign violence africa peace youth election carolina kenya kibera http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/cfks-kicking-aids-out-kao-project-produces-short-video.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Carolina for Kibera) http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/cfks-kicking-aids-out-kao-project-produces-short-video.html?_c=feed-rss http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/cfks-kicking-aids-out-kao-project-produces-short-video.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:37:45 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/video/6a00e398a833e5000500f48cdf25350002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e398a833e5000500f48cdf25350002-50si" alt="Kicking AIDS Out (KAO, Kenya)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/cfks-kicking-aids-out-kao-project-produces-short-video.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a833e5000500f48cfe8b6e0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> development aids sports africa youth carolina nairobi kenya kibera ethnic conflict http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/carolina-for-kiberas-rye-barcott-to-speak-at-unc-on-feb-8.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Carolina for Kibera) http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/carolina-for-kiberas-rye-barcott-to-speak-at-unc-on-feb-8.html?_c=feed-rss http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/carolina-for-kiberas-rye-barcott-to-speak-at-unc-on-feb-8.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:40:15 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398a833e5000500e398d861680005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398a833e5000500e398d861680005-50si" alt="Rye Barcott" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/carolina-for-kiberas-rye-barcott-to-speak-at-unc-on-feb-8.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a833e5000500e398d856260004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/sila-and-the-afrofunk-experience-benefit-concert-for-carolina-for-kibera-on-feb-2-in-san-francisco.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Carolina for Kibera) http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/sila-and-the-afrofunk-experience-benefit-concert-for-carolina-for-kibera-on-feb-2-in-san-francisco.html?_c=feed-rss http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/sila-and-the-afrofunk-experience-benefit-concert-for-carolina-for-kibera-on-feb-2-in-san-francisco.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:55:56 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398a833e5000500e398d3aa910003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e398a833e5000500e398d3aa910003-50si" alt="Sila and the Afrofunk Experience" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/sila-and-the-afrofunk-experience-benefit-concert-for-carolina-for-kibera-on-feb-2-in-san-francisco.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a833e5000500e398d3aaad0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/update-violence-in-kibera-and-kenya.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Carolina for Kibera) http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/update-violence-in-kibera-and-kenya.html?_c=feed-rss http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/update-violence-in-kibera-and-kenya.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:27:01 -0800 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/update-violence-in-kibera-and-kenya.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a833e5000500e398ceb20f0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/violence-in-kibera.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Carolina for Kibera) http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/violence-in-kibera.html?_c=feed-rss http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/violence-in-kibera.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:36:19 -0800 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/violence-in-kibera.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a833e5000500e398ce1c5f0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/bbc-former-cfk-trustee-sammy-gitau-earns-mscintl-development-despite-never-graduating-high-school.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Carolina for Kibera) http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/bbc-former-cfk-trustee-sammy-gitau-earns-mscintl-development-despite-never-graduating-high-school.html?_c=feed-rss http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/bbc-former-cfk-trustee-sammy-gitau-earns-mscintl-development-despite-never-graduating-high-school.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:24:23 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398a833e5000500e398c785160001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e398a833e5000500e398c785160001-50si" alt="Sammy in Kenya" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/bbc-former-cfk-trustee-sammy-gitau-earns-mscintl-development-despite-never-graduating-high-school.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a833e5000500e398c7861d0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/unicef-features-carolina-for-kibera-binti-pamoja-center-alumna-fatuma-roba.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Carolina for Kibera) http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/unicef-features-carolina-for-kibera-binti-pamoja-center-alumna-fatuma-roba.html?_c=feed-rss http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/unicef-features-carolina-for-kibera-binti-pamoja-center-alumna-fatuma-roba.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:41:46 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398a833e5000500e398b87a300003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398a833e5000500e398b87a300003-50si" alt="Fatuma Roba, Binti Pamoja Alumna, speaks at UN" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/unicef-features-carolina-for-kibera-binti-pamoja-center-alumna-fatuma-roba.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a833e5000500e398b878f30004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> unc united nations women's rights unicef adolescent girls binti pamoja carolina for kibera fatuma roba http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/impressions-of-carolina-for-kibera-from-two-visitors.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Carolina for Kibera) http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/impressions-of-carolina-for-kibera-from-two-visitors.html?_c=feed-rss http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/impressions-of-carolina-for-kibera-from-two-visitors.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:23:02 -0700 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://carolinaforkibera.vox.com/library/post/impressions-of-carolina-for-kibera-from-two-visitors.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398a833e5000500e398b648d30001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>