Automating access: Vending machines bring safe, cheap water to Nairobi slums
DOMINIC KIRUI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how an initiative to install water-dispensing vending machines to ease the water access crisis in city slums…
Wow!: From garbage to garden, Nairobi resident helps dumping ground bloom
AYENAT MERSIE, of Reuters, reports on an initiative to green a small part of a Nairobi neighbourhood…
We need cash to adapt, Kenyan slum dwellers tell COP26 president
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Rich countries must provide more finance to help the poor cope with the impact of global warming, residents of Kenya’s biggest informal settlement told the president of the COP26 global climate talks as he visited on Friday. Alok Sharma, president of the United Nations conference, was visiting a community-led project in […]
Postcards: Facing COVID-19 and climate threats, Nairobi ramps up green efforts
WESLEY LANGAT, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
US raps global health summit over abortion, sex education
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Ten countries – including the United States, Brazil and Egypt – criticised a global conference on sexual and reproductive health on Thursday, saying it promoted abortion and sex education. Heads of state, financial institutions and donors were among the 9,500 delegates in Nairobi this week to address maternal mortality, violence against […]
Kenya hosts global sexual health summit amid protests from Catholics, pro-life groups
Nairobi, KenyaReuters The United Nations and Kenyan government on Monday came under fire on the eve of a global conference on sexual and reproductive health with Christian groups claiming hosting the event was promoting abortion and homosexuality in the east African nation. More than 6,000 participants – including heads of state, government ministers, financial institutions, […]
DISPLACED PEOPLE: FROM PRINCE CHARLES TO HARRODS, REFUGEES TARGET GLOBAL MARKETS WITH LUXURY CRAFTS
NITA BHALLA, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a new luxury brand, called MADE51, is helping refugees make new lives for themselves…
AFRICA: WINDS OF CHANGE BLOW AT CONTINENT’S LARGEST ECUMENICAL BODY
FREDRICK NZWILI, in an article first published on the World Council of Churches’ website, looks at the changes taking place within the All Africa Council of Churches…
POSTCARDS: GANGS TO GARDENS – KENYAN YOUTH SHUN CRIME TO CREATE GREEN SPACES
THOMAS BWIRE reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation from Nairobi…
Church leaders pray for Ethiopian Airlines crash victims as they grieve for clergy
Nairobi, KenyaRNS Amid shock and grief after the Ethiopian Airline crash, leaders from the world’s faith traditions gathered in Nairobi for a United Nations event, united in prayer on Monday for the 157 victims of the air disaster, among them a Roman Catholic nun and a Catholic and a Lutheran priest. Some 5,000 delegates to […]