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Innovative interlocking block project lifts slum from poverty
A community based organisation, Bridge for Rural Urban Development (BRUD), is turning around the lives of slum-dwellers in Nairobi in a big way. The CBO based in Mukuru slums aids the locals to make stabilised interlocking blocks.
By By JAMES WANZALA 12 years ago
Innovative interlocking block project lifts slum from poverty
Innovative interlocking block project lifts slum from poverty
A community based organisation, Bridge for Rural Urban Development (BRUD), is turning around the lives of slum-dwellers in Nairobi in a big way. The CBO based in Mukuru slums aids the locals to make stabilised interlocking blocks.
By By JAMES WANZALA 12 years ago
Innovative interlocking block project lifts slum from poverty
Boom for hoteliers as Marsabit festival courts tourists
For a long time, Northern Kenya , previously known as the Northern Frontier district has been associated with negative stereotypes including intercommunity clashes and ravaging droughts.
By By JAMES WANZALA 12 years ago
Boom for hoteliers as Marsabit festival courts tourists
Single mothers turn used juice cartons into designer bags
What do you do with a juice packet after drinking the juice? Probably, you throw it into a dust bin to be collected by garbage collectors.
By By JAMES WANZALA 12 years ago
Single mothers turn used juice cartons into designer bags
Centre helps children with disability access schooling
Organisation steps in to give refuge to children who can’t access public schools due to their condition.
By By JAMES WANZALA 12 years ago
Centre helps children with  disability access schooling
Mwea cries out for property investors
Whenever one hears of Mwea, a town situated on the Embu-Nairobi Highway in Kirinyaga County and about 98 kilometres from Nairobi, what comes to mind is the rice farming associated with the area.
By By James Wanzala 12 years ago
Mwea cries out for property investors
Slain scribe's kin still waiting for compensation
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