Tag: Kenya
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Thank You TED.com for letting Julian Assange be heard
In light of todays shameful arrest of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, I wanted to share this – and hope that no shameful authorities decide to remove the content from TED’s site (which wouldn’t surprise me!) ..if only for what he’s single-handedly accomplished for Kenya please watch and share this but, in my honest opinion,…
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World’s craziest commute (and a real look at Nairobi)
Afrigadget and Ushahidi‘s Erik Hersman just shared this with everyone and I’ll most definitely be putting it onto our Safety section. Whether you’re a biker or not … enjoy / cringe (many thanks to “Mr Brown” for putting this reality check together). LOL @ “…in case you’re stuck in traffic and need puppies” Personally, my…
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Christmas come early
Another amazing day .. not only did it stop raining in the UK and the sun shone brightly, but my daughter got confirmation of the arrival of her white Blackberry Bold … the bad news is that my son has to wait another week for the arrival of Assassins Creed 3 Brotherhood …… ridiculous western…
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I love my job – volunteering just works
.. I just received some fantastic news from the folks at NABUUR and the Friends of Arrow Web Hospital. Carolyn has managed to secure the remaining funding to ship the vital medical equipment to Kenya. Funds were offered by COCO, a children’s charity founded by Olympic athlete Steve Cram, who support children throughout the developing…
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Shootback in Mathare Valley
The Mwelu Foundation is a self-help group operating in the Mathare Valley slum of Nairobi, founded by born-and-raised Mathare resident Julius Mwelu. Julius became involved with Lana Wong’s Shootback Project at the age of 12, a well-funded project teaching photographic skills to children in the slum. Julius’ success led to him becoming a professional UN…