Position Title: Civic Engagement Officer Background PAWA254 is Kenya’s unique art and activism collaborative hub that innovatively deploys art, media, and community organizing to foster and catalyze creative and community-driven projects for social change, across the country and beyond. Among the creatives who collaborate in the dynamic space are photographers, […]
Call For External Auditor
EXTERNAL AUDIT OF PAWA INITIATIVE’S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TERMS OF REFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Background. Objective of the Audit. The Audit Report and Management Letter. Auditor Independence and Qualification. Access to Facilities and Documents. Auditor Experience & Qualification. 1. Background PAWA INITIATIVE is a collaborative arts and culture […]
Mukuru Promotion Center (MPC)
By Juliah Atieno Mukuru Promotion Centre (MPC) is a church based charitable organisation domiciled in Nairobi, Kenya. It is headquartered in South B, Nairobi, situated along Likoni Road 1.5 Km off Mombasa road, bordering Mukuru Kayaba slum on the far end. It was founded by Catholic Sisters of Mercy in […]
Back to School Puzzle
By Sally Kivaya The Kenyan government announced the closure of schools on March 15,2020 following the first two confirmed cases of Coronavirus. ‘We have suspended learning in all our educational institutions with immediate effect.’ said President Uhuru Kenyatta in his address. “For those in boarding schools, the school administration should […]
Long Way to Go
By Linneah Lijodi COVID-19 isn’t the only pandemic going across the world right now as gender based violence continues to infiltrate our communities and households. The 16 days of activism against gender based violence was an opportunity for individuals and organizations to call for the prevention and elimination of violence […]
2020 Struggles
By Timothy Ivusah 2020 has been a tough year for all both locally and internationally but no matter how difficult it has been, it has only made people stronger. Many people did lose their livelihoods, others sunk into depression while others resulted in to violence and crime. A few who […]
Days for Girls
By Linneah Lijodi Girls from slum areas tend to indulge in risky sexual behaviour in a bid to provide for themselves sanitary towels. Our young girls have taken it upon themselves to ensure that they get the sanitary towels even if it means using their own young bodies. This risky […]
Hope at Last
By Linneah Lijodi The recent health workers strike saw the people in the informal settlements heavily affected as they are dependent on public hospitals for treatment. When these hospitals were not in service, most mothers with sick children were devastated. All services were paralysed at the nearest public hospitals and […]
Inadequate Schools in Mukuru Kwa Njenga
By Juliah Atieno Education, being a key aspect in the society, requires keen consideration. However, that has not been the case in Nairobi’s Embakasi South. Being one of the densely populated slums in Nairobi, Mukuru requires adequate and affordable public schools due to the fact that people living here suffer […]
Living as an Intersex in Kenya
By Lillian Mutheu Intersex is a gender, just like male and female. Talking to Kwamboka Kibagendi, intersex program officer at Jinsiangu, she explains that intersex is a person whose body cannot be easily put into a category of either male or female. Being intersex is rather difficult to identify as […]