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BAMBOO PLANTING AT KPSP01 part two.
After determining everything and also making an agreement with the New Nairobi Dam Community group the Kenya Bamboo Center team and COOPI representative arrived with some seedlings ready to do practical sessions with the groups the group, about what they meant when they came for the projects. There was a combination of manual work which [...]
BAMBOO PLANTING AT KPSP01 part one
Kenya Bamboo Centre representative Mr Pollicurp and Chiara Camozzi from COOPI have been supporting KDI in finding a solution for bamboo treatment, after the termites invaded and attacked some of the bamboos at KDI’s KPSP 03. This brought up an idea of working out a long lasting solution, and also for the future sites. This [...]
A Poem for a Celebration
Last week was an exciting one for KDI as we celebrated the opening of our fourth site in Kibera: KPSP04. We wanted to share with you this new site, but first – for those that were able to attend and for those who were not – we wanted to share some words from the chairman [...]
Deciding Moments Kenyan Election 2013.
After months of campaigning all over the country and traversing the whole country to sell their policies, Kenya decided on its fourth president. For the first time in Kenyan history since the beginning of multiparty democracy, Kenya had a most peaceful campaign with parties moving freely between areas. The Kenyans exercised political maturity in their [...]
Bamboo training centre in korogocho Nairobi.
Due to our rising demand to use bamboo for construction, we wanted to increase our knowledge on how to work with the material. Despite our skills in construction, the KDI Kenya team organized a visit to learn more about bamboo and its uses. On the tour of Korogocho, one of the slums around Nairobi, we [...]
Design Workshop for KPSP 05
Between the 26th of January and the 1st of April 2013, we conducted four Design Workshops to initiate our newest project, Kibera Public Space Project 05. Community participants partook in exercises and activities that drew out the information the designers will use to create the project plans. From deciding the programs and businesses to the [...]
WATSAN Portal: Kibera
Last June Spatial Collective and Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) met for the first time. The attraction was instant! Spatial Collective is a Nairobi-based social enterprise that develops innovative tools to support collective action. They specialize in data collection, data visualization, and community engagement and have a number of effective and interesting programs in informal settlements [...]
St. Anthony: Learning to Grow
On Sunday our first gardening class at St. Anthony was held in partnership with the University of California, Riverside, Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners Program. This would not have been possible without the fearless leadership of Master Gardener Molly Lyle who worked with KDI to develop a gardening program for youth to be taught at [...]
Narok Water Exploration
On the 11th of January the KDI team was invited to Lengina primary school, a 3 hour drive outside of Nairobi towards the Maasai Mara. We were welcomed by many members of the community, including Julius – who had invited KDI to visit, the community elders, the village chief, and many more interested in seeing [...]