Nairobi, Kenya August 2005 I am interested in mechanics because every time I leave town there is sure to be a car story involving a breakdown. An ingenious mechanic somewhere always finds a way to get the car back on the road. When I made this photograph I saw something poetic about the scene, the [...]
UZIMA Foundation
UZIMA Foundation was registered in Kenya in 1995 as a charitable trust and is now also a registered NGO to work in Kenya, Africa and beyond. UZIMA Foundation recognizes and appreciates the potential and assets inherent in young people; among them innovative spirit, enthusiasm, energy, openness, fair play, courage and optimism. UZIMA Foundation’s mission is [...]
Mildred Awiti
Super Model. Role Model. Businesswoman. Civic Leader. Corporate Executive.
Kibera Women for Peace and Fairness
Contact: Ms. Jane Anyango Tel: +(254) 722 437 620 Email: nyakodong@yahoo.com Kibera Women for Peace and Fairness was formed in response to the outbreak of post-election violence in Kenya in January 2008, and the wide-spread destruction of homes and businesses in the Kibera neighbourhoods. Kibera was one of the hardest-hit areas by the violence in [...]
Nourishing hope in Kibera
When I met her, nothing in the lovely smile that never seems to leave her face betrayed the things that she has experienced. Yet something, maybe her dry wit, gives her the ability to let go of wounds and wake up each day with fresh enthusiasm. I stumbled into Uzima Foundation in Kibera by coincidence [...]
Nyaminwa
No one would ever call her pretty. She is too strong, too urgent, too passionate for that. No one would ever deny, however, that she is exceedingly, even disturbingly, beautiful. Sitting under a maroon Java House umbrella, I watch as she talks. She listens as if attempting to mine a hidden heart of meaning, her [...]
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