With perfect pirouettes and plies, dozens of young ballet dancers gracefully moved between the makeshift iron houses of one of Africa’s largest urban slums, spreading Christmas spirit. NAIROBI, Kenya ...

Though Isabella Mogeni lost everything she owned, she was lucky to survive the heavy storm waters that swept through the Mukuru kwa Reuben slums in Nairobi, Kenya, last week, killing dozens of her ...

From Connecticut to Kenya, fundraising is changing lives. It started when a local veteran made a trip to the African country in December. Now one act of kindness has evolved, and has the potential to ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's poorest women risk the deadly diseases related to poor sanitation because "endemic" sexual violence in the capital's sprawling slums keeps them away from its communal ...

Kenya’s slum-dwellers are struggling to survive on the climate crisis frontline - ON THE GROUND: A terrible mix of unemployment, poverty, crime, and the climate crisis is making life unbearable for ...

Shining Hope for Communities works to improve the lives of women and girls, including supporting this school for girls in Kibera, a slum in Kenya.Shining Hope for Communities works to improve the ...

Kenyans living in slums were key in growing the number of Kenya Power customers in the last financial year. The electricity distributor’s recently released annual report shows in the year to June 30, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — With perfect pirouettes and plies, dozens of young ballet dancers gracefully moved between the makeshift iron houses of one of Africa’s largest urban slums, spreading Christmas ...

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