African Slum Journal
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REALLY GOOD
Roger Gitau, is a leading fashion designer based in Nairobi working with a brand known as Really Good(RG) that designs suits. He was nominated 3 times for the Fashion Stylist award, at the Kenya Fashion and in 2017 he won the award. Gail our reporter spent time with him and here is the report.
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UNSAFE ABORTION
A recent report shows that in Kenya, 7 girls die each day as a result of unsafe abortion, while close to 21,000 women end up in hospitals every year, with complications. It is evident that the gag-rule on abortion-related serviceshas put a strain on procuring one. Join our reporter Lorna Andisi as she follows up […]
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BOXING GALS
Boxgirls is an organisation established to empower marginalised communities of Nairobi. Our reporter Lorna spends time with them, at Chemichemi Secondary School where the girls are passionately take up boxing as a sport.
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ECO-POST
EcoPost uses 100% recycled plastics to make aesthetic, durable and environmentally friendly plastic lumber for use in applications ranging from fencing to landscaping. Our reporter Annabel Gail spent time with them and she brings us this report.
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SECOND CHANCE
A study by the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) in 2012 showed, for example, that in Nairobi’s urban slums, 116 girls out of every 1000 girls between 15 and 19 had given birth. Early pregnancies thwarts dreams for many teenagers who cannot afford to go back to school because they lack both financial […]
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Nairobi Community Media House in Nairobi, Kenya produce African Slum Journal. We are creative film- and video professionals, reporters, camera- and sound operators. We visualize ideas, from concept to product. We train reporters from the slum communities. Our media house’ mission is to empower young reporters to be the voice of the community and tackle the social challenges in the slums. We create employment, support independent media and encourage development that will improve the living standards in the slums.
Nairobi Community Media House employs a team of ten people. Filmmaker and managing director Kennedy Odhiambo cofounded the media house. He was born and raised in the slum. The media house involves the local slum communities by inviting the people regularly to come to the Bunge Mtaani meetings (Parliament of the neighborhood), watch our documentaries and to discuss relevant local topics.
A Community Media House, is an organization, deeply rooted in the slum, which trains young people in film making and editing. These reporters bring out real life stories from African slums that they sell to both a local as well as to a worldwide audience. In this way a Community Media House offers young reporters a chance to build up a career and to support their families.
African Slum Journal is a biweekly video journal which tells about the life of people living in slum communities. A weak media sector provides scope for corruption and inequality. By giving African slums a voice we strengthen the local media sector together with the people who live in the slum. Donations of the African Slum Journal are an important source of income.
Voices of Africa Media Foundation
Nairobi Community Media House encourages talented young Africans to play an active role in reporting about their communities and pursue a career as a video reporter or editor. In order to strengthen the African media sector in a sustainable way it is important that the trained reporters are able to generate an income. Therefore Voices of Africa Media Foundation initiates and supports among others Community Media Houses.
African Slum Journal is also supported by Sense Studios for their webcast- and publishing platform.
- My Favorite Journal
- Bunge Mtaani Korogocho
- Bunge Mtaani Mathare
- Bunge Mtaani Kayole
- Bunge Mtaani Kibera
- Bunge Mtaani Mukuru
- Bunge Mtaani Majengo
- Bunge Mtaani Dandora
- Living in the Slums
My Favorite Journal
We celebrate the making of 100 African Slum Journals! As reporters of Nairobi Community Media House we tell you about our personal favorite African Slum Journal, and about our fellow slum inhabitants whom we always portrait with care and compassion. Watch and share them all!
Bunge Mtaani Korogocho
Is extreme poverty reduced in 2015? The Korogocho slum residents debate on this Number 1 Millennium Goal. How far has the government and the country achieved this goal? Are there any concrete plans to reduce poverty for us? Can we feed our children and let them go to school now better than in 2000? And […]
Bunge Mtaani Mathare
Going digital? Analogue TV sets were switched off in Nairobi on 26 dec ’13. More than 90% of the TV viewers in Nairobi were affected by the switch off. Television sets became useless in homes where owners had now yet acquired a set top box to receive digital broadcasts. The prices of the set boxes (about Sh4,000) are […]
Bunge Mtaani Kayole
This debate Bunge Mtaani about Living with HIV/Aids is held in the slum of Kayole, Nairobi. We speak about how we deal with the virus HIV/Aids. What are the facts. Information is everything. How to live positively, how to eat well to keep your strength, how to deal with the medication, etc. Most important message: ‘Do […]
Bunge Mtaani Kibera
It was a hot debate at the Bunge Mtaani screening in Kibera, Nairobi. Most of the people present say: ‘Family planning is good. Life is very difficult if you don’t plan ahead.’ Women say: ‘Men should always use protection.’ Condoms too are a way of family planning. The use of the female condom was also […]
Bunge Mtaani Mukuru
Should slums be demolished? In Mukuru slums a court order has been set to demolish homes in Mukuru slum area and evict people who might have lived there most of their lives. Because they do not have title deeds, they cannot claim the land as theirs. Watch also the Mukuru slum Journal No Man’s land. […]
Bunge Mtaani Majengo
‘Does 24hr business reduce the issue of unemployment especially in the slums?’ Yes, it creates jobs for youths who then stay away of crimes. No, it attracts illegal business during the night and makes people irresponsible. In this 2nd Bunge Mtaani screening, organized by Nairobi Community Media House, Majengo residents debate the pro’s and con’s of […]
Bunge Mtaani Dandora
Bunge Mtaani project – ‘Parliament of the street’. Once a month in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, we screen short documentaries for an audience of one of the twenty slums that Nairobi is ‘rich’. Residents participate actively. They raise relevant issues from the slums. After the broadcast the residents can actively have their say on these issues. The […]
Living in the Slums
African Slum Journal creates a platform for giving the slums a voice and a face. We, young reporters from the slums tell you these captivating real life stories about situations that affect the people in the slums positively or negatively. Stories from Mukuru, the ‘valley’ dumpsite for industrial waste. Kibera, the biggest slum in Kenya. […]