Nairobi – Generation Change https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange Whether they are campaigning for free press in Zimbabwe, helping provide clean water in India, or offering free music lessons to underprivileged kids in the UK, young people all over the world are making a difference. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:49:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Nairobi photographer inspires political activism https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2012/11/nairobi-photographer-inspires-political-activism/ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:25:54 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=2727 Nairobi photographer Boniface Mwangi is fed up with his country’s politicians. To raise awareness, he’s taking an in-your-face approach with a graffiti campaign, political art show and online newspaper.

Listen to the report by Lucas Laursen, with Mike Elkin, in Nairobi:

Nairobi photographer inspires political activism

Photos by Mike Elkin:

Boniface Mwangi

Boniface Mwangi is moving from the street to the internet

Related links:

Boniface Mwangi’s homepage
The traveling photo exhibit Picha Mtaani
Collaborative art space Pawa 254
Mwangi’s new online newspaper Mavulture

]]> Crossing continents to reach kids in a Nairobi slum https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2012/10/crossing-continents-to-reach-kids-in-a-nairobi-slum/ Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:40:56 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=2631 Their lives couldn’t be more different, but Amelia in France and Regynnah in Kenya have the same goal: to make life better for kids in Nairobi’s largest slum who’ve been orphaned by AIDS.

Listen to the report by Nik Martin from Lyon:

Crossing continents to reach kids in a Nairobi slum

More on the Angels of Hope Kibera website.

Kids drinking water in the Kibera slum

Conditions in Kibera are rudimentary

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