Ghetto Stories

Community-led COVID19 response in Mathare: Cash Transfer #2

Over the past few months, Ghetto Foundation has assisted close to 300 families in Mathare, Nairobi, who were in dire need of support to...

Generation shapers building peace in Mathare

https://www.saferworld.org.uk/en-stories-of-change/mathareas-generation-shapers-building-peace-in-nairobias-aghettoa From crime to youth...

A community-led cash transfer program

By Jacob Omondi Mathare has over 200,000 residents and a recent survey 98% depend on daily work and are income insecure. Normally, they...

COVID19 in Mathare #1

By Calvin Shikuku "No one is buying from my kiosk anymore," a trader said at Mabatini. She has her business in Magorofani, which...

COVID 19 in Mathare #2

A video message from Calvin Shikuku