A Day With The Villagers!

Salome answers a question

Village of Love Canada depends on the first hand accounts of those who are able to visit Nairobi. Our Board member, Salome Githuku, has wonderful rapport with her fellow Kenyans and always brings us heartfelt and animated reports!

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Village of Love Empowers Women

Women gather for their weekly empowerment meeting. They listen to presentations researched and prepared by their own members. They discuss relevant issues and learn to speak out as women.

Village of Love empowers women to build self esteem and to find their voices.

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Women's Empowerment Meeting

Canadian Volunteers Ali Higgins and Memona Hossain share their account of a visit to a Women’s Empowerment Meeting in Kibera, led by Kijiji Cha Upendo Volunteers.

Women’s Empowerment Meeting

For full message, scroll down. “What is the definition of a child?”

This is the question that opens the discussion at this particular  Women’s Empowerment workshop. Immediately the women proceed to discuss the issue. They speak with confidence, wisdom and insight….

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TDSB Principal Visits Village

One issue that most disturbed Ms Whitfield was the lack of sanitation facilities in Kibera.

Kibera, An Eye Opener!

For Ms Whitfield, Kibera was a new experience and an eye opener. The closeness of the buildings, if one could use that term for corrugated iron shacks, and the lack of amenities surprised and disturbed her.

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