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The Undugu Society of Kenya’s Digital Storytelling Project

Help Raise the Voices of Kenya's Disadvantaged Children and Youth

Thousands of children in Nairobi live on the streets and are exposed to abuse and poverty. AP Fellows have helped 17 of these children to post their blogs and express themselves on the World Wide Web. This has created huge demand among other children. In 2009, the Udugu Society will help more children participate in this exciting Digital Storytelling Project and use their new ICT tools to attack the causes of their abuse - glue-sniffing, homelessnes and drugs.

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Learn more about the Undugu Society and the Digital  Storytelling Project Read USK's press release Learn more from about the Digital Storytelling Project Read Peace Fellow Kristina Rosinsky's blog about her work with USK and the Digital Storytelling Project. Visit the Undugu Society's Partner Page

More About the Students

The students come from the three USK programs that focus on children and youth. About half the students come from USK Street Associations, which are groups of children and youth living and/or working on the streets. The other students come from the Undugu Basic Education Program, which provides free education to children who, for a variety of reasons, cannot attend the government run schools, as well as the Informal Skills Training Program, which trains poor youth in vocational skills so that they can support themselves.

All of the youth come from very poor backgrounds and are thus marginalized in the sense that they don’t have the same resources to express themselves as others in society. This project is equipping them with the knowledge to speak up about issues they care about and want to see the government address. Some of the issues they have raised include police harassment, environmental degradation, poverty and drug use.

Learn more about the students.

Visit the students’ blogs and Flickr pages to discover the project for yourself!

View the Photo Pool

• Amina is 19 years old and is a student at USK’s non-formal school in Pumwani.

• Dominic is 20 years old and is a member of a USK Street Association.

• Eliud is 18 years old and is involved with USK’s informal skills training program. He is learning mechanics.

• Elvis is 16 years old and is involved with USK’s informal skills training program. He is learning spray painting.

• Grivinson is 15 years old and is a student at USK’s non-formal school in Pumwani.

• Harrison is 18 years old and is a member of a USK Street Association.

• John is 18 years old and is a student at USK’s non-formal school in Pumwani.

• Joseph is 18 years old and is a member of a USK Street Association.

• Martin is 21 years old and is a member of a USK Street Association.

• Mavish is 15 years old and is involved with USK’s informal skills training program. She is learning hairdressing.

• Nancy is 14 years old and is a student at USK’s non-formal school in Pumwani.

• Patrick is 22 years old and is a member of a USK Street Association.

• Peter is 20 years old and is a member of a USK Street Association and is involved with USK’s informal skills training program. He is learning hairdressing.

• Piliphan is 14 years old and is a student at USK’s non-formal school in Pumwani.

• Raphael is 18 years old and is a member of a USK Street Association and is involved with USK’s informal skills training program. He is learning mechanics.

• Rispar is 16 years old and is involved with USK’s informal skills training program. She is learning dressmaking.

• Robinson is 20 years old and is a member of a USK Street Association.

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