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Cameras for Kibera, a non-profit project to help Kenyans
The Dutch project Cameras for Kibera is aimed towards helping young Kenyans become video journalists in order to help them tell the stories about Africa's largest slum. Kibera, Nairobi is home to possibly as many as 2.5 million people who live in crowded conditions of poor sanitation, poor housing and very little possibilites. For the most part, the plight of the people who live there has been largely overlooked which is one reason for the video project. This particular video was created by Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp who videotaped one of Camera for Kibera's video journalists at work.
The thing I like about this project is its matter of fact approach. It shows people having a life despite the odds, but also points to the fact that help is urgently needed without making the people themselves sound pitiful. Cameras for Kibera is an offshoot project of the Dutch Hot Sun Foundation. If you have video camera you're no longer using, here's a possibility for putting it to use.
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Mark Sherman Mar 15th 2009 8:30PM
In 2002 I spent my summer working with African Inland Mission's aviation department in Nairobi. I got to spend some time with the people in Kibera, primarily with those from Calvary church in Kibera. It is heartbreaking to see first hand the hardship they are dealing with, but it was a great encouragement to see the church stepping up and feeding hundreds of children on a daily basis. I know quite a bit can change in 7 years, but the footage in this video is exactly as I remember Kibera from 2002. I am glad to see this project.
Jamie Rhein Mar 15th 2009 8:33PM
Mark,
Thanks for your personal experience and extra details about Kibera.