As part of the Dadas Connect initiative we are exploring the City from the Womans Perspective. Together with architects and artists around the world we have started a campaign to explore public spaces Through The Eyes of a Woman. How would our cities look like if they were built by women? Would they look the…
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Through The Eyes of a Woman
On Sunday the 28th of May we launched the “Through The Eyes of a Woman” initiative in Bega Kwa Bega, Baba Dogo, Nairobi. “Through the Eyes of a Woman” is about creativity and empowerment with the intention to show and highlight the woman’s perspective of the society. It is an initiative that encourage girls and young…
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Urban Farming project
The first vegetables are now being harvested in our Organic Farm. The idea is to use the farming as part of Hope Raisers Education program where children are being educated in how to make their own urban farm. Soon we hope to see more of these all around Eastlands! Follow the transformation…
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Making Cities Together
– The City We Need through Safe, Inclusive and Accessible Public Spaces Between the 3rd and 4th of May 2017 the Urban Thinkers Campus “MAKING CITIES TOGETHER: The City We Need, through Safe, Inclusive and Accessible Public Spaces” will be held in at the United Nations Office in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference is initiated by the…
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Dadas Connect 2017
In 2017 Korogocho Streetscapes will focus on empower and enlarge the amount of girls and young women participating in activities through the initiative Dada’s Connect. Dada’s Connect was established by Hope Raisers in 2016 and together we have organized forums and film screenings discussing gender issues within the art sector and in our public spaces. In…
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Swedish Institute visit
In December we hosted The Swedish Institute, and showed them around Korogocho. It was a great day with lots of impressions and encounters with the environment of Korogocho and the youth and children within the project. Korogocho Streetscapes is supported by the Swedish Institute through their Creative Force Program. The program finances collaborative initiatives involving Swedish and…
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Nairobi Placemakingweek
In 2016 we extended the ”Open Street project” to a street in downtown Nairobi. During the seven days ”Placemakingweek Nairobi”, initiated by UN-Habitat and Nairobi City County, we preformed activities including painting of the street, football tournaments, rollerskating, temporary furniture, open air concerts, graffiti and talking walls. Placemakingweek Nairobi is dedicated to celebrate Public Spaces in Kenya…
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