Meet Wigan Kemp: The Dandora Artist Championing Men’s Mental Wellness Through Music and Mentorship
From the classroom to the recording studio, Wigan Kemp is building a creative journey rooted in community, personal growth and a commitment to helping others discover their potential. In Dandora Phase 4, Nairobi, Peter Gatu, professionally known as Wigan Kemp, wears many hats. He is a singer and rapper, a primary school teacher, a talented […]
I Was Not Trained for This: Who Is Supporting the People Supporting Our Young People?
There is a sentence from a conversation we had with a secondary school principal that has refused to go away. “I was not trained for this.” He was talking about the realities he now faces as a school leader. And the more we thought about it, the more we realised that perhaps this sentence describes […]
What Happens When a Community Is Left Waiting?
Have you ever entered the community looking for information and leave carrying a question instead? That was our experience in Tassia. We had gone out to understand what was happening in the community, especially around young people, women and opportunities. Our first stop was the Chief’s office. We had hoped to speak with the Chief, […]
“Make Your Own Investment, Not in Children”: What One Conversation Taught Us About Retirement
Sometimes the most important lessons about the future come from people who have already lived through it. There are some conversations that stay with you long after they end. During a recent community engagement in Donholm, Nairobi, we had one of those conversations with Robert, a man in his mid-sixties whom we met while he […]
When Learning Becomes Action: What a Training Room Can Unlock
What happens when training moves beyond knowledge and becomes action? The experience of 20 participants in Mukuru Kwa Njenga offers a glimpse of what practical capacity development can unlock.