“There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere” – Annie Leonard Waste Not, Want Not ‘Taka’ means waste and ‘kazi’ means jobs or employment in Swahili. Together it forms the name of and organisation that was started by Emmenual Mruu, 2015 kanthari graduate from Kenya. We travelled on […]
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(Read Part 1 here ) PART 2: … When Nancy was only 16, she married a school headmaster. She laughed when she told me about her choice. “I believed he was my ticket to more education. But that hope remained unfulfilled!” Soon enough she had two children in quick succession and adopted four more children
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by Sabriye Tenberken “When the quest for knowledge tramples poverty, then Zimbabwe can change for the better.” Says Nancy Mbaura, and she not only says it, but she also acts accordingly. About seven years ago, in 2016, she and single mothers ensured that a beer hall located in the centre of the small town of
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Last month on February 23rd bon completed her first official year. In my last post, I told you how this one year was not easy at all for me. One part of that struggle was that I could not visualize where we are going. More than often when I fulfilled a dream, I would be
The struggle within by Biman Roy “If you want something, reach out and grab it”. This has been my attitude toward life. Irrespective of whether I got what I wanted, I always got lessons out of those pursuits. These made me seem like a bit less of an idiot than I was! Of course, the
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The wild world – After visiting organisations that were founded by kanthari graduates in 2015, we are back on another tour. This time, however, not only Paul and I. We are 2teams of catalysts: Paul and I visit projects in Zimbabwe and Chacko and Riya started last week with the East African round. They arrived
“The book is called Opportunity, and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” – Edith Lovejoy Pierce, poet – “Spread the spice!” is the name of an annual exhibition that marks the end of a six-week intense social entrepreneurship course, which is part of the kanthari program. The Course is called BASCH (business and social
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– by Charlotte Cotton I grew up believing that men were dangerous. From my early childhood, I knew I had to be careful around males. I learned this the hard way because of a family trauma that happened before I was even born. When my grandmother was 38 years old, she got brutally physically abused.
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– by Oluwakemi Odusanya “Camera rolling! Three, two, One! Action!” The Studio Signal blinks, and a special button vibrates to indicate that all microphones are ready. “Good day, listeners of Dare to Differ! I am delighted to welcome you to our show today! And again, we have a special guest in our studio …” Listeners
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By Nduku Louis Tebi It was Monday, the 16th of July 2018, I got up early to prepare for my examination and by 6:30 am, I was walking to the University of Bamenda when several young men pointed guns at me. They blindfolded me, placed me on a motorbike, and raced off to a camp
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