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Jamii Bora

Moving Day in Mathare Valley

Jacqueline Novogratz | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Jamii Bora, Poverty, Acumen Fund, Mathare Valley, Kenya, Nairobi, Mathare-Valley-Slum, Mathare-Valley, Political Humor, Kaputei, Mathare Valley Slum, Slum, Nairobi-Kenya, World News
Jacqueline Novogratz

I came to Mathare Valley to see if I could better understand the trajectory of people moving from this desperate slum to Jamii Bora's development of $4,000 houses in Kaputei.

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Housing the Poor? Nothing Is Impossible

Jacqueline Novogratz | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

Read More: Jamii Bora, The Poor, Acumen Fund, Housing, Kenya, Ingrid Munro, Slums, Nairobi, World News
Jacqueline Novogratz

Creating a housing development an hour or two drive from Nairobi for and with 2,000 slum dweller families seemed like an impossible dream.

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The Deep Imperfections Of Life

Jacqueline Novogratz | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Jamii Bora, Acumen, Toi Market, The Giving Life, Living News
Jacqueline Novogratz

We are in Kibera, where one year ago a group of young men looted the Toi Market, killing a number of people and in burning down the market entirely, destroyed the livelihood of thousands of people.

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