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Transcript of Becoming a Woman in Kibera
July 2012
African Health & Community
Program
COMPANY NAME HERE
Building a sustainable future in Kibera
A proposal for an independent centre
African Health & Community Program (AHCP)
Olympic, Off Kibera Drive, P. O. Box 13321-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
Phone: +254202642010 or +254710492066
Email: [email protected] |www.facebook.com/pages/Africa-HealthCommunity-Program
Developing a sustainable community business for Kibera
AHCP - from the beginning AHCP was founded in 2005 by its executive director Mrs. Isabel Sadya Omondi, and is a registered
Not-for-profit NGO based in Kibera Slum, Nairobi, Kenya. The centre is run by local Kenyan volunteers and
on occasion receives volunteers from various other countries. The centre provides various programs and
initiatives primarily in the areas of children’s education, health and Sanitation, women and youth
empowerment. AHCP aims to provide basic services that are often not accessible to the local community.
There are a number of programs that teach entrepreneur skills, so that locals in the community can achieve
business skills and thereby improve their standard of living through the creation of new businesses. One such
program is the Wopepea program, whereby local women create jewelry from hand crafted beads, which are
then sold at local markets. The center also provides computer classes, runs a library for local children in the
evenings and also provides various classes covering topics such as sanitation, HIV/AIDS, diet and health.
Women’s and children’s rights are often the focus of AHCP programs, as both populations are the most
vulnerable within the community.
Becoming a young woman in Kibera The transition from being a young girl to womanhood is difficult for most young women, regardless of their
cultural or societal norms. However it is even more difficult for young girls in Kibera Slum, who are often
lacking basic feminine products such as sanitary pads and are therefore often forced to stay indoors for the
duration of their menstruation period and consequently miss out on substantial periods of their education.
There are also issues with Kiberian girls having low self-esteem stemming from the cultural norm in Kibera
that “girls should only be seen and not heard”. This poses an issue when there are high instances of sexual
abuse and rape, as young girls are often unable to speak out against any abuse they may be subjected to. One
of the programs ran recently by AHCP was a classroom based lesson where girls (aged 11-16) were given
lessons on topics such as feminine hygiene, safe-sex, HIV/AIDS and promoting self-esteem. Although the girls
were somewhat aware of most topics, the lack of access to sanitary products and rampant low self-esteem were
strikingly apparent. AHCP would ideally like to run a program whereby a partnership with one of the local
schools so that young girls in attendance could drop into the AHCP Centre and be supplied with sanitary
products monthly whilst also given an open forum to discuss any issues or problems that they may have.
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Young Girls from the Nesco Primary
School receiving one of their classes from
volunteers from AHCP
The Stadium
AHCP has recently devised an initiative whereby a local building will be rented out and the space will be used to
show sporting events, movies and educational films on a television set. The space will also be used to hold
conferences, meetings and classes. Patrons will be charged a small fee (30 KSH) and non-alcoholic beverages and
food will also be sold on the premises for major sporting events. The aim at present is that when rent and expenses
such as the satellite dish are covered, there will be some surplus income generated which will then be used to fund
other AHCP programs such as the sanitary products Drop-in Centre for the young girls.
Right now, there are few resources available for the centre and this is an opportunity to generate income via
this stadium. The Wopepea program generates enough income to sustain itself and the women involved but does not
contribute substantially to the centre. The centre is in need of revenue outside of donors, so that time and energy
can be directed at the community as compared to making appeals with donors.
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Achieving a sustainable Drop-in
Centre for the young women in
Kibera
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The Goal:
At present the venue is in need of a television set, the
director Mrs. Isabel Sadya Omondi has kindly offered
to lend her own television set until such time as another
television can be sourced. The rent for the building is
6,000 KSH per month and the cost of the dish is 6,000
KSH also per month. The projected forecast to cover
the 120,000 KSH overheads is to have two nights with a
full house, which is eighty to one hundred persons and
includes cover charges of 30 KSH along with profits
from food and non-alcoholic beverages sales. From
previous research, it is apparent that advertisement
within Kibera works best by word of mouth; therefore
advertisement costs are minimal and would consist of
cheap signs to be placed around the community.
So here’s our proposal… AHCP is in need of the following:
A cash injection would ensure a sustainable
business whereby the business once off the
ground could provide an income that could be
reinvested into programs such as the feminine
sanitation drop-in centre for the young girls.
There are many programs that need financial
support at the AHCP centre, however the
direct funding is lacking and a steady stream of
revenue from the stadium would bolster the
efficiency of all programs at the centre.
A cash injection of 80,000-100,000KSH ($1000-
$1250/€800-€1000/53,000-66,000INR) would be
in order to purchase a television set (50,000
KSH), satellite dish (12,000 KSH), the first
month’s rent (6,000 KSH), satellite dish fee’s
(6,000 KSH), and renovation of the property
(12,000 KSH). Depending on the season and the
amount of interest in the stadium, the revenue
gained would more than make up for the rent
and satellite upkeep, which would leak into the
other programs and centre facilities.
The projected profits are expected to be $150
per major event and up to $80 on an off day.
The centre would also be rented out to schools
at a very cheap price for video presentations.
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All donations will be utilized to fund the
startup of the stadium which in turn will
generate a steady cash flow—a sustainable
means to optimize and improve the other
community-serving programs within the
AHCP centre such as the Drop-in Centre for
the young women of Kibera.
For more information on how you can help
AHCP make a difference in Kibera you can
contact us by the following:
African Health & Community Program
(AHCP)
Olympic, Off Kibera Drive, P. O. Box 13321-00200,
Nairobi, Kenya.
Phone: +254202642010 or +254710492066
Email: [email protected] |
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HealthCommunity-Program
“AHCP ~ Bringing the
community together.”
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African Health & Community
Program (AHCP)
Olympic, Off Kibera Drive, P. O.
Box 13321-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
Phone: +254202642010 or
+254710492066
Email: [email protected] |
www.facebook.com/pages/Africa-
HealthCommunity-Program