1. Project Title (50)
Carolina for Kibera, Inc.
2. Project Summary (200)
Preventing ethnic conflict and promoting participatory development through youth-led service and athletic opportunities and access to a primary care clinic, library, and nursery school.
2. Project Need and Beneficiaries (500)
Kibera, the largest slum in East Africa, has a history of ethnic tension. Over 600,000 people do not receive basic services such as water, healthcare, education, or sewage disposal. Over 80% of all youth are unemployed, nearly 20% are HIV positive, and the slum has been the source of two violent clashes between ethnic groups over the past ten years. CFK established three core projects to help address these needs in Kibera: a youth sports association, Rye Clinic, and Binti Pamoja Center.
4) Project Goals and Activities (500)
¨ To expand the services of the medical clinic to each of Kibera’s eleven villages
¨ To use sports as a method of promoting community development, AIDS awareness, and ethno-religious cooperation
¨ To create a safe space for youth to develop leadership skills
¨ To provide U.S. college students with opportunities to experience third world urban poverty first-hand
¨ To purchase land for permanent establishment of the Rye Medical Clinic and CFK offices to ensure sustainability
Project Country
Kenya
Project Theme
Youth Development (Social Development)
Project Funding Request
$11,000 ($10,000 plus 10% Development Space facilitation fee)
Keywords (244)
HIV, AIDS, Disease, Medical, Clinic, Health, Education, Gender,Women, Sexual Abuse, Rape, Violence, Kibera, Kenya, Nairobi, Poverty, Soccer, Football, Community, Photography, Sports, Youth, Ethnic, Eastern, Africa, Slum, Participatory, Development
Contact name
Rye Barcott
Contact Title
President
Contact’s address
The University of North Carolina
CB# 5145, 223 E. Franklin St.
City
Chapel Hill
State or Province
North Carolina
Postal or zip code
27599-5145
Country
United States
Phone number
919-843-6842
Email address
Web address
http://cfk.unc.edu
Organization’s name
Carolina for Kibera, Inc.
Organization’s address
The University of North Carolina
CB# 5145, 223 E. Franklin St.
City
Chapel Hill
State or Province
North Carolina
Postal code
27599-5145
Country
United States
Organization’s Mission
CFK provides a connection for the University of North Carolina and others to the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya in order to prevent ethnic conflict by creating youth-led, service, leadership, and athletic opportunities. Additionally, CFK helps to improve health care and education in Kibera with its 24 hour/day medical clinic, library, and Montessori method Nursery School.
Organization’s other programs
Youth Sports Association
Medical Clinic
Binti Pamoja (Daughters United) Center
Community Library
Nursery School
Name and Title of organization’s director
Rye Barcott, President
Number of paid full time or part time staff
None in the United States. Three in Kenya: 2 full-time, 1 part-time.
1. Number of volunteers
Approximately 4,500
2. Year organization was founded
2001
Key Personnel Information
Name, Project Personnel #1
Rye Barcott
Title, Project Personnel #1
President
Brief bio, Project Personnel #1
Rye Barcott was graduated in May 2001 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Peace, War, and Defense, and International Studies. Rye speaks Swahili and Shen’g, the language of Nairobi ghetto youth, and is currently working on a book titled Kibera Blood: Violence and Perseverance in East Africa’s Largest Slum. Rye is currently on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Name, Project Personnel #2
Salim Mohamed
Title, Project Personnel #2
Program Manager
Brief bio, Project Personnel #2
Abandoned on the streets of Nairobi as a baby, Salim overcame tremendous odds to excel in school and sports. At age 16, Salim was chosen to lead MYSA, a youth sports association in Mathare with over 2,000 members. The British Council twice employed Salim as a consultant to launch youth sports associations in Ghana. Salim, 26, is pursuing a B.A. in Anthropology at the University of Nairobi.
Web Resources
Reuters Article: Kenyan Slum Girls Use Camera Power to Fight Abuse
http://www.aegis.com/news/re/2003/RE030201.html
ABC.com Article: Holiday from Hell – Marine Brings Hope to Nairobi Slum
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/kibera_marine030209.html
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