Kenya

Could Wall Street's bull charge for good? Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23148104@N07/2949924573/">iHeylen (flickr)</a>

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Janus-Faced, Capitalism Turns a Gentler Profile

If Wall Street's excesses contributed to the decline of the nation's economy, could the same profit-driven environment really spawn a new generation of do-gooders?

Samasource works with entrepreneurs in developing countries like Jon Grosier in Kenya. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ww4f/3389343949/">Appfrica (flickr)</a>

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Facebook Apps, Meet Your Testers Around the World

Students around the world face a particular paradox these days: what's the good of an education if there's no work to be found afterward?

Rioting in the Nairobi slum of Kibera following the post-election violence of early 2008. Photo:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/httpwwwactionpixsmarukocom/2182826606/">Tom Maruko (Flickr)</a>

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Kenyan IDPs: Two Years Later and Still No Home

An ultimatum handed down by Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki has dissolved one of the few remaining internally displaced people (IDP) camps within the country.

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Sending Money is Just a Text Away

Plumpy’nut is frequently used by humanitarian agencies in emergency malnutrition situations. Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps

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Fortifying Foods To Fight Malnutrition in Africa

Humanitarian agencies have long been using protein and energy bars filled with nutrients and vitamins when responding to food emergencies.

A man cooks over a wood-burning fire in Kibera. Over 1 million working poor live in Kibera, with few opportunities to make a comfortable living. Photo: <a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandgyrl/119453524/">Crissy Olson (flickr)</a>

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Building Blocks

Even UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was surprised by the large number of people who greeted him in Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. But his surprise quickly became concern when he was told so many young people came to see him because they couldn't find work.

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Using Biofuel To Help Fight Poverty In Kenya

Kenya is looking to the jatropha tree as a way of reducing the country’s dependence on imported fossil fuels and developing a biofuel industry.

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What does an Obama Presidency mean for Africa?

Over a million people live in Kibera. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandgyrl/2087197694/">Chrissy Olson (flickr)</a>

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From Piles of Trash Kibera’s Organic Farms Relieve Hunger

Trash dumps are being turned into organic gardens in a notorious Nairobi slum.

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenhem/2234201934/"> greenhem (flickr)</a>

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Growing Trend: Bans on Bad Bags

Plastic bags have long been associated with litter and waste. The world uses tens of billions of plastic bags every year – bags that end up hanging from trees, traveling along freeways, escaping garbage cans and waste dumps.

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The Two Sides to Global Trade

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The Apprentice, Kenyan Style

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Insight in Kenya

This week a correspondent from the Economist has an online diary about his experience in Kenya. This is a compelling, tangible way to gain insight on the political turmoil and how it is affecting the pe

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Kenya's Role in Regional Stability

As tensions continue to run high, Mercy Corps warns that further chaos and violence in Kenya, long a bastion of regional stability, could push neighboring East African countries toward new humanitarian crises.

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