Introducing WATSAN Portal: Kibera
Last June Spatial Collective met Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) for the first time. The attraction was instant! KDI is a Los Angles-based non-profit design firm that partners with residents of impoverished areas to create low-cost, high-impact built environments. Our team was impressed by their commitment to action, to participatory design principles and by the high
Click For MoreM&E of a cash transfer program
Between 2010 and 2012 Cooperazione Internationale (COOPI), implemented a World Food Programme’s (WFP) initiative of cash transfers to 2,500 households in Mathare Valley slums, in Nairobi, Kenya. These cash transfer beneficiaries spread across all of the villages in Mathare Valley. Spatial Collective was approached by COOPI in 2012, at the end of the program, to
Click For MoreUnderstanding Informal Business Operations in Nairobi’s Eastlands
Participating in research as a guide can be an interesting learning experience for the guide just as for the researcher. This is what I discovered in the course of my interaction with Abby and Gunes from Claro Partners from Spain who were in Kenya earlier this month. Claro Partners is a company that focuses on
Click For MoreConflict, Crime, And Violence Monitoring in Korogocho
Starting in February 2011, a World Bank trust fund financed an action research program in Nairobi’s Korogocho informal settlement to monitor conflict, crime and violence. Working with the African Institute for Health and Development (AIHD), the project supported locally elected groups to assemble monthly and discuss their communities’ problems and drivers of conflict, crime and
Click For MoreIntroducing Spatial Collective!
Welcome to Spatial Collective! This blog is a place where you can learn about our company, our recent projects and activities and connect with our team. We want to start things off here by introducing the company Partners, where we’ve been and where we’re headed. Hi! I’m Jamie and this is Primož and we’re the
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