Nairobi Community Media House

Nairobi Community Media House is an organization that rooted in the Nairobi slum, Kenya, that recruits and trains young people in filmmaking and editing. In 2010, the Voices of Africa Media Foundation [1] launched the Nairobi Community Media House to train talented young people (20–25 years old) from the Nairobi many slums to become professional media filmmakers. The trainees also learn how to make money, allowing them to become financially independent reporters. The mission of Nairobi Community Media House is: Give the slums a voice [2]

Cinema of
Kenya
List of Kenyan films
Kenya Film Commission
Hot Sun Foundation
Lola Kenya Children's Screen
Nairobi Community Media House

Current Programs

One of the programs is the video reports African Slum Journal.[3] Another program is called Bunge Mtaani. The title is Kiswahili for “Parliament of the streets” and is meant to strengthen the citizens’ participation.

gollark: Even if tjwld stops the hate speech, we'll still have the idiocy...
gollark: Tjwlds be tjwlds.
gollark: Who says it's racist *or* idiot?
gollark: All hail turtlebots.
gollark: It would be slow and annoying.

References
  1. Voices of Africa Media foundation
  2. A case study in enabling residents to participate in decision-making
  3. African Slum journal. On 4 May 2014 there will be the 100th edition of the African slum Journal.


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