A YEAR AS A FAMILY by Daniel Otieno

From the fellowship we are more of a family than fellows or colleagues
It has been a vigorous learning experience as Fahamu Pan Africa Fellow having gone through most critical aspects of advocacy and community organizing. While building my capacity in resource mobilization, facilitation skills networking, I broadened my understanding in social justice movements and Pan Africanism.

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NO MORE WAITING OUTSIDE,WE HAVE OUR CLASSES by Dennis Dancan Mosiere

In October 2010, I was invited by Libe, a friend of mine to go to Kangemi to visit one of her friends who are running a school for street kids. His name is Dan and his assistant’s name is Ben. Both men are security guards at a guest house in Kileleshwa and that is where they met Libe.

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MOBILIZING RESOURCES AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TOOL BY David Njihia

One of the biggest challenges in youth organizing is that they are dynamic in nature, lack livelihood options and suffer poor access to information and opportunities leading to disengagement from the civic processes and also get misused by the “power holders”.

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LBT VOICES…NOW HEARD by Gullit Amakobe

Artists for Recognition and Acceptance (AFRA) is an organization composed of young artistic and talented lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBT) women. These young artistic women needed a space to address their issues and express themselves.  Participating in an artistic organization was not enough as they needed to have lengthy discussions about what’s aching and itching in their hearts – they were struggling with issues like coming out to their families, fitting in at school, and unemployment. We required a space to discuss a number of events transpiring in our lives but we would not do it during AFRA meetings.

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MY ROLE IN RESISTING OPPRESSION by Blessol Gathoni

In the last year, of the Fellowship program my intervention has been in addressing the issue of oppression due to class, abuse of power in hierarchical and bureaucratic structures within our LGBTIQ community and organizations. This has been a major contributor to the rise of non- progressiveness in our advocacy, divisions within the community, indulgence in too much personal politics and self importance and a static form of leadership, resulting in ‘the gate keepers’ system, where the same cadre/circle of people maintain power for a long time.

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MY COMMUNITY ACTION by Dennis Dancan Mosiere

There has been and still there is massive dumping of garbage in the Mukuru slums both by private property developers and the residents. This has led to a poor environment.

We wanted to educate the residents on how to help minimize and manage garbage. I decide to involve the youth and the residents in the area.

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