Kibera's Green Heroes: How Women are Adapting to Climate Change

Kibera's Green Heroes: How Women are Adapting to Climate Change

In this episode, we hear from Malassen Hamida, the founder and chairperson of the Mazingira Women Initiative. The initiative focuses on environmental issues.

Born in Kibera, Nairobi's informal settlement, Hamida narrates how she's deeply inspired by Wangari Maathai, a strong woman leader who campaigned for environmental care.

She reminds us that Kibera was once a very green area, an extension of Ngong Fores. Due to rural-urban migration the settlement is over populated and has many challenges including lack of green spaces, clogged drains, poor waste management and poor hygiene.

Hamida describes their work in Kibera, which includes making charcoal briquettes from community waste materials and planting fruit trees that offer both environment ...