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Street in Korogocho (Nairobi)

This planet is no longer a rural planet.
By 2030, 60 percent of the world population will be urban.
Today, 72 percent of the citizens in Sub-Saharan cities lives in slum settlements.

River and houses in Kibera

NEWS

Civic education in Nairobi Parishes in view of the Kenyan General Elections List of parishes & dates
Formation program for young journalists 24 Sept - 5 October 2007
Next KUTOKA Meeting Thursday, 18th October at 9am till 2 pm at South B, Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish Theme: Youth, elections and reconciliation
The Slum dwellers Manifesto for all political party candidates in the 2007 Kenyan General Elections
Once again falsepromises from politicians Press Release
Leaflet Information on KUTOKA Network
The Next Meeting of the KUTOKA Network
Debt Campaign Handing over the 85,000 postcards Thursday 22 February at Uhuru Park's Freedom Corner. at 11 a.m . Poster Press Release Maina Kiai will accept the petition to the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights
KUTOKA NETWORK at the WORLD SOCIAL FORUM Nairobi, 20th - 25th January 2006 A critical eye on the world social forum. by Ogollah Oluoch Japheth Korogocho Renaissance Unveiled at The World Social Forum by Ogollah Oluoch Japheth and fr. Daniel Moschetti KUTOKA Program of Activities for the WSF in the different Nairobi slums for visitors and slum dwellers as well as the activities at the site of the WSF Kutoka Prayer for the World Social Forum 2007 KUTOKA Leaflet for the WSF World Social Forum or World Economic Forum? by Oluoch Japheth Ogollah Presentation of the WORLD SOCIAL FORUM at the KUTOKA meeting 7th September 2006 Catholic Economic Justice Group (CEJ) at the WSF
Shauti ya Kutoka Radio Program of Radio Waumin i88.3 FM on SLUMS It is aired every Wednesday 7.30 p.m and repeated every Friday at 9.00p.m

The Jesuit Hakimani Center BASIC NEEDS BASKET Half Year Report 2006 by Mugo Phares Kirii

Baseline Survey on Non-Formal Schools in Korogocho and Kariobangi Slums, Nairobi
Directory of Non-Formal Education (NFE) Institutions in Nairobi Province Ministry of Education and UNICEF March 2006 (revised)

The Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Nairobi responds to this in two ways:

care for those who came to settle in the backyards of established parishes,

form new Christian communities in the heart of informal settlements.

The EXODUS (KUTOKA in Swahili) Network is a voluntary gathering of Christian teams who minister to people living in various Nairobi slums and informal settlements.
In 2002, they started coming together to learn about and discuss the multiple issues they face in their daily work. Their quarterly meetings are embedded in prayer and in-depth study.


Selling fruits in a Nairobi slum

Street in Ruben - slum near the industrial area

They are particularly inspired by the following passage from the Bible:
The spirit of the Lord is on me,
for he has anointed me
to bring the good news to the afflicted.
He has sent me
to proclaim liberty to captives,
sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord.
Isaiah 61: 1-2; Luke 4: 18-19

This site offers an insight into the daily lives of Nairobi slum dwellers.
It also testifies to various struggles the KUTOKA network has taken up over the years.
This may prompt you to join us and assist us with your talents, skills and energy.
People do not reside in slums by choice.
The exodus is a common dream.
"If you want to save someone out of sludge and muck,
do not cheat yourself you can remain up there
and be pleased to lower a helping hand.
All the way down you must go: inside muck and sludge.
There, seize the other, then with strong hands
and lift both of you up into the light."
Rabbi Schlomo
in Martin Buber's Tales of the Hasidim
TAKE THE PLUNGE!

Exodus Kutoka Network

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