CUE in Kibera

Question 1

Where?

Answer 1

Nairobi in Kenya.

Question 2

What percentage of inhabitants live in slums?

Answer 2

60%.

Question 3

How many people live in 255 hectares?

Answer 3

Over one million.

Question 4

What is high?

Answer 4

Population density.

Question 5

How much floor space is there for people?

Answer 5

1m2.

Question 6

How many orphans?

Answer 6

100,000.

Question 7

Why are there orphans?

Answer 7

Due to HIV/AIDS.

Question 8

Homes made of?

Answer 8

Mud plastered over wooden boards or corrugated iron sheeting.

Question 9

Paths between houses?

Answer 9

Narrow with a sewage ditch in the middle.

Question 10

What is not collected?

Answer 10

Rubbish.

Question 11

What do standpipes do?

Answer 11

Supply water to forty families.

Question 12

What rate is high?

Answer 12

Crime.

Question 13

What is strong?

Answer 13

Community spirit.

Question 14

How do inhabitants keep their homes?

Answer 14

Clean and welcome visitors to them.

Question 15

Practical action?

Answer 15

British charity which designed cheap roof tiles made of sand and clay. These enable self-help schemes to progress.

Question 16

United Nations human settlement programme? 3

Answer 16

• provides affordable electricity and water to residents
• two mains water pipes provided by the council and World Bank
• water is sold at a good price of 3 Kenyan shillings for 20 litres

Question 17

Sanitation and medical programmes? 2

Answer 17

• medical facilities are provided by charities

* gap-year students encouraged to go to Kibera to oversee spending and help out

Question 18

Kiberan 15 year project? 4

Answer 18

• began in 2003 with the aim to re-house thousands of residents
• joint venture between Kenyan residents and UN-habitants
• 770 families were houses in new blocks of flags with running water in 1st year
• 60 million Kenyan shillings were set aside in the 1st year of the plan