On March 21st, 2024, Ruben Centre’s Advocacy department, headed by Miss Margaret Kariuki, conducted a training involving local administration and opinion leaders on the state of child safeguarding in Mukuru. The objective was to identify emerging trends within the Mukuru community regarding the safety of children. Some of the findings from their training revealed an increased rate of children's disappearance within the area
Read MoreOn World Radio Day, February 13th, Ruben FM partnered with the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) to move beyond mere celebrations and delve into governance and social accountability. Utilizing its "off-station" broadcasting equipment, Ruben FM embarked on a roadshow aimed at empowering the community through interactive radio discussions.
Read MoreThe Ruben Centre is located in the heart of the Mukuru Community, with the goal of creating a more just and empowered Mukuru Community. This entails a variety of ways of engaging with the community, one of which is constant capacity building of the community's existing structures to improve peaceful cohabitation and communal functioning.
Read MoreMukuru informal settlement was declared a Special Planning Area (SPA) under the Kenya Physical Planning Act (2012) criteria for a Special Planning Area. This meant that Mukuru needed substantial redevelopment as well as the upgrade of the entire informal settlement.
Read MoreA team of five staffs from the advocacy and networking department at Ruben Centre had a comprehensive and insightful three-day peacebuilding training organized by CPS-GIZ at Heron Portico Hotel. The training covered important concepts such as conflict sensitivity, the "Do No Harm" approach, and anti-bias behavior.
Read MoreHow often are children involved in their own safeguarding? Often times, children are not engaged in safeguarding as they are often seen as victims. However, children can play a vital role in their own safeguarding if some focus is put into educating them to identify risk factors that the perpetrators exploit in order to abuse them.
Read MoreHabitat for Humanity Kenya and their partners in Kenya launched a two-year campaign, called Home Equals in partnership with a local grassroots NGO, Akiba Mashinani Trust to engage with the Nairobi City County Government for the provision of basic services, including access to clean water and sanitation for at least 50,000 households and to work collaboratively with the relevant partners in the land sector to help advocate for Mukuru residents’ tenure security.
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