Linah Mwende hails from the Mukuru kwa Ruben informal settlement where residents cling on to available means of survival like a thin thread. Linah’s thread tore when she needed it the most. Read about her journey from the dumps to seventh heaven with the accompaniment of the Ruben Centre.
Read MoreEaster Basket celebrations added vibrance to the Ruben Centre and School grounds on 16 March 2021, in the Mukuru kwa Ruben settlement. The Ruben Centre fraternity hosted the Easter Basket event and involved the Mukuru community in reflecting upon the values of loving one another.
Read MoreThe Ruben Centre remains firm on the sturdy grid of the Mukuru informal settlement, 35 years after it was planted by a woman, Sister Mary Killeen as a school.
Read MoreOn 10th February 2021, the Mukuru Salama Centre faction of the Ruben Centre hosted a social event for youth from the Mukuru settlement inside the Ruben Centre main hall. The event, dubbed Mind your mind, united youth from different sections of the Mukuru community in Nairobi, who were moved by the accumulating talks around mental health.
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