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Resilience along the river bank

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In the shadow of Africa’s biggest dump site at Dandora, in Kenya’s capital, there’s an oasis of trees and vegetable plots threaded along the banks of the Nairobi river. This green sanctuary is the work of a group of determined local men. Nicera Wanjiru’s film is a portrait of their group Canaan Riverside Green Peace.

Land in this congested city is at a premium but instead of letting the site go to developers, the community is planting trees, growing food and cleaning the river. With no outside help from the local authorities, everything the group has done has been from their own resources. The green swathe along the river helps protect the Korogocho neighbourhood from flooding, so this mini paradise plays a key role in local urban resilience. And it provides a vital oasis of cool in the heat of the urban sprawl.

Nicera’s words have been lightly edited for clarity.

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Filmmaking Credits

  • Nicera Wanjiru Kimani
  • Vian Abucheri
  • Mike Dimo
  • Nicera Wanjiru Kimani

    My name is Nicera I am from Nairobi, Kenya and I live in the informal settlements of Kibera. I am the founder of Community Mappers, a woman leader in my community, a federation member at Muungano Wa Wanavijiji and also I tell stories about communities with my pen and a camera. I have lived in an informal settlement for a decade and seen lot of activities going on, both positive and negative. But the mainstream media only seem to report the negative sides of my community. I see very much less news about the positive. This and other factors me to tell stories about communities, stories that you will never see in the mainstream maybe because for them it is not important or it doesn’t suit them. After research targeting two communities, we did a video about trash piles in our communities, and where they are located. We have done a film about evictions as well. I have written articles which I would really love to do films about, as I did with this group.

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