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  <title>TakingITGlobal Feed : Latest Content from Nairobi Area</title>
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  <updated>2009-11-23T01:11:08Z</updated>
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    <name>TakingITGlobal</name>
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  <entry>
    <title>Organization : Nairobi Disabled Empowerment Programme</title>
	<id>http://orgs.tigweb.org/42491</id>
    <link href="http://orgs.tigweb.org/42491" />
    <published>2009-11-16T03:17:13Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-16T03:17:13Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>patrick</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/kunini</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">As organization working with disables we have been able to achieve a few milestones such as  
ï‚§	Bringing together over 150 disables and creating awareness on disability and HIV/AIDS in Dagoretti and expanded to  Kibera slums 
ï‚§	Initiated Income...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Organization : SHABAA</title>
	<id>http://orgs.tigweb.org/42387</id>
    <link href="http://orgs.tigweb.org/42387" />
    <published>2009-11-11T07:08:22Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-11T07:08:22Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>DAVID NJIHIA</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/CRC</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">Shabaa was launched in November 2009 in Nakuru during the National Youth Leaders' Convention organised by Kenya Community Development Foundation.

Shabaa aims bringing together youth and young leaders in promoting value based leadership and peacefu...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Blog : From Canada to beyond</title>
	<id>http://robinopati.tigblog.org/post/1370045</id>
    <link href="http://robinopati.tigblog.org/post/1370045" />
    <published>2009-11-10T10:00:30Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-10T10:00:30Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Global Visionary Leaders</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/robinopati</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">Friends, my love for Canada and Canadian friends was unconditional and since 2003 I ran a Tig profile and became seasonal blogger from late 2006/early 2007 to-date. I'm a fan of this leading Canadian founded youth organization 'Taking It Global'.

...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Blog : Kenya's &quot;Poor&quot; to get  Welfare Checks via electronic card system!</title>
	<id>http://Norma63.tigblog.org/post/1355101</id>
    <link href="http://Norma63.tigblog.org/post/1355101" />
    <published>2009-11-07T00:59:45Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-07T00:59:45Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Norma</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/Norma63</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">According to current statistics, about one third of the country is starving. Now that the rains have come, one would have expected that our small scale farmers would be given the incentive to grow enough food: Perhaps communal tractors to be leased a...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Event : All Africa Dance Festival on Peace</title>
	<id>http://events.tigweb.org/25475</id>
    <link href="http://events.tigweb.org/25475" />
    <published>2009-11-06T08:35:37Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-06T08:35:37Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>(no name)</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">ALL AFRICA DANCE FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN  NAIROBI

Nairobi is set to host a five-day (December 9-13, 2009) pan-African dance
festival and conference to promote peace on the mother continent. The All
Africa Dance Conference and Festival will bring ...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Event : World Philosophy Day 2009</title>
	<id>http://events.tigweb.org/25427</id>
    <link href="http://events.tigweb.org/25427" />
    <published>2009-10-31T13:59:14Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-31T13:59:14Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>(no name)</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">This event tries to commemorate the local philosophies we develop within our respective countries and unite as a nation within a global system. Every country has its own patriotic history and politics that dissociates its operatives from the world vi...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Event : Conference on Peace, Justice and Education: Challenges for Political Change</title>
	<id>http://events.tigweb.org/25425</id>
    <link href="http://events.tigweb.org/25425" />
    <published>2009-10-31T13:49:51Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-31T13:49:51Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>(no name)</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">This conference tries to correspond to the post-election violence that stole peace from Kenya and misplaced understanding amongst our politicians. It addresses issues that are cross-border and with great propensity to occur in other localities, inclu...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Blog : The Unheard Voices</title>
	<id>http://muchia.tigblog.org/post/1187151</id>
    <link href="http://muchia.tigblog.org/post/1187151" />
    <published>2009-10-29T10:37:03Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-29T10:37:03Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>dave</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/muchia</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">It is not the big dramatic things that press me to write about this in the middle of the night but just trying to make sense of it. It is like a reflection of twisted feelings or some kind of guilt. What could I have done?  It is probably the ghastly...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Organization : Picha Mtaani</title>
	<id>http://orgs.tigweb.org/42171</id>
    <link href="http://orgs.tigweb.org/42171" />
    <published>2009-10-27T05:57:53Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-27T05:57:53Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>GEORGE GACHARA</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/GEORGEGACHARA</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">Picha Mtaani is a Youth led national reconciliation, and post -conflict reconstruction project, aiming to promote peaceful co-existence among communitiesâ€™ in Kenyaâ€™s seven most election conflict affected provinces. 

The tour of Kenyaâ€™s elect...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Blog : UN-HABITAT World Urban Forum 5 -  Rio, Brazil 2010</title>
	<id>http://copudo.tigblog.org/post/1058009</id>
    <link href="http://copudo.tigblog.org/post/1058009" />
    <published>2009-10-23T17:35:56Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-23T17:35:56Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Christabell</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/copudo</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">Dear All, 

On behalf of UN-HABITAT kindly find the following updates on preparations for the Fifth Session of the World Urban Forum to be held in Rio de Janeiro, March 2010.

1. The Conference Agreement for the Fifth Session of the World Urban F...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Organization : National Volunteer Network Trust (NAVNET)</title>
	<id>http://orgs.tigweb.org/42133</id>
    <link href="http://orgs.tigweb.org/42133" />
    <published>2009-10-23T16:19:58Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-23T16:19:58Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Agnetta</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/Nyalita</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">Programme areas include;
1. Health &amp; HIV aids -The objective of the programme is to strengthen the capacity of local organizations to meet the needs and rights of the affected and reduce stigma and discrimination experienced by the infected and affe...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Blog : CONDOM USE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE</title>
	<id>http://RAFILE.tigblog.org/post/1028659</id>
    <link href="http://RAFILE.tigblog.org/post/1028659" />
    <published>2009-10-22T05:16:40Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-22T05:16:40Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>RAFILE</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/RAFILE</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">In todays daily newspaper and a recent research done by a local organization in Kenya indicated that a majority of young people are not using condoms. This has been attributed to the stigma associated with the purchasing of the condoms, religion and ...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Blog : The Global Efforts Initiative Proposed Project on Peace and Reconciliation</title>
	<id>http://Gitonga.tigblog.org/post/983945</id>
    <link href="http://Gitonga.tigblog.org/post/983945" />
    <published>2009-10-21T08:38:25Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-21T08:38:25Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Eric Gitonga Mburugu</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/Gitonga</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Citizens of humanity,

World Peace is humanityâ€™s oldest dream. Our people have continued to strive to achieve peace not just at an international level but essentially at a community and family level. The presence of peace among our people contr...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Blog : </title>
	<id>http://Muhia.tigblog.org/post/978523</id>
    <link href="http://Muhia.tigblog.org/post/978523" />
    <published>2009-10-20T10:44:22Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-20T10:44:22Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bernard Muhia</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/Muhia</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">What is your dream? What do you do so well that you would love to
share with the people around you? Here is mine...

-- 
Profound Regards,

Bernard Muhia
</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Blog : A NEW TYPE OF ART</title>
	<id>http://juliejacqui.tigblog.org/post/890777</id>
    <link href="http://juliejacqui.tigblog.org/post/890777" />
    <published>2009-10-14T05:18:01Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-14T05:18:01Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Julie</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/juliejacqui</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
BY: JULIET AWUOR.
A few weeks ago, an exposure was made on the media concerning women being conned in search for love. 
This four letter word puzzles me many a times. One would go to unbelievable heights to try and keep it. With technology, there...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Blog : Online PR Strategies</title>
	<id>http://Booker.tigblog.org/post/885555</id>
    <link href="http://Booker.tigblog.org/post/885555" />
    <published>2009-10-08T10:32:37Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-08T10:32:37Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>booker</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/Booker</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">PR largely affects the success or failure of a brand. The relationship between a service provider and a customer is dependent not so much on the technology, quality, price, efficiency or warranty of the service, but more so on PR. Indeed, many busine...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Organization : For a Nation Youth Organization</title>
	<id>http://orgs.tigweb.org/41741</id>
    <link href="http://orgs.tigweb.org/41741" />
    <published>2009-09-29T07:07:54Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-29T07:07:54Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>mugami</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/sivamuga</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">For a nation youth organization is a community based organization formed in the year 2008 with an aim to improve the living standards of the people living in the slums engulfed in extreme poverty and other areas affected by natural calamities that en...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Article : The Spectre of Cannibalism in Sub-Saharan Africa</title>
	<id>http://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=26051</id>
    <link href="http://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=26051" />
    <published>2009-09-24T01:20:27Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-24T01:20:27Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Norma</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/Norma63</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">The era of AIDS has birthed strange happenings in Kenya and across the sub-Saharan African (SSA) region in general. Earlier during the epidemic, it was rumored that a sexual encounter with a virgin could cure one of HIV/ AIDS. This helped to explain ...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Event : Experiencing new cultures.</title>
	<id>http://events.tigweb.org/25157</id>
    <link href="http://events.tigweb.org/25157" />
    <published>2009-09-23T03:40:40Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-23T03:40:40Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>(no name)</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">    Many young people want to travel abroad, but not necessarily for a long period of time, families see the value of their children experiencing new cultures &amp; learning or improving on linguistic competences, teenagers &amp; adults alike enjoy the chanc...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Event : Amazing life experience. </title>
	<id>http://events.tigweb.org/25155</id>
    <link href="http://events.tigweb.org/25155" />
    <published>2009-09-23T03:15:00Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-23T03:15:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>(no name)</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">We have volunteer opportunities which do not require specialized skills (although these would be an advantage), and we accept volunteers for both short and long-term placements, all the year round. Volunteers certainly gain an amazing life experience...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Organization : Big Brothers Big Sisters Of East Africa</title>
	<id>http://orgs.tigweb.org/41665</id>
    <link href="http://orgs.tigweb.org/41665" />
    <published>2009-09-22T03:49:45Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-22T03:49:45Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF E. A</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/bbbseastafrica</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">â€œHaving a mentor adds another champion in the vulnerable childâ€™s life- someone outside the family who offers an exclusive relationship to the child. 

Together a mentor and a child share many different activities, but the underlying significanc...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Organization : National Organization of Peer Educators</title>
	<id>http://orgs.tigweb.org/41443</id>
    <link href="http://orgs.tigweb.org/41443" />
    <published>2009-09-01T09:36:13Z</published>
    <updated>2009-09-01T09:36:13Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Peris Wakesho</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/peekesho</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">Using Participatory Peer Centred approaches for HIV and AIDS, Reproductive Health, Gender and Sexuality education, information and skills building.
Consultancy for Individuals,Organizations, corporates and Governments to initiate, institutionalise, ...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Organization : Ghetto Film Trust</title>
	<id>http://orgs.tigweb.org/41179</id>
    <link href="http://orgs.tigweb.org/41179" />
    <published>2009-08-15T05:46:00Z</published>
    <updated>2009-08-15T05:46:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>charles</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/sinema</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">Community training worshops in-
-Devicing advocacy training workshops
			This training highlights specific issues which are disscused by the participants.The issues are used by the participants in training to device a film script for production.
Â...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Organization : Newwave Community Swim Club-Disable</title>
	<id>http://orgs.tigweb.org/40929</id>
    <link href="http://orgs.tigweb.org/40929" />
    <published>2009-07-31T16:15:11Z</published>
    <updated>2009-07-31T16:15:11Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Disable swim club</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/MADARAKA</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">Newwave community swim club has a couple of activities, including traininig individuals with disabilty on how to swim, counseling for the youth,Transporting the youth from there homes to the training venue and back,Providing snacks for the memebers s...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Organization : Gracepatt  Ecotours Kenya</title>
	<id>http://orgs.tigweb.org/40899</id>
    <link href="http://orgs.tigweb.org/40899" />
    <published>2009-07-29T07:47:05Z</published>
    <updated>2009-07-29T07:47:05Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Gracepatt Ecotours Kenya</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/gracepatte</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">Our mission is to connect people with communities in need. Providing quality placements for interns and volunteers with the aim of meeting the goals and aspirations of the local communities as well as the volunteers.  To conserve the worldâ€™s most e...</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Organization : HOYWIK-Humanity for Orphans,Youth &amp;Widows Initiatives Kenya</title>
	<id>http://orgs.tigweb.org/40893</id>
    <link href="http://orgs.tigweb.org/40893" />
    <published>2009-07-29T03:15:49Z</published>
    <updated>2009-07-29T03:15:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Zachary Ngare</name>
      <uri>http://profiles.tigweb.org/HOYWIK</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html">We provide Capacity Building Trainings, Food Security, HIV/Aids, Human Rights, Feeding the Aids Orphans, Civic Education, Education, Advocacy and Lobbying, Sponsorships, Environmental Conservation, Clean Ups, Networking, Collaborations, Mentorship of...</content>
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