“My craft means the world to me”
Meet Pascazie Uwimana a refugee mother of three girls and five grandchildren from Rwanda who has lived in Nairobi, Kenya since 1997. I am a tailor who specializes in...
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World Gratitude Day 2023
World Gratitude Day is celebrated on the 21st September annually and is a day for reflection and a mindful pause in our busy day to day lives. As its...
World Health Day 2023
Water is something we often take for granted on this side of the world but it is not only critical for our health but has a domino effect on...
IDEVW: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVW) is an international holiday which recognises the work and efforts of women’s rights activists against gender-based violence observed on...
Ngongo’s story: Jewels that dream of the Congo
Ngongo is a 52-year-old Congolese refugee living in Nairobi. He escaped the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in early 2000, running away from political persecution as he belongs to...
Upendo is all you need
I sit here wondering how I can express just how moving and inspiring our latest project visits were as Emer, our Programmes officer, and I visited Nairobi, Kenya in...
International Youth Day 2022
The theme of #IYD2022 is intergenerational solidarity and the recognition that both older and younger generations have more in common then one would think. To achieve the Sustainable Development...
World Health Day 2022
Every year a theme is chosen that highlights the concerns or priorities of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Unsurprisingly COVID19 remains a top priority but alongside the viral pandemic...
World Water Day 2022
On World Water Day, we look back on our projects that focused on health and wellbeing. As they say, ‘water is the source of life’ (and whiskey too!) and...
The Work of Many Hands
Mikono Refugee Craft Shop has been badly affected by the lack of tourism in Kenya. The shop sells high quality craft items to support people from a refugee background....
I Am Because We Are
To be asked to write on your jubilee is both shocking and humbling. Shocking in realising how fast the years have passed. I am becoming an old man. Humbling...
Wycliff’s Journey and the Mikono Refugee Craft Shop
Wycliff’s family fled Rwanda in 1995, when he was only four years old. With his parents, three sisters and brother, he ran through the woods of Akagera National Park...