The project aims to transform Mukuru into a community where children, youth, and families can reach their full potential. It seeks to improve living conditions for vulnerable children, youth, and women, ensuring access to social and economic opportunities. Building on lessons from the two previous Medicor/DKA projects, this phase introduces climate change clubs in schools.
Directly involved are 5,545 people (2,882 male, 2,662 female), including street children, teenage mothers, caregivers, school and climate club participants and teachers, youth in vocational training, community groups, and MSDP staff. Indirectly involved are 27,725 people, including family members, peers, other caregivers of street children, and community members benefiting from policy dialogue outcomes.
Mukuru, one of Nairobi’s largest informal settlements, is severely overcrowded, with over 500,000 people living in poor housing and lacking essential services like healthcare, education, and sanitation. Poverty and high unemployment force many into unstable, low-paying jobs, while limited training and business opportunities make economic progress difficult. Children, youth, and women are most affected, facing malnutrition, school dropouts, and teen pregnancies. Neglect by policymakers has left the community without adequate public schools or healthcare. Rising costs, economic decline, and climate migration worsen the situation, trapping residents in a cycle of poverty, crime, and survival struggles.
Mukuru Slums development Projects (MSDP) is a Kenyan NGO, located in the heart of Mukuru’s informal settlements since 2009. MSDP’s mission is to improve the living conditions of women, children and youth with a holistic approach providing social and economic empowerments programming.