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  • 07-09-2010

    !SYOU AT NPOX10 FESTIVAL

    With !SYOU you can co-design a huge sneaker at the NPOX10 Festival!

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  • 17-08-2010

    MAKER FAIRE AFRICA 2010, A BIG SUCCESS

    The second Maker Faire Africa took place the 27th and 28th August in Nairobi, Kenya. It was an event that celebrates African ingenuity, innovation and invention.

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Main Content

  • UNSUNG PEACE HEROES

    2008 - 2009, Kenya

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  • NAIROBITS

    2000 - ongoing, Africa

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  • MEDIA FOCUS ON AFRICA

    Creating a better informed society

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  • OXFAM NOVIB

    Fighters for a just world without poverty

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  • CHILDREN’S BOOK SERIES

    2007, Kenya and 2009, Morocco

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  • UNSUNG PEACE HEROES

    22-11-2008 - On November 21st 2008, we launched a campaign to identify and celebrate Kenya’s unsung peace heroes; people or organisations who did, courageous, heroic things during the post-election violence.

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  • UNSUNG PEACE HEROES - THE WINNERS

    25-02-2009 - On the 26th of Feb 2009, the winners of our Peace Hero prize were welcomed at a press event in Nairobi to receive their prizes, be interviewed and get their photos taken for the full page add in the newspaper.

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  • ANNE IKIARA, DIRECTOR NAIROBITS, WINNER

    31-08-2009 - Anita Borg Change Agent Awards 2009

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  • NAIROBITS AND SAMSUNG

    06-07-2009 - Nairobits had a very different graduation on the 26th of June. To express the appreciation for Nairobits, Samsung helped Nairobits to organise their students a graduation bigger than before.

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  • RUN 3 CYBERS!

    10-12-2008 - I run 3 cyber cafes like i wanted. Am glad I can pay my rent and support myself, but thats not what makes me happy...

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  • ARTICLE ABOUT UNSUNG PEACE HEROES

    19-01-2009 - Oneworld NL wrote an extensive article on our programme Unsung Peace Heroes (in Dutch).

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  • THANKS TO TURING!

    13-01-2009 - We are happy to announce that the Turing Foundation granted our proposal for 2009/2010 to further build on the successes of Nairobits with the aim to create even more jobs for our talented students.

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  • HADZABE CULTURAL CENTRE

    27-10-2009 - This October Butterfly Works supported a research trip that was undertaken by Oreteti Cultural Discovery to investigate a possible cultural centre to preserve Hadzabe culture and facilitate international promotion (Mongo wa Mono, Kenya).

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  • KIBERA COMMUNITY YOUTH

    Empowering youth to have a stake in the future

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  • BUILDING BRIDGES

    Building Bridges 2010, Ongoing, Kenya

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  • SAMBAZA PEACE

    2009 - ongoing, Kenya

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  • GETH2O

    2010, ongoing, Kenya, global

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  • BUILDING BRIDGES

    Building Bridges 24-02-2010 - Building Bridges is an initiative to encourage and reward Kenyans to reach out to others to overcome conflict.

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