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specky
#1 Posted : Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:46:06 AM
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Hi Wazuans,

How does one get to start up a project in helping the needy in our society.I want to start one.
I dont have much actually most are the times i may remain with only 500 bob at the end of the month but i feel the need to help someone out there.Most are the times i buy bread in the supermarket na nikitoka napea the street boys and am left without,it puts a smile on my face nikiona vile wanaivamia....and they are like asante mathe.

I come from huko londokwe and i have seen kids go to school without breakfast and maybe they will only have one meal for the day.

Is there a way i can start up a project or be involved in one? Any ideas.....
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grolut
#2 Posted : Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:49:34 AM
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Location: Embakasi
What happened to the Wazua community service initiative?
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King G
#3 Posted : Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:53:40 AM
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Joined: 6/20/2012
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Location: Othumo
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ProverB
#4 Posted : Tuesday, August 21, 2012 12:11:22 PM
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Joined: 3/12/2010
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Location: Eastlander
specky wrote:
Hi Wazuans,

Most are the times i buy bread in the supermarket na nikitoka napea the street boys and am left without,it puts a smile on my face nikiona vile wanaivamia....and they are like asante mathe.


Hi.. "to develop an economy..u increase the citizen's ability to spend on stuff produced or traded in that economy"

..most of those kids come from a slum nearby..do this...walk to the slum..find a shop there..buy them food there..then leave...

the difference between a slum and runda is that those living in runda spend their money on developing runda..or in businesses whose owners likely live in runda..

those living in a slum work outside the slum..get paid/borrow outside the slum..n the money never gets home.....they give that money to shops/businesses outside the slum..and walk into the slum with consumables..that don't help the slum economy..but litter it instead! Sad

Buying food from a supermarket and giving to an inhabitant of a slum..may fill his stomach...but the shopkeeper in a slum..the person who is actually benefiting the slum economy.. will lose a potential customer.. u feed one..kill another.

hope u set up an organization that focuses on taking actual cash into the slum economy..and have those businesses in there grow..n lift lifestyles of those in the slum.. find a way to have more cash spent in the slum..than outside.. that way..legitimate businesses in slum will thrive..

the reason that it is only changaa dens thrive in slums is because other businesses are strangled by well-wishers..like yourself.. who think that remedy to poverty is food n clothing.. unwittingly mess the trade cycle of the same within the slum.. a noble "mistake" though..

this month...why not walk into the slum with your 5soc.. shop..and distribute..and leave.

#lessons from the Great Depression
..Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven...Matt5:16
- 1769 Oxford King James Bible 'Authorized Version
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carygoh
#5 Posted : Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:53:41 PM
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Joined: 5/4/2008
Posts: 1,703
specky wrote:
Hi Wazuans,

How does one get to start up a project in helping the needy in our society.I want to start one.
I dont have much actually most are the times i may remain with only 500 bob at the end of the month but i feel the need to help someone out there.Most are the times i buy bread in the supermarket na nikitoka napea the street boys and am left without,it puts a smile on my face nikiona vile wanaivamia....and they are like asante mathe.

I come from huko londokwe and i have seen kids go to school without breakfast and maybe they will only have one meal for the day.

Is there a way i can start up a project or be involved in one? Any ideas.....



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mkeiyd
#6 Posted : Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:11:27 PM
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Joined: 3/26/2012
Posts: 1,182
ProverB wrote:
specky wrote:
Hi Wazuans,

Most are the times i buy bread in the supermarket na nikitoka napea the street boys and am left without,it puts a smile on my face nikiona vile wanaivamia....and they are like asante mathe.


Hi.. "to develop an economy..u increase the citizen's ability to spend on stuff produced or traded in that economy"

..most of those kids come from a slum nearby..do this...walk to the slum..find a shop there..buy them food there..then leave...

the difference between a slum and runda is that those living in runda spend their money on developing runda..or in businesses whose owners likely live in runda..

those living in a slum work outside the slum..get paid/borrow outside the slum..n the money never gets home.....they give that money to shops/businesses outside the slum..and walk into the slum with consumables..that don't help the slum economy..but litter it instead! Sad

Buying food from a supermarket and giving to an inhabitant of a slum..may fill his stomach...but the shopkeeper in a slum..the person who is actually benefiting the slum economy.. will lose a potential customer.. u feed one..kill another.

hope u set up an organization that focuses on taking actual cash into the slum economy..and have those businesses in there grow..n lift lifestyles of those in the slum.. find a way to have more cash spent in the slum..than outside.. that way..legitimate businesses in slum will thrive..

the reason that it is only changaa dens thrive in slums is because other businesses are strangled by well-wishers..like yourself.. who think that remedy to poverty is food n clothing.. unwittingly mess the trade cycle of the same within the slum.. a noble "mistake" though..

this month...why not walk into the slum with your 5soc.. shop..and distribute..and leave.

#lessons from the Great Depression


@ProverB, I disagree with you. Without the food donation worth 500, the slum will spend 500 on food. With food donation of 500, the slum will spend the 500 it had for food on other consumables.
Of the two, which is better?
You are assuming,without donations,money/resources will be available to fill the void, which is untrue.
Are you saying Starehe Boys' Center is a "noble" mistake?
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sheri
#7 Posted : Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:52:34 PM
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Contact Mpole and contribute to Samuel 2nd term school fees. Welcome to the club.Applause
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Magigi
#8 Posted : Tuesday, August 21, 2012 3:10:05 PM
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Joined: 3/31/2008
Posts: 7,081
Location: Kenya
@Specky
...Mwiitu wa ia...Huo ndio utu...ubinadamu...That is the whole essence of living...Loving others...and sharing the little one has...Forget hawa watu wa "I would rather crash land than come down and resign'...In NIV the word LOVE appears 551 times...That is what God wants us to do...Love...
...Niona ukathi ituni vate nzika...
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vky
#9 Posted : Tuesday, August 21, 2012 3:45:25 PM
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Joined: 6/17/2010
Posts: 572
ProverB wrote:
specky wrote:
Hi Wazuans,

Most are the times i buy bread in the supermarket na nikitoka napea the street boys and am left without,it puts a smile on my face nikiona vile wanaivamia....and they are like asante mathe.


Hi.. "to develop an economy..u increase the citizen's ability to spend on stuff produced or traded in that economy"

..most of those kids come from a slum nearby..do this...walk to the slum..find a shop there..buy them food there..then leave...

the difference between a slum and runda is that those living in runda spend their money on developing runda..or in businesses whose owners likely live in runda..

those living in a slum work outside the slum..get paid/borrow outside the slum..n the money never gets home.....they give that money to shops/businesses outside the slum..and walk into the slum with consumables..that don't help the slum economy..but litter it instead! Sad

Buying food from a supermarket and giving to an inhabitant of a slum..may fill his stomach...but the shopkeeper in a slum..the person who is actually benefiting the slum economy.. will lose a potential customer.. u feed one..kill another.

hope u set up an organization that focuses on taking actual cash into the slum economy..and have those businesses in there grow..n lift lifestyles of those in the slum.. find a way to have more cash spent in the slum..than outside.. that way..legitimate businesses in slum will thrive..

the reason that it is only changaa dens thrive in slums is because other businesses are strangled by well-wishers..like yourself.. who think that remedy to poverty is food n clothing.. unwittingly mess the trade cycle of the same within the slum.. a noble "mistake" though..

this month...why not walk into the slum with your 5soc.. shop..and distribute..and leave.

#lessons from the Great Depression

ideally well put but the down side is that businesses in the slums are so small that with 5k you could buy the whole stock of the shop hence people or corporates that want to help out large scale wouldnt shop there but I have observed that this situation is double edged in that a well wisher may shop elsewhere bring the stuff in to the slum and give out this in turn frees up some cash that families in the slums can use to buy daily usage stuff from the shops in the slum and perpetuating the slum economy
'One headache for famous medieval holy people was that someone might murder you to acquire your body parts for the relics trade'
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harrydre
#10 Posted : Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:04:25 PM
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Joined: 7/10/2008
Posts: 9,131
Location: Kanjo
mkeiyd wrote:
ProverB wrote:
specky wrote:
Hi Wazuans,

Most are the times i buy bread in the supermarket na nikitoka napea the street boys and am left without,it puts a smile on my face nikiona vile wanaivamia....and they are like asante mathe.


Hi.. "to develop an economy..u increase the citizen's ability to spend on stuff produced or traded in that economy"

..most of those kids come from a slum nearby..do this...walk to the slum..find a shop there..buy them food there..then leave...

the difference between a slum and runda is that those living in runda spend their money on developing runda..or in businesses whose owners likely live in runda..

those living in a slum work outside the slum..get paid/borrow outside the slum..n the money never gets home.....they give that money to shops/businesses outside the slum..and walk into the slum with consumables..that don't help the slum economy..but litter it instead! Sad

Buying food from a supermarket and giving to an inhabitant of a slum..may fill his stomach...but the shopkeeper in a slum..the person who is actually benefiting the slum economy.. will lose a potential customer.. u feed one..kill another.

hope u set up an organization that focuses on taking actual cash into the slum economy..and have those businesses in there grow..n lift lifestyles of those in the slum.. find a way to have more cash spent in the slum..than outside.. that way..legitimate businesses in slum will thrive..

the reason that it is only changaa dens thrive in slums is because other businesses are strangled by well-wishers..like yourself.. who think that remedy to poverty is food n clothing.. unwittingly mess the trade cycle of the same within the slum.. a noble "mistake" though..

this month...why not walk into the slum with your 5soc.. shop..and distribute..and leave.

#lessons from the Great Depression


@ProverB, I disagree with you. Without the food donation worth 500, the slum will spend 500 on food. With food donation of 500, the slum will spend the 500 it had for food on other consumables.Of the two, which is better?
You are assuming,without donations,money/resources will be available to fill the void, which is untrue.
Are you saying Starehe Boys' Center is a "noble" mistake?


in other words, changaa


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