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Home > Kenya: Slum dwellers map their way out of oblivion

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 03:00
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Internet & technology [2]
Issue Number: 
501 [3]
Article-Summary: 

How much state attention and help can you expect if the area where you live is not even marked on official maps? Not a lot, decided the residents of one of Africa's biggest slums and designed a digital map of Kibera - a great help in all too familiar emergency situations. Such information is useful to the Kenya Red Cross, which deals with 144 fires in Kibera each month.

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ICT, Media & Security [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/internet/67930 [5]
Country: 
Kenya [6]

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