A greener slum: battle between Youth and Waste in Kibera

A very large proportion of population in Nairobi, Kenya lives in slums, of which Kibera is the hugest one. This community has been lacking proper solid waste management system for long, leading to severe health-threatening pollution. To improve local environment, a group of local youth start their own initiative in tacking the waste around them.

This mini documentary depicts Kibera Green, a youth-led waste management team on how they work to clean up their neighborhood by solving the challenges they met. They are now making progress but still in need of external supports for the continuation of the project.

In Nairobi, the youth-led waste management groups like that exceed a number of 190.

  • Yu Nong
    Director
  • Yu Nong
    Writer
  • Yu Nong
    Producer
  • Alfy Otieno
    Key Cast
  • Sophie Thiry
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 24 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 3, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Kenya
  • Country of Filming:
    Kenya
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Nikon D90
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Yu Nong

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Open-minded and hard-working graduate who studied in China and Australia on media and communications and volunteered in Brazil and Bahrain. I am currently interning at United Nations in New York after working at UN-Habitat in Nairobi, Kenya for one year. Looking to be a communications specialist within international development realms using media skill-sets to support the achievement of 2030 global agenda.

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