When it comes to the cost of daily life, what is the value of a dollar? Our current understanding of what it means to live in extreme poverty owes a lot to an arbitrary benchmark figure set by the World Bank. In 1990, the World Bank published a report confirming that to be extremely poor …
By Gillian Kane, Human Rights Officer It’s that time of year again: the holidays are over, and a new school term has begun. Around this time, in households across the world, school supplies have been listed and bought; uniforms have been washed, labelled, and ironed; and schoolbags have been packed in anticipation of a new …
Voluntourist (noun): a traveller who works without pay, usually for a charity, in a country they are visiting With attention recently drawn to the negative aspects of what is known as ‘voluntourism’, it is important that we think about what it means to be responsible volunteers when seeking to make this world a better place. …
Aina Giving is a US based company that shares Stahili’s belief in finding solutions to the world’s problems through responsible donating and practical grassroots action. In this guest post, they explain their approach and how you can get involved. Welcome to Aina! Aina is an online community for people that want to have an impact; those of …
John was the first child to be rescued and supported by Stahili and is currently the oldest student in the programme. Now aged 22 and studying at a high school in Nairobi, John has hopes of starting a university degree in the near future. Thanks to Stahili, John is now on his way towards a much …
“I first heard about Stahili when I met one of the co-founders, Michelle Oliel, and heard about the incredible work she and her two co-founders, Laura Walker and Hannah Ackerman, had done to rescue children from an appalling situation in an orphanage in Kenya and put them on the road to a better future through …