Sr Janet Palafox at the UN
This was the mantra stated at the first meeting of Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) I attended shortly after arriving in New York for my United Nations internship…
Shanize Njeri Wanjiku is 10-years-old and lives in the sprawling urban informal settlement of half a million people, known as Mathare, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. A few weeks ago Shanize was the feature of a story on ABC’s 7.30; the story focused on the gigantic heart of this little girl and her gift for poetry…