Charity Mumbi's guest appearances

Charity Mumbi

Global Development Institute podcast

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Jane Wairutu

This episode comes from the African Cities Research Consortium podcast.  “It’s not our data as SDI, it’s not ACRC data, it’s not their data. It’s the community’s data. So you have to have that understanding that, at the end of the day, it has to benefit the community.”In this episode, Miriam Maina talks to Charity Mumbi and Jane Wairutu from SDI-Kenya about community-led mapping and data collection, participatory planning processes, and the role of research in inclusive urban transformation.Charity Mumbi is an urban and regional planner and a project officer at SDI-Kenya, supporting community-led planning, research and data management activities.Jane Wairutu is a sociologist and programme manager at SDI-Kenya, working closely with data and project implementation teams.Miriam Maina is from Nairobi and is a postdoctoral research fellow at the African Cities Research Consortium, working on the housing domain.The African Cities Research Consortium is a major six-year investment by FCDO to fund new, operationally-relevant research to address intractable development challenges in African cities. Find out more about the Global Development Institute:  Website Blog Twitter LinkedIn  Facebook  Newsletter   Intro music Anna Banana by Eaters

This episode comes from the <a href="https://www.african-cities.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">African Cities Research Consortium</a> podcast. “It’s not our data as SDI, it’s not ACRC data, it’s not their data. It’s the community’s data. So you have to have that understanding that, at the end of the day, it has to benefit the community.”In this episode, Miriam Maina talks to Charity Mumbi and Jane Wairutu from <a href="https://sdinet.org/affiliate/kenya/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SDI-Kenya</a> about community-led mapping and data collection, participatory planning processes, and the role of research in inclusive urban transformation.<a href="https://aap.cornell.edu/news-events/joe-muturi-community-centered-slum-upgrading-lessons-mukuru-special-planning-area" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charity Mumbi</a> is an urban and regional planner and a project officer at SDI-Kenya, supporting community-led planning, research and data management activities.<a href="https://twitter.com/jwairutu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jane Wairutu</a> is a sociologist and programme manager at SDI-Kenya, working closely with data and project implementation teams.<a href="https://www.african-cities.org/postdoc-profile-miriam-maina/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Miriam Maina</a> is from Nairobi and is a postdoctoral research fellow at the African Cities Research Consortium, working on the <a href="https://www.african-cities.org/housing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">housing</a> domain. The African Cities Research Consortium is a major six-year investment by FCDO to fund new, operationally-relevant research to address intractable development challenges in African cities. Find out more about the Global Development Institute: <ul> <li><a href="https://gdi.manchester.ac.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/GlobalDevInst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/globaldevinst/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn </a></li> <li><a href="https://facebook.com/globaldevinst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li> <a href="https://t.co/nbCntwdJ3G" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newsletter</a> </li> </ul> Intro music Anna Banana by Eaters

Community-led planning and transformation with Charity Mumbi and Jane Wairutu

Jack Makau

Charity Mumbi and Jack Makau work for Muungano wa Wanavijiji, a social movement of 'slum' residents and urban poor people in Kenya, affiliated to SDI International. In this podcast they describe the last few months of working through the initial outbreak of Covid-19, outlining how communities and their organisations have been responding. Their agile initial approaches, alongside a longstanding ability to accurately map dense informal settlements has led to new partnerships with the Kenyan Ministry of Health, as part of its coronavirus task force. This work is also being supported by an action research project to track coronavirus responses with GDI’s Professor Diana Mitlin. Find out more about the Global Development Institute:  Website Blog Twitter LinkedIn  Facebook  Newsletter   Intro music Anna Banana by Eaters

Charity Mumbi and Jack Makau work for Muungano wa Wanavijiji, a social movement of 'slum' residents and urban poor people in Kenya, affiliated to SDI International. In this podcast they describe the last few months of working through the initial outbreak of Covid-19, outlining how communities and their organisations have been responding. Their agile initial approaches, alongside a longstanding ability to accurately map dense informal settlements has led to new partnerships with the Kenyan Ministry of Health, as part of its coronavirus task force. This work is also being supported by an action research project to track coronavirus responses with GDI’s Professor Diana Mitlin. Find out more about the Global Development Institute: <ul> <li><a href="https://gdi.manchester.ac.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/GlobalDevInst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/globaldevinst/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn </a></li> <li><a href="https://facebook.com/globaldevinst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li> <a href="https://t.co/nbCntwdJ3G" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newsletter</a> </li> </ul> Intro music Anna Banana by Eaters