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Map Kibera

Map Kibera is an initiative that in 2009 empowered young residents of Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, to create the first digital map of the area, which was previously a blank spot on the map. The initiative has since expanded into a full community information and media project that uses tools like mapping, SMS,…
  • Publication year: 2009
  • Content Type: Toolkit

UNHCR Policy on Refugee Protection and Solutions in Urban Areas

This report details UNHCR’s policy and approach to securing the rights of urban refugees, providing them with protection, and implementing protection strategies in urban settings, and updating the earlier policy on refugees in urban areas from 1997.
  • Publication year: 2009
  • Content Type: Report

War-Related Exposure and Psychological Distress as Predictors of Health and Sleep: A Longitudinal Study of Kuwaiti Children

This article aims to determine whether exposure to war-related trauma during childhood predicted posttraumatic stress, self-reported health, sleep, and obesity in adulthood, and whether psychological distress mediated the relationships. They assessed 151 Kuwaiti boys and girls aged 9 to 12 years in 1993 to determine their level of exposure to war-related trauma during the Iraqi…
  • Publication year: 2009
  • Content Type: Academic paper

A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool: Presenting the Evidence

Efforts to give preschool children a head start on academic skills like reading and mathematics instead rob them of play time both at home and school. Indeed, the scientific evidence suggests that eliminating play from the lives of children is taking preschool education in the wrong direction. This brief but compelling book provides a strong…
  • Publication year: 2009
  • Content Type: Book

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