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Janet Wambui is currently working as an administrative assistant at the Maji Mazuri Children’s Centre head office. Since January 2006, she has been working with the head office team to facilitate the smooth running of the organization. Her duties mainly include keeping and updating project inventories, assisting the program director and project coordinator, processing reports and is now the supervisor of the Maji Mazuri Reporters Network. Janet’s passion for children has driven her to get more involved with the teens group and the talent program. Her background knowledge in information technology provides the needed insights into tech projects.
While appreciating the growth in each of the projects since then, of key note is Maji Mazuri Children’s Centre, Kasarani. We have watched as the children have transited from one level to the other, with enduring encouragement from the staff ...one example is a young man who came to the centre when under deep trauma through horrible experiences on the streets of Nairobi, he just couldn’t talk, but with encouragement and acceptance from the staff and children, he now smiles, talks, and makes beaded necklaces and woven mats for sale at the centre’s craft stand. Maji Mazuri is making a huge huge difference!.
On 5th January 2006 I walked into the Maji Mazuri Head office as a volunteer after responding to an ad in one of the local dailies... four years later, I can confidently say it was one of the best decisions I ever made... I have watched Maji Mazuri grow under the tireless effort of our Director, Dr. Kironyo and a very dynamic team. There has been times when things have been difficult, but that has also built us and helped us grow, in those times we combine our little strengths and move as a team guided by the combined strength of a chain linked by hope and a reminder that the children under our care are family. You don’t ever see things the same way... I am now working as an Administrative Assistant in the same office, and also working with the youth in a film project, and as a re-evaluation counselor in the schools.
That was the turning point for me in Maji Mazuri. It was on a Saturday afternoon in 2006, I was with the teen’s group children in Mathare Valley and they offered to teach me a game named fire on the mountain. We had had several sessions together before that but this was the first time they reached out to me and I felt I belonged to the group more. The game involved running around in a circle and responding to the leader, and when he/she shouted a certain number e.g. 8 we were to form a group of that number or be kicked out of the game. I remember being tugged in a million directions and laughing and bonding... that was my moment, Maji Mazuri became a second home for me... I get to be part of this huge loving family.
World Population to Increase by 2.6 billion
Over the next 45 years, with all growth occurring in less developed regions of the world, the global population is predicted to rise from the present 6.5 Billion, hitting 9.1 billion by 2050, according to Official UN Estimates.
NEW YORK, 24 February -- World population is expected to increase by 2.6 billion over the next 45 years, from 6.5 billion today to 9.1 billion in 2050. Almost all growth will take place in the less developed regions, where today’s 5.3 billion population is expected to swell to 7.8 billion in 2050. By contrast, the population of the more developed regions will remain mostly unchanged, at 1.2 billion.
These figures are from the 2004 Revision of the official United Nations population estimates and projections, released today by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The report provides crucial demographic information and population figures for the coming assessment of progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Other key findings of the 2004 Revision, which is based on the most recent national censuses, numerous specialized population surveys, and comprehensive review of past worldwide population trends and future prospects, include:
-- By July 2005, the world will have 6.5 billion inhabitants, 380 million more than in 2000 or a gain of 76 million annually. Despite the lower fertility levels projected, by 2050 the world population is expected to reach 9.1 billion according to the medium variant and would still be adding 34 million persons annually by mid-century.
