Mukuru kwa Ruben is an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, characterized by high poverty levels, food insecurity, and limited livelihood opportunities. Chronic malnutrition is widespread here, particularly among children under 10, with rates of growth stunting due to malnutrition as high as 32 percent.

BGR partner the Ruben Centre provides education, health care, vocational training, and social services to children and families in the Mukuru community. This year’s BGR project is providing needed supplemental nutrition to more than 3,000 of Mukuru’s most vulnerable children, including babies and disabled children. The project has an urban-agricultural component as well, supporting training in urban farming for 400 people, more than two-thirds of them women.

Mukuru kwa Ruben is an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, characterized by high poverty levels, food insecurity, and limited livelihood opportunities. Chronic malnutrition is widespread here, particularly among children under 10, with rates of growth stunting due to malnutrition as high as 32 percent.

BGR partner the Ruben Centre provides education, health care, vocational training, and social services to children and families in the Mukuru community. This year’s BGR project is providing needed supplemental nutrition to more than 3,000 of Mukuru’s most vulnerable children, including babies and disabled children. The project has an urban-agricultural component as well, supporting training in urban farming for 400 people, more than two-thirds of them women.