Community Conference in a slum set up!!!

Community Conference in a slum setting Nairobi Kenya

Why is it unique?:

It’s held in a slum setting with all the characteristics of a typical conference. The general practice has been to conduct conferences in hotels or institutional set up. This is a networking forum where all the participants could create linkages and marketing between themselves.
 
The said three community conferences have the following components:

• Exhibitions: youths groups, organizations and cooperate exhibited their work for the purpose of learning, best practices sharing, networking and trading.
• Digital Booth: The purpose of this component is to bring the internet closer to the youths and enabling them to access health and entrepreneurial and other relevant information online.
• PowerPoint presentations: done with the purpose of sharing of best practices, creating networking environment among the participating community groups, corporates and NGOs.
• Modelling: done with an aim of exposing beauty and local talent, creating a networking environment with commercial-advertising companies and mentoring winning girls to be champions of ghetto youths.
• Gala entertainment: Thematic performances are made, and are staged through music, beauty pageant, drama, dances, boxing, poetry, rap, singing and others. Most talents are spotted during these performances by potential clients.

Plenary speeches: are given by selected community groups, organizations, corporate and government institutions representatives. It’s done with the purpose of advertising, sharing of best practices, creating a networking environment among the participating community groups, corporates and NGOs.