Slum peace and empowerment center

Climate change is a growing threat, causing extreme weather, floods, and environmental damage in Kibera. Slum Peace and Empowerment Center (SPEC) addresses these challenges by promoting community-led greening projects, waste management, and environmental education. SPEC trains youth, women, PWDs, and residents on climate action, advocates for green public spaces, and works with local leaders to influence sustainable policy decisions. Through civic engagement and partnerships, SPEC empowers communities to build climate-resilient, healthy, and thriving urban spaces.

Enhancing peaceful coexistance and better livelihood

A conflict free society without poverty

Humanity,Services,Cooperation,Integrity and Team work

Climate

Climate change is a growing threat, causing extreme weather, floods, and environmental damage in Kibera.Slum Peace and Empowerment Center (SPEC) addresses these challenges by promoting community-led solutions and environmental awareness. Some of SPEC’s key climate action activities under SAIC include:
Urban farming – Promoting food security and sustainable land use in urban spaces.
Eco-Rafiki Club – Engaging students in environmental conservation through education and hands-on activities.
Advocacy – Empowering communities to participate in policy processes and push for climate-friendly decisions.
Re-use and recycling – Encouraging sustainable waste management to reduce pollution and promote a circular economy.
Greening projects – Transforming neglected or illegal dump sites into green public spaces.

Through these initiatives, SPEC empowers communities to build climate-resilient, safe, and inclusive urban environments.

social accountability and civic engagement

As slum peace and empowerment center, we believe that an informed and engaged citizenry is the foundation of a strong democracy . Through this our work is mainly on civic education and social accountability. Civic education is the systematic provision of information and learning to all citizens to guide them in participating effectively in democratic. This creates a sense of ownership, understanding and enhanced knowledge on governance that foster Accountability of duty bearers. In line with this social accountability is the citizen led initiatives carried our to hold duty bearers and leaders accountable on their responsibilities and public resources. This is done through public participation, citizen engagement, community scorecard and public expenditure tracking surveys, budget analysis among others.