WW: I first saw the image circulated on a Whatsapp group then found the source on a page off the Mathare Social Justice Centre website. I have found the communication around COVID-19 in Kenya has tended to be one-way, usually central government to the people. But this is a citizen-generated invitation from a community in a low-income settlement, proposing a more collaborative, people-friendly approach to handling the pandemic.
Mathare Special Planning Area Research Collective, "COVID-19 Recommendations from the People of Mathare", contributed by Wambui Wamunyu , Research Data Share, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 15 May 2020, accessed 24 April 2024. https://www.researchdatashare.org/content/covid-19-recommendations-people-mathare
Critical Commentary
WW: I first saw the image circulated on a Whatsapp group then found the source on a page off the Mathare Social Justice Centre website. I have found the communication around COVID-19 in Kenya has tended to be one-way, usually central government to the people. But this is a citizen-generated invitation from a community in a low-income settlement, proposing a more collaborative, people-friendly approach to handling the pandemic.