The document describes the Human Needs Project (HNP), which aims to address problems in Kibera, Kenya through community-driven solutions. The HNP plans to establish a town center that provides education, basic services, sustainable technologies, and programs to promote entrepreneurship and self-sufficiency. It identifies challenges such as disease, poverty and lack of infrastructure that Kibera residents face, and explains how the HNP plans to address these challenges through community involvement, skills training, healthcare, and access to resources.

3. HNP CONCEPT PART I A HOLISTIC APPROACH

4. “ THERE IS POTENTIAL CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVERYWHERE. THE HNP “TOWN-CENTER” CAN FUNCTION AS A GENERATOR, ENERGIZING THE COMMUNITY, AND RELEASING THE POTENTIAL IN EVERY COMMUNITY” - KEN KAO, HNP PROJECT DESIGNER

5. HNP CONCEPT PART I A HOLISTIC APPROACH

6. HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT INFORMATION AND CREDIT OPERATIONS/MAINTENANCE/STAFF/DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS OFFICE GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY COUNCIL PARK/PLAYGROUND/CAFÉ ADULT LEARNING CENTER MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION BUSINESS SERVICES CENTER/FREE WIFI BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER GREEN MARKET PLACE: SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY FOR SLUM UPGRADE/HOUSE IMPROVEMENT HIPPOROLLER SINGLE USER SOLAR ROOF PANELS CLEAN BURNING STOVE THE DARFUR STOVE SOLANTERN ECOLOGICAL BUILDING NETWORK PRODUCTS SERVICE, FINANCING & SOLAR RECHARGE WATER BASED SERVICES WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT ENERGY/SOLAR PV ROOF WELL/CONTROLLED WATER DRINKING WATER/POINT OF SALE PUBLIC BATHS PUBLIC LAVATORIES HNP CONCEPT PART II PROGRAMS & SERVICES

7. HNP CONCEPT PART III PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

8. HNP CONCEPT PART II PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

10. A LIFE BEYOND KIBERA EDUCATION/TRAINING SKILL SETS KNOW HOW INFORMATION HEALTH NUTRITION PARENTING BASIC SERVICES SHOWERS CLEAN DRINKING WATER LAVATORIES ACCESS TO CREDIT & SAVINGS PROGRAM BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COURSE, MENTORING & SERVICES MENTORSHIP CONTACTS & OPPORTUNITY FREE WIFI ACCESS TO COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTERS/FAX PRINTER HNP CONCEPT PART IV BREAKING OUT OF KIBERA

11. HNP SPECIALISTS

12. COMPUTER SKILLS BASIC READING WRITING & MATH RETAIL HOSPITALITY BASIC ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATION COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS, CV’S HYGIENE/HANDWASHING PARENTING/NUTRITION GARBAGE/RECYCLING/COMPOSTING CORPORATE DOCUMENTS BUSINESS TOOLS SAVINGS TOOLS

13. HNP GREEN MARKETPLACE W/FINANCING PLAN HNP SINGLE USER SOLAR PANEL HNP SOLANTERN HNP HOME SOLAR BATTERY LITTLE OR NO RELIABLE ELECTRICITY HNP GREEN MARKETPLACE W/FINANCING PLAN MANY HOUSES ARE BUILT OF WHAT IS ON THE GROUND: MUD, GARBAGE & HUMAN REFUSE DISEASES HNP ECOLOGICAL BUILDING SYSTEM HNP GREEN MARKETPLACE W/FINANCING PLAN HNP CLEAN BURNING STOVE THE DARFUR STOVE FLYING ASHES AND DANGEROUS FUMES FROM COOKING STOVES RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES IN CHILDREN FIRES HNP PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS OFFICE LED BY GRASSROOTS COUNCIL LITTLE OR NO KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD HYGIENE AND NUTRITION FOR CHILDREN UNDER-NOURISHED CHILDREN CHILDREN DO NOT WAS HANDS BEFORE EATING DISEASES: SEVERE CASES OF DIARRHEA AND OTHER ILLNESSES HNP CAMPAIGN POSTERS AND FLYERS DISTRIBUTED ALL OVER KIBERA HNP WELL LITTLE OR NO ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER WATERBORNE DISEASES HIGH INFANT MORTALITY HNP DRINKING WATER THE HNP ECOLOGICAL MACHINE WILL TREAT ALL HNP WASTEWATER NO SEWAGE SYSTEMS RAW SEWAGE IN THE STREETS FLYING TOILETS CHILDREN PLAY IN THE SEWAGE DISEASES HIGH INFANT MORTALITY HNP SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY: IRRIGATION WATER HNP WILL USE DISINFECTED, CLEAN WASTEWATER TO ‘GREEN’ KIBERA PLANTED AREAS WILL CLEAN INFECTED SOIL THROUGH NATURAL PLANT PROCESSES CLEANED UP AREAS WILL BE SAFE FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY IN THE GROUND IS INFECTED WITH FECAL MATTER WHICH CAN CAUSE SERIOUS DISEASE HNP PLANTED AREAS FOR PARK AND PLAY HNP ADULT LEARNING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER DISEASE ADDS TO HOST OF PROBLEMS BY REDUCING INCOME AND RAISING COSTS DISEASE = LOST INCOME LOW PRODUCTIVITY COSTLY MEDICINE LESS DISEASE = HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY MORE AVAILABLE INCOME A CHANCE FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT HNP CENTER GENERATOR OF PRODUCTIVITY/ENTREPRENEURSHIP

21. “ WE BELIEVE POTENTIAL CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS EVERYWHERE. THE HNP “TOWN-CENTER” CAN FUNCTION AS A GENERATOR, ENERGIZING THE COMMUNITY AND RELEASING THE POTENTIAL IN EVERY COMMUNITY” - KEN KAO, HNP PROJECT DESIGNER

25. A LIFE BEYOND KIBERA EDUCATION/TRAINING SKILL SETS KNOW HOW INFORMATION HEALTH NUTRITION PARENTING BASIC SERVICES SHOWERS CLEAN DRINKING WATER LAVATORIES ACCESS TO CREDIT & SAVINGS PROGRAM BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COURSE CONCEPT, LEGAL & ACCOUNTING MENTORSHIP CONTACTS & OPPORTUNITY FREE WIFI ACCESS TO COMMUNICA-TION COMPUTERS/FAX PRINTER

27. COMPUTER SKILLS BASIC READING WRITING & MATH RETAIL HOSPITALITY BASIC ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATION COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS, CV’S HYGIENE/HANDWASHING PARENTING/NUTRITION GARBAGE/RECYCLING/COMPOSTING CORPORATE DOCUMENTS BUSINESS TOOLS SAVINGS/PERSONAL FINANCES

30. HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT