Friends of Kibera

What We Are Reading

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World – by John Wood – For an in depth look at one individual’s drive to run an efficient non-profit bringing over 2000 libraries and schools to Asian children in just 6 years, be sure to read this story on Room to Read.

Banker to the Poor – by Muhammad Yunus – Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus tells his story on how he created the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh from just $32 for women’s small businesses, which have now become estimated at being collectively responsible for over 1.5 percent of Bangladesh’s GDP.

Three Cups of Tea – by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin – A New York Times Best-seller, this story captures one man’s determination to bring education to the most remote parts of Northeast Pakistan, and eradicate terrorism and ethnic hatred through building schools.

End of Poverty – by Jeffrey Sachs – World renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs lays out his economic solutions to the world’s most perplexing social problems through detailed stories and analysis in this New York Times Bestseller.

The Daily Nation – A free-speech newspaper based in Nairobi, capturing important news within Kenya and the world: www.nation.co.ke

Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day – by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, and Stuar Rutherford – "Portfolios of the Poor" is the first book to systematically explain how the poor find solutions to living on two dollars a day by reporting on the yearlong financial diaries of villagers and slum dwellers in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa. Through these financial diaries the reader sees penny by penny how specific households manage their money.

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide – by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn – Half the Sky lays out an agenda for the world's women and three major abuses: sex trafficking and forced prostitution; gender-based violence including honor killings and mass rape; maternal mortality, which needlessly claims one woman a minute. We know there are many worthy causes competing for attention in the world. We focus on this one because this kind of oppression feels transcendent – and so does the opportunity. Outsiders can truly make a difference.