The objective of this study is to test out the links between secure housing and safety and security for children in Nairobi, Kenya. The working hypothesis of the study is that improved tenure security, housing and living conditions and co-op/community development activities contribute to reducing family stressors and the risk of violence to children through better physical security of the dwelling, larger and separate living space for children, safer access to external facilities such as toilets and lighting, as well as improved family savings and livelihoods, and to creating more sustainable communities. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the resources to test these assumptions. A secondary goal of the evaluation is to develop and disseminate simple tools and data collection/analysis processes, which NACHU and other African organizations can use in future efforts to assess the effects of their housing and human settlements programming on children’s safety and security. This project is funded by the Rooftops Canada Foundation.
Research Team: Claudia Mitchell (McGill University), Margot Rothman (Groupe-conseil INTERALIA), & Fatuma Chege (Kenyatta University)
This research project is organized through the Participatory Cultures Lab (PCL). The PCL was established in 2010 by Claudia Mitchell, a James McGill Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in the Faculty of Education of McGill University, Montreal, Canada. The PCL brings Master’s and Doctoral students together around the study and use of visual tools as digital storytelling, photovoice, participatory video, participatory archiving, cellphilms, objects and things, collage, and other arts-based approaches in the process of collecting, analyzing, and working with research data. The PCL is located on the top floor of the Coach House at McGill University, 3715 Peel.
Contact:
Claudia Mitchell, PhD
(514) 398-4527 Ext. 09990
Department of Integrated Studies in Education
3700 McTavish, Room 244
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1Y2
