Gangster Farmers Tackle Food Insecurity

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Vision Bearerz

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They once lived the 'gangster life.' Now they tackle food insecurity in Kenya's slums

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Young men who once lived the 'gangster life' in Nairobi 's Mathare slum have become farmers with a social mission.

Vision Bearerz works on an urban farm tucked away in the muddy streets and corrugated-metal homes that make up Mathare , one of Africa 's most populous slums.

The group makes a modest but meaningful community impact, including feeding 150 children at lunches each week .

Funding cuts across the development space, including the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development , make the prospect of new financing dim.

At least one other group in Nairobi ’s Kibera slum, Human Needs Project , does similar work of urging youth away from crime and addressing food insecurity through urban farming.

“The future of development is locally led organizations," says CFK Africa 's Okoro .

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