User:Akinyi254/sandbox

Bio:Brenda Akinyi a Graduate from Akirachix, holding a Diploma  in Graphic design and Web (Frontend )  Design. I undergone my primary school at Nazarene primary school in Kibera finished in 2008. Joined Diocese of Meru consolata girls for my secondary school until 2012 attained a mean grade of C-.

I have stayed in Kibera for 13 years since 2002 with both my mum and step-dad with one sibling and now we are three that makes up the six of us I being the third born. Being as a resident in Kibera i joined different types of groups to help me cop with slum life as a youth and especially a girl child due to high rate of school drop out in slums are always girls and this includes: early pregnancies.Peer pressure sometimes discrimination due to tribalism or even health problems.

And through the groups i joined like: ERIKK(Enhancing Revitalization In Kibera Kenya.)- Community cleaning. Ghetto wasanii- Gipange show ( educate people on methods of family planning. The FAME- managing Events. Ghetto Mirror (shofco)- Covering stories affecting slums in Nairobi. Currently The Hood News and Sauti Ya Mtaa as a reporter- Covering stories affecting my slum kibera. Through the listed groups my life has been so cool and full of love from different people because am a role model to some and still am working so hard to be a role model to all and help my fellow girls fight up their lives despite the challenges the face.