Adversity Ignites GENS Team Creativity!
What would you do if you were to think without a box?
On 23 June 2020 GENS Team kickstarted monthly working sessions, thanks to our GENS PI from the University of Nairobi, Dr Amollo Ambole, for initiating the idea!
As outcome based meetings, we encourage creativity, sharing, brainstorming and adding value to each of the GENS Team members.
All smiles after a very productive kick-off!
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all” – Mulan
On the 2nd of June 2020, the GENS Nairobi research team from the University of Nairobi met with potential stakeholders from Mathare informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting aimed to kickstart the stakeholder engagement process by introducing GENS research to community leaders from Mathare. In a two-hour meeting, the participants explored the diverse range of stakeholders in Mathare and the methods that we could use to engage with them in GENS research. Throughout the discussion, the Mathare community leaders demonstrated a willingness to work with the GENS Nairobi team.
The GENS Researchers are embracing the new ways of doing research. Setting up of GENS Living Labs in Groenheuwel in Paarl and Mathare in Nairobi is the core of GENS Research. It requires us to engage with the communities and collect both quantitative and qualitative data. Qualitative data collection involves face to face engagements. However, how can we collect qualitative data when the conventional methods are no longer applicable?
On behalf of GENS Team, we congratulate Christer Anditi, GENS PhD Researcher, for successfully getting her PhD proposal approved by the Academic Committee on 9 June 2020, despite the challenging conditions.