In early 2008 Benjamin spent three months in Kenya working for the American NGO INTERNEWS.  During that time he worked with a number of incredible local and international journalists creating multimedia that explored the post election violence and its fall out.
These audio slideshows were mainly used for training purposes in Kenya and indeed the slideshows from the camp at Nakuru were actually made as part of a training exercise.¬† It’s a great example of duckrabbit’s belief that quality training can empower talented people to make effective work.
These slideshows had a demonstrative impact when showed to journalists in Kenya, forcing them to confront the seriousness of the situation faced by many of those violently displaced from their homes.   Journalists often reacted by admitting that they felt they had failed to adequately cover the crisis, then pledging to do more to highlight the problems faced by those living in the camps.  The majority kept their word.
The first slideshow tells the story of Kibera, one of the biggest slums in Africa and scene of some of the most devastating post election violence. The piece is centered around the work of Yasuyoshi Chiba. An amazing Japanese photographer who did more then anyone else during the chaos to capture what was really going on.
The second and third slideshows examine the life of those condemned to live in a camp for displaced people at an agricultural showground just outside of the town of Nakuru. They can be seen on this page.
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