ABSTRACT
Mount Kilimanjaro provides an interesting symbol for climate change in East Africa because the loss of snow at its peak provides stark evidence that the climate is changing and water is becoming scarcer. The organization I work for, the Kilimanjaro Initiative (KI), links youth in Kibera—Nairobi’s largest slum—with river protection and leadership development, using Mount Kilimanjaro as our focus. And our work also addresses climate change—though it started as a way of fostering alternatives to youth violence.
