RELATED PROJECT
Educating AIDS Orphans in Kenya
In July 2010 undergraduate student Ryan Covington conducted interviews in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of an ongoing initiative of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service at Georgetown University. Covington focused on...
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RELATED PROJECT
Education and Social Justice Project
In early 2010 two Georgetown University Centers – the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service – created the Education and Social Justice Project to engage students and build knowledge about the deep connections between...
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AT THE CENTER
David Dinda
David Dinda is a 2006 graduate of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School and in 2008 founded the community-based organization Foundation of Hope, which uses art to preach for peace and reconciliation, against stigmatization and discrimination, and to raise HIV/AIDS awareness. The youngest in a family of seven siblings, Dinda spent most of his life as an orphan and "streetboy" in Kibera following the death of his father and mother while he was two and ten respectively. He was a member of the inaugural class of St. Aloysius in 2004 and went on to graduate in 2006. Dinda subsequently entered the Kenyan Institute of Social Work and Community Development and graduated in 2009 with a degree in Social Work.
INTERVIEWS
A Discussion with David Dinda, 2006 Graduate of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School and Founder of Foundation of Hope, Nairobi, Kenya
June 17, 2010
Background: As part of the Education and Global Social Justice Project, in July 2010 undergraduate student Ryan Covington interviewed David Dinda, a 2006 graduate of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School and founder of the community-based organization Foundation of Hope.