Can we create change in our community? Lets start with a night of crowdfunding, music, food and community action!

Nairobi Stew is a community dinner funding micro-grants for community projects. It is built on the belief that ksh 500, 4 pitches, stew and a vote is all you need to make incredible things happen in your community. Nairobi Stew is inspired by the soup movement, which began with Detroit Soup in 2010 and has spread around the world since.

How does it work?

For a suggested donation of 500 ksh (feel free to donate less or more, depending on your circumstances), attendees receive a bowl of stew and a vote, and hear from four presentations ranging from art, urban agriculture, social justice, social entrepreneurs, education, technology and more. Each presenter has four minutes to share their idea and answer four questions from the audience. At the event, attendees eat, talk, share resources, enjoy art and vote on the project they think benefits the city the most. At the end of the night, ballots will be counted and the winner goes home with all of the money raised to carry out their project. Winners will then come back to a future Stew dinner to report their project’s progress.

Agenda:

• 17:00 Doors open. Come, find your seat, talk with your neighbour and learn about the presenters.
• 18:00 Introduction to Nairobi Stew, and then presentations. Each presenter is invited to talk about their idea for four minutes, and then the audience is allowed four questions.
• 19:00 Dinner & voting.
• 19:30 Announcement of the winner.

Would you like to pitch an idea? Apply to pitch by February 26th 2016.