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  2. Umoja, Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Umoja Uaso ("unity" in Swahili, the Uaso Nyiro is a nearby river) [1] [2] is a village in Kenya. The village, founded in 1990, [3] is an all-female matriarch village located near the town of Archers Post in Samburu County, 380 km (240 mi) from the capital, Nairobi. It was founded by Rebecca Lolosoli, a Samburu woman, as a sanctuary for homeless ...

  3. Umoja, Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    Umoja is a residential suburb in the city of Nairobi. Located within the larger sub-county of Embakasi and the Eastlands area of Nairobi. It is approximately 8.4 kilometres (5.2 mi) east of Nairobi's central business district .

  4. Rebecca Lolosoli - Wikipedia

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    Kenyan. Profession. Écologist y feminista. Rebecca Lolosoli (born 1962) is the founder and matriarch of the Umoja village in the Samburu County of Kenya. [1] [2] The village is a refuge for women fleeing sexual abuse, and men are banned from the village. [3] She plans to run for local office and will be the first Samburu woman ever to do so.

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  6. Watch: Here’s what you need to know about Umoja, the first ...

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    Tune in as Tatianna Mott provides a deep dive on Kwanzaa Day 1. On the first day, we light the sole Black candle at the center of our kinara in honor of the principle Umoja meaning Unity. On this ...

  7. Portland House Of Umoja in Portland, OR - WebMD

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    Portland House Of Umoja. 4941 NE 17th Ave Portland, OR 97211. (503) 282-3296. OVERVIEW. PHYSICIANS AT THIS PRACTICE.

  8. United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations ( UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. [3] It is the world's largest international ...

  9. Ujamaa - Wikipedia

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    Ujamaa ( lit. 'fraternity' in Swahili) was a socialist ideology that formed the basis of Julius Nyerere 's social and economic development policies in Tanzania after it gained independence from Britain in 1961. [1] More broadly, ujamaa may mean "cooperative economics", in the sense of "local people cooperating with each other to provide for the ...