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Boxing coach Alfred Analo Anjere (left), founder of BoxGirls Kenya, holds punching pads for Emily Juma during a boxing traning session at the Kariobangi community centre in the northern part of Nairobi. Photos:SIMON MAINA / AFP The sharp slap of pounding leather gloves attracts the attention of a few passers-by who peek through the barred windows of the community centre in one of the sprawling, impoverished Nairobi suburbs. Inside the rundown building in Kariobangi-North, it s almost entirely women and girls, all training under the watchful eye of boxing coach Alfred Analo Anjere - founder of BoxGirls Kenya. In 14 years, more than 3,000 girls and women have taken up the sport at the centre, where a faded picture of the cartoon character Asterix wielding boxing gloves adorns the decrepit walls. ....
Quick punches empower girls from Nairobi s slums China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-21 09:28
Alfred Analo Anjere trains Emily Juma at the BoxGirls Kenya club during a session in Nairobi on July 1. SIMON MAINA/AFP NAIROBI, Kenya－The sharp slaps from pounding leather gloves attracted the attention of a few passersby who peeked through the barred windows of a community center in a sprawling, impoverished Nairobi suburb. Inside the rundown building in Kariobangi North, women and girls trained under the watchful eye of boxing coach Alfred Analo Anjere, founder of BoxGirls Kenya. More than 3,000 girls and women have taken up the sport at the center in the past 14 years. A faded picture of the cartoon character Asterix wielding boxing gloves adorns the decrepit walls. ....
Ghetto to Games: Kenya s Ongare takes swing at Tokyo Issued on: Kenyan boxer Christine Ongare trains ahead of the Tokyo Olympics SIMON MAINA AFP 4 min Nairobi (AFP) A mother at 12, raised in Nairobi s gritty suburbs to survive by her fists, Christine Ongare dreams of becoming the first African woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing. The 27-year-old Kenyan will have her chance in Tokyo her first Games, and a moment she still cannot believe is coming true. I thought many times about giving up. but I continued the journey because I believed where I came from was more difficult than where I was going, Ongare told AFP after training at a gym in the Kenyan capital. ....
Boxing proves a lifeline for girls from Nairobi slums Issued on: 20/07/2021 - 02:32 Sarah Achieng (left) spars with Lilian Achieng during a training session in Nairobi SIMON MAINA AFP 4 min Nairobi (AFP) The sharp slap of pounding leather gloves attracts the attention of a few passers-by who peek through the barred windows of the community centre in one of the sprawling, impoverished Nairobi suburbs. Inside the rundown building in Kariobangi-North, it s almost entirely women and girls, all training under the watchful eye of boxing coach Alfred Analo Anjere founder of BoxGirls Kenya. In 14 years, more than 3,000 girls and women have taken up the sport at the centre, where a faded picture of the cartoon character Asterix wielding boxing gloves adorns the decrepit walls. ....