Taiki is a Japanese national who was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. Taiki graduated from the University of Sussex in the UK with a dual degree in Anthropology and French, and did a year abroad on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. Upon graduating in 2010, he interned at the Regional Secretariat of the pan-African organization Forum for African Women Educationalists, assisting in promoting and advocating for girls’ education in Africa. He went on to work for Hue Help, a children-focused organization in central Vietnam, where he initiated and coordinated formal monitoring and evaluation activities on a drowning prevention program in rural, flood-prone areas and also worked on an education program for children living in social support centers.
The phone vibrated twice on my wooden bed-side stand before I woke up. Just like the many other times when I got woken up by a phone call or a knock at the door, I felt disoriented- I knew where I was but little else. “Taiki, dude, have you seen the news today?” Dennis asked. […]
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