I returned to Kenya in October 2008 to set up a similar skills training program in a slum in eastern Nairobi called Kiambiu. Kiambiu is located on Ministry of Defense property and is the home to about 60,000 residents (officially called illegal squatters) in an area covering about 20 acres. Most slum dwellers have to improvise and hustle to earn their daily bread and small self-employed businesses are the norm. For example, the above gentleman is selling charcoal outside his small house.
Life in Kiambiu is tough and the living conditions are extremely unsanitary. Above you is an example of some of the pit latrines used by hundreds of people every day. The waste is dumped directly into the Nairobi River--the same water that is used for cleaning and cooking. So slum dwellers are subject to many water borne diseases.
Pictured above are typical houses in Kiambiu and Kuresoi, made from mud and wattle, with dirt floors. A typical dwelling will have ten residents. Family Hope Charity is working with some people to design an affordable and more attractive model of a house similar to what we constructed in Kabwe, Zambia that will contribute to healthy living.
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