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Schoolrooms and Street life in Uganda
Posted July 31, 2007 at 04:27 PM by IanCook
When we walked trhough the slums and refugee camps, we saw sharply dressed women selling charcoal in the dirt. We saw children going to school in a papyrus shed. We saw sugar cane sold for food money. And we saw dignity and pride in the eyes of the single mothers.BUT, we also know about the government's efforts to end [...]
Mukuru slum, off the beaten path in Nairobi
Posted May 30, 2007 at 12:33 AM by razmig
For the equivalent of $15 a night, one can rent a gun at theMukuru slum in Nairobi.To break even, the aspiring criminal has to rob someone of at least $15, whichis a week’s salary for the [...]
