Kawangware

Kawangware

visiting a friend in the slum for singing and dancing in an African church

Location: 

Kawangware, Nairobi, Kenya

Duration: 

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Personal highlights

  1. Kawangware: district in Nairobi labeled as a slum with 800'000 people
  2. African Church: singing and dancing with happy local people (see video)
  3. Hospitality: visiting a friend, eating ugali and playing ludo with the children
  4. Living in the slum: paying rent for every small room - like everybody else
  5. Electricity: prepaid for every single watt via mobile money (m-pesa)

Image sources

  1. Essential grocery store in a basic hut
  2. Selling basic goods on a street market
  3. Children playing happily in the mud
  4. Drying clothes in the courtyard
  5. Muddy streets after the rain

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