The slum of Kibera is the largest slum in the whole continent of Africa with a reported one million people living in just over one square mile. Kibera is the slum most ministries and celebrities seem to go to when they are taping video to help raise awareness and support. Shauna and I have been working with and helping people in this slum for right at a year now.
Last weekend, we were involved with a cleaning project that cleaned up about 1/8 of a mile stretch of dirt road that the inhabitants use as their trash pile. In Kenya, there is no such thing as garbage companies coming and picking up the trash. They have to burn it or it ends up like this and the end result is airborne diseases and alot of sickness. There was such a turnout, even from the community, as we were filling up a truck with trash. At the end of the cleaning, we filled a large 17-ton dump truck to the top with waste. The sights and smells were beyond description, but we were happy to play a part in helping them.
The slum of Kibera is the largest slum in the whole continent of Africa with a reported one million people living in just over one square mile. Kibera is the slum most ministries and celebrities seem to go to when they are taping video to help raise awareness and support. Shauna and I have been working with and helping people in this slum for right at a year now.
Last weekend, we were involved with a cleaning project that cleaned up about 1/8 of a mile stretch of dirt road that the inhabitants use as their trash pile. In Kenya, there is no such thing as garbage companies coming and picking up the trash. They have to burn it or it ends up like this and the end result is airborne diseases and alot of sickness. There was such a turnout, even from the community, as we were filling up a truck with trash. At the end of the cleaning, we filled a large 17-ton dump truck to the top with waste. The sights and smells were beyond description, but we were happy to play a part in helping them.
Thanks for posting updates. I really enjoy reading them, and vicariously visiting Nairobi. I thank God for the work that you guys are doing, and I look forward to meeting you-perhaps next summer.
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