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Kenya · Nairobi · * 2011
Social circumstances: Mary is almost 4 years old and lives in the largest slum in sub-Saharan Africa: Kibera, Nairobi. She was born as a result of her mother being raped; as a result, her mother had to drop out of school and give up on …
Kenya · Nairobi · 16 years
Social situation: Evan is one of three children living with his family in the Kibera slum in Nairobi. His mother died when he was born, so his father, who works as a simple charcoal seller, now has to look after the family on his own. …
Kenya · Nairobi · * 2014
Social situation: Here is the original email from our nurse Dottie in Nairobi once again: Dear friends, Baby Purity was born in 2014 at a major hospital on the eastern outskirts of Nairobi. She was born naturally, weighing 3kg. The child is reported to have …
Kenya · Nairobi · * 1994
Social background: Rebecca is a single mother from Kibera, the slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, with which you are by now all too familiar. Her son, who is now five months old, was conceived as a result of a rape that took place over …
Kenya · Nairobi · 12 years
Social circumstances: Victor is 12 years old; his parents died two years ago and he has no siblings. He has developed a skin condition on his feet, which began with itching and is now characterised by swelling and weeping. As a result, he is no …
Kenya · Nairobi · k.A.
Social circumstances: Jennifer’s mother lives with three other children in Kibera, Nairobi’s largest slum. She earns a living through casual work. Her husband is in prison for theft and she, like her young daughter Jennifer, is HIV-positive. Medical details: Jennifer was admitted to Gertrude Children’s …
Kenya · Nairobi · 12 years
Social situation: Three weeks ago, Nuhu was simply referred by the Youth Welfare Office to the “The Nest” orphanage, with the following statement: “6-year-old boy abandoned at Kiambu Hospital (a state hospital)”. The police are currently investigating where he comes from. The fact is, the …
Kenya · Nairobi · 35 years
Social circumstances: Pamela Wasonga is 35 years old and a widow. She lives with her three children, aged 7, 12 and 14, in Kibera, Nairobi’s largest slum. Following her husband’s death, she and the children were cast out by his family. She then came to …
Kenya · Nairobi · * 1979
Social circumstances: Caren Atieno is 35 years old and a single mother of three children. She herself was orphaned at the age of five and now lives with her children in the Kibera slum in Nairobi. In 2010, she tested positive for HIV, which turned …
In February this year, Dominic was admitted to ‘The Nest’ children’s home in Nairobi. He had been severely neglected by his mother and is suffering from severe malnutrition and tuberculosis. On admission, he was seriously ill and barely clinging to life. He was immediately transferred …