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Twelve-year-old Susan lives with her single mother and five siblings in Olympic, a neighbourhood of Nairobi plagued by poverty and violence. Casual jobs are the family’s only source of income, and Susan’s mother tries her best to make ends meet for her family. A few …
Kenya · Nairobi · * 2011
Social situation: Fidel, the only son of 27-year-old single mother Florence Akinyi, lives with his mother in Kisumu Ndogo, Nairobi. They both live in substandard conditions, without water or electricity. Their monthly income amounts to the equivalent of just over €40. But that’s not all… …
Kenya · Nairobi · * 2011
Social circumstances: Moses is Lucy’s only child. With no father, the family’s income is extremely low, particularly as his mother scrapes by doing poorly paid odd jobs such as cleaning or laundry. They often only eat once a day… Medical condition: Little Moses suffers from …
In early November, we received the following interim report and additional information from Tanja Hock of ‘Mobile Hilfe Madagaskar’ (www.mobile-hilfe-madagaskar.de): “Little Nekena is his parents’ fifth child. His father is a bricklayer and also works as a security guard and gardener. His mother used to …
Kenya · Nairobi · 4 years
Social circumstances: Little Jimmy is 4 years old and lives in an orphanage in Kayole. The orphanage provides him with accommodation and food, but does not have the resources to arrange treatment for his medical condition. Medical condition: Little Jimmy was born with a deformity …
Kenya · Nairobi · geboren 2003 (7 Jahre)
Social circumstances: Florence lives with her parents and her 4-year-old sister in a dirty, run-down neighbourhood of the Kenyan capital. Her father works as a car washer; her mother is unemployed. The money her father brings home is therefore only just enough to cover the …