A Way Forward for Children in Kenya’s Urban Slums
Posted on Thursday, August 25th, 2011 at 1:05 pm
Children in class in the Future Kids School in Mathare slum, Nairobi. Photo: Kenya, Concern Worldwide
By Sylvia Wong, Education Officer, Concern Worldwide US
Last month, I was in Kenya visiting Concern’s education and nutrition programs with high school students and teachers. The drought crisis in the Horn of Africa still hadn’t hit the headlines, but one week after we left the US that changed and news spread around the globe that “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis” was upon us. The most severe drought in 60 years along with record highs in food and fuel costs meant that over 12 million people were facing extreme hunger and potential starvation in East Africa. Read the rest of this entry »
