Stories
From the settlements
Notes on water, school, sanitation, food, shelter, and the girl of the slum.
She is the route to real change — not because she is a symbol, but because her week is the week of the settlement.
She is the route to real change — not because she is a symbol, but because her week is the week of the settlement.
Cartels, broken pipes, and a jerry can that eats the school morning.
Free education still has a fare: distance, crowding, and a sanitary pad.
If the latrine is far, darkness is the only privacy. That is not privacy.
For a family of four, that is less than a dollar each — and the girl eats last.
Muthaiga pairs with Mathare. When poverty shares a postcode with wealth, the formula misses it.
Policy, custody of funds, and a director who reports — not a private project.