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Kibera Slums are an area of Nairobi inhabited by over a million people. The houses have no plumbing and no electricity. There are distinct communities within, typically separated by tribe and/or language.

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Kibera Slums are an area of Nairobi inhabited by over a million people. The houses have no plumbing and no electricity. There are distinct communities within, typically separated by tribe and/or language.

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  • Kibera Slums are an area of Nairobi inhabited by over a million people. The houses have no plumbing and no electricity. There are distinct communities within, typically separated by tribe and/or language.
  • There are piles of trash everywhere, always accompanied by people sorting through it, looking for something, anything.
  • The buildings are typically made of scrap wood and metal.
  • Nobody has vehicles, most walk, many ride bikes. There are numerous bicycle repair shops such as this.
  • They use old, disposed-of car batteries to power radios and a few lights in their houses. A shop like this can get an old, dead car battery working.
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  • This is how every mother carries their babies. A simple piece of cloth. Imagine what they would think of people spending hundreds of dollars on "baby-carriers".
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  • An old sign. There are so many colours in the buildings since they use so many different materials.
  • A restaurant.
  • The buckets that you see are charcoal, which is what they cook over.
  • Men packaging and selling large bags of charcoal.
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  • Turkey market. Pick which one you want and they'll "get it ready" for you. Can't beat that for fresh turkey.
  • This is a typical roadside stand. They are everywhere and sell anything and everything you can imagine.
  • Another view of Kibera on the way out.
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  • A staff member completes the check-in procedure. There is no electricity and therefore no lights inside.
  • The lower portion of the walls is made from old barrels, hammered out flat and painted.
  • The lab is located through the door on the right.
  • This is the lab, consisting of little more than a reference book and a microscope.
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  • One of the staff at the clinic.
  • They just recently started offering a nutrition clinic, designed to teach people about nourishment and nutrition.
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  • A very-common mud building.
  • All of the kids know how to say "How are you doing?", no matter how young they are. Most don't even know what they're saying, but they know that when they see a white person, to approach, ask "how are you doing?" and shake their hand.
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  • Looking down one of the streets.
  • A typical fruit/vegetable stand. The woman on the left is preparing fish.
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  • Roasted corn. We haven't tried it yet, but supposedly it's similar to corn nuts.
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