It Takes a Village

HIV/AIDS is a huge problem in the slums of Nairobi. Just a couple statistics for ya. 70% of the population of Nairobi live in the slums. 40% of the people living in the slums have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. FORTY. PERCENT. That means that an entire generation is missing. Many have died from AIDS. Many have had to take on extra work to support family members who have been diagnosed. Essentially what this means is that the children living in the slums are being raised by siblings or grandparents because their parents generation has been obliterated. Again, education is the key.

Children caring for children


This grandmother cares for her grandkids despite being virtually blind.


Another grandmother doing her best to raise her grandkids.
This grandmother is responsible for 10 children. Most of them are her grandkids, but not all. She was brewing an illegal alcohol called changa'a (moonshine), but after she gave her life to the Lord, she got most of the kids into Hope schools and got a job cleaning at the Pangani Center. God is bringing Hope and Healing to an area that seems beyond help.