Life in Kibera"Not Condemned," a report from Joshua Makori
Jospehine Kemunto in her sewing shop tells Joshua the ups and downs of her life in Kibera.With only 10 short days in Kenya, Board member Joshua Makori sacrificed precious family time to visit Village of Love, (in Kiswahili, Kijiji Cha Upendo). By good fortune he chose a Thursday, which coincided with the biweekly meeting of one of the clusters. All the women were eager to tell him how grateful they are for what has been done for them. “Without Kijiji, who knows where our children would be!”
They are amazed at the fact that people who don’t know them nevertheless care about them. One might think that the women would take the opportunity of a Board visitor from Canada to tell him about their needs, but in fact they asked if the program could possibly be expanded, to benefit more people around them who are struggling.
This was Joshua’s first visit to the Kibera slum. It touched him deeply.