You might remember this aerial of the Kibera slums from past posts – we didn’t know when we used it that we’d actually be living in this area of Nairobi! Our home is inside the pink circle. When I built the children’s rabbit hutch, I bought the lumber in Kibera and we carried it home on foot. The security is ok where we are, the very poor are not a major threat – organized thugs with cars and guns focus on other neighborhoods. Kibera is proving to be far less dangerous than was reported to me. I shouldn’t have been surprised by the relative security within the slums, misinformation is part of the barrier between rich and poor.
