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.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Where We Live
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.
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