Tag Archives: poverty

Rendile Boy

Rendile Boy

A Rendile boy in Korr area smiles as his photo is taken.

Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

Two children pose besides the road in Lugari, Kenya.

Storing Firewood

Storing Firewood

A stack of firewood is stored besides a mud hut in a farm compound in rural Gatundu in Kenya.

The Beggar

The Beggar

A beggar arranges his sitting area along Ngong Road near the Nairobi Baptist Church roundabout.

Traditional Homestead

Traditional Homestead

A traditional homestead in Lugari, Kenya. Two hand carts and a grazing sheep stand in front of the extension mud hut which is next to the main hut of the compound with a newly thatched grass roof.

The Roofs of Mathare

The Roofs of Mathare

A man walks past a video viewing store in Nairobi’s Mathare slums. The roofs of this sprawling slum stretches into the background. Approximately 500,000 people live within Mathare Valley with the 180,000 populating the oldest of the slums that make up Mathare.

Graffiti Wall

Graffiti Wall

Children hang out by a soccer pitch next to a graffiti wall in the Mathare slums in Nairobi, Kenya. Mathare Valley is home for hundreds of thousands of Kenyans.

Afternoon Nap

Afternoon Nap

A man sleeps on an island beside Mbagathi Way in Nairobi.

A Helping Hand

A Helping Hand

A young boy assists his friend with some luggage in the outskirts of Eldoret Town.

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Young Merchants

Young Merchants

Two boys sell mandazis (fried bread) along the streets of Jinja in Uganda.

These Hard Times

These Hard Times

That funny kind of dress you wear,

Leaves all your back and shoulders bare,

But you’re lucky to be dressed up to there,

In these hard times.

Photo Credit: Two small girls purchase goods at a little kiosk (duka) along Kenya’s Rift Valley near Burnt Forest.

A Family That Farms Together…

A Family That Farms Together…

The Days of Small Beginnings

Joshua’s family are amazing, an example of small but significant contributions to the challenges that face Africa today. They have banded together to develop a cooperative small holder cooperative farming venture for their community in Western Kenya. Despite the fact that this is an affluent middle class, urban family, they have [...]

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