Street with trash, Mathare slums

March 9th 2010
My work From February of 2009 to February of 2010 I worked for MSF France Kenya at a clinic called Blue House. It is located in the Mathare slums of Nairobi where possibly as many as 250,000 - 500,000 people live in an area of a few square miles (tens of square kilometers). As you might imagine and by looking at the photos, living conditions are exceedingly difficult. Housing is v ... read more

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Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 196... ... read more

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Nancy Foote

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November 2008 Hi! I’m Nancy, from Seattle, Washington, the state on the west side of the United States (not Washington, DC, the US capital on the east coast). I have updated my travel blog and am preparing for my next adventure. I am a Family Physician who quit practice after 21 years at a migrant and community health center in eastern Washington State to go back to school. I now have a Master’s in Public Administration with a Certificate in International Development from the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle. I volunteered for over ... full info

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