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left to right: Beatrice Aching and her son; life in the Kibera slum and Adelaide Kamesh receiving training in tailoring from MRDF partner RCDG in Kenya.
Imagine over 1 million people living in an area the size of London?s Hyde Park. An area with open sewers, makeshift housing and soaring levels of HIV/AIDS. This is Kibera in Kenya?s capital Nairobi; it is Africa?s largest slum and home to 22-year-old Beatrice Aching.
Beatrice?s husband left her pregnant and on the streets when he discovered that she was HIV positive. She heard about a drop-in centre run by an MRDF partner organisation in the heart of the Kibera slum.
?I came along and explained my problems,? she said. ?Since then I have felt much happier, me and my baby have received food and I have had counselling and support from other HIV sufferers.?
MRDF partner Rehma Community Development Group trains young people in embroidery, tailoring, mechanics and IT skills.
Beatrice has enrolled on one of their courses and found a place to stay for a while, but she dreams of having her own house: ?I hope to get a job or start my own business when I complete the training. Maybe one day this will enable my dream to come true.?
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