On the 3rd week of July,2012 people from all walks of life are joining their hands(rather their feet) to help raise awareness of the plight of young people in a slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Mathare as it is called is an area of concern as it is rife with crime, prostitution and drug taking. Living is a slum can be a horrid experience where there is no basic sanitation and clean drinking water .It becomes hard to make something out of your life when one is mired with such deprivation.
Slums are dotted everywhere in the world particularly affecting the emerging economies of South Asia and Africa. The rapid urbanisation of big cities brings with it hordes of immigrants from the countryside in search of better life. But they leave their farming community for a life of exploitation and trafficking.
There is hope for them if we do something about it. You can support a number of initiatives to support over 200 young people in Mathare by helping them come out of a life of crime. Three people from Mathare slum are joining us for our Transpenine walk from South Sea to Hornsea on 21st of July. You can either join us for a day or two, or three weeks. We would try to raise the awareness and hope to raise some money during our walk.
The UK charity, managing and planning the event is the Zuri Foundation supported by Jeremy Piercy, founder and MD of Shared Earth.
see: http://www.walkagainstcrime.org
The walk was a great success. Thanks so much for your support. More events planned for later in the year before the dancers arrive in the UK from Mathare slum next year.
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