The Mwelu Foundation
Community Projects in the Mathare Valley Slum of Nairobi
Mother and Child
In Mathare many young girls become unexpectedly pregnant at a very young age - some of them through unprotected sex with their partner and some of them through rape. The child often grows up without knowing who their father really is. Some of the children are abandoned by their parents. If you walk through Mathare, you will see many young kids playing, crying and seemingly hopeless in life.
- March 26th, 2007
- Julius Mwelu
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This website is an insight into life in the Mathare Valley Slum of Nairobi. It is also a showcase of the photographic talent that exists there. The Mwelu Foundation (founded by Julius Mwelu) has tasked a group of boys and girls to "capture everything that is good and bad" in their lives in the slum. Through this initiative we hope to displace the myth that slums like Mathare are dead-end places with no potential or home-grown talent. Read more.