In the past few months, I have been privileged to meet very lovely young girls and boys who live in Mathare slums, the second largest slum in Kenya. These are young people who have refused to be defined by their illness and instead have made up their minds to carry on despite the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS. Born with HIV/AIDS they struggle to understand why them...and each time I listen to their stories, I break down and wish I could do more to these lovely people who have let me into their lives. They are the youth support group at the Blue House clinic, an MSF run facility in the slum of Mathare.
I have been teaching them how to write and also develop a newsletter, a tool that will help them share their stories and have their voices heard across the globe. They chose the name Eneza Ujumbe, meaning spread the word, so that all who care to read and hear them may be able to create a better future for others like them not only in Kenya but in the whole world. I bring to you the first two issues of Eneza Ujumbe.
Eneza Ujumbe
Eneza Ujumbe-Issue 2.
