The Mathare Valley is one of the oldest and used to be one of the worst slum areas in Nairobi. People live in 6 ft. x 8 ft. shanties made of old tin and mud. There are no beds, no electricity, and no running water. People sleep on pieces of cardboard on the dirt floors of the shanties.

Mathare is a collection of slums in Nairobi with a population of approximately 500,000 people; [1] the population of Mathare Valley alone, the oldest of the slums that make up Mathare, is 180,000 people.

2024年7月30日 · Mathare Valley, located in Nairobi, Kenya, is one of Africa’s largest slums and home to approximately 500,000 residents. The slum is characterized by extreme poverty, overcrowding, and limited access to basic services.

Oasis Mathare. Oasis Mathare (OM) is community based organization that empowers marginalized youths and children from Mathare slums Nairobi-Kenya with Library service, where children can come and do their studies away from home where they face challenges such as electricity and in adequate space. About the Programme Watch the video

2024年5月7日 · Using the example of Mathare slums of Nairobi, this chapter develops the argument that violence is a key component of the existential economy in slum.

Mathare valley slums are located in an old quarry 2km long and 300m wide. This shanty village is 5 km (3.2 miles) from Nairobi city centre, the capital of Kenya. 600,000 people live in this area in very poor conditions.The oldest slum in Nairobi, the slum is divided under three administrative areas namely Mabatini, Mathare and Roy Sambu Locations.

Mathare is the oldest slum in Nairobi and lacks basic services like sanitation, clean water, electricity, and passable roads. As in many impoverished areas, children and youth from Mathare are at incredible risk for unplanned pregnancies, involvement in drugs and alcohol, crime, prostitution, and gangs.

Mathare is a slum of over 1 million people located in the heart of Nairobi. It is a place where hundreds of thousands of parents raise their children, sometimes without access to education and proper sanitation facilities. When you walk through the streets of Mathare, you can feel the slum buzzing with life.

Mathare informal settlement, Nairobi, Kenya. On an urban planet, slums or informal settlements present an increasing challenge for health promotion. The living conditions in complex...

2013年4月27日 · On the slopes of Mathare valley, in the eastern part of Nairobi a couple miles from the city center lies Mathare slum, the oldest shantytown in Kenya. Although most informal settlements in Nairobi were established in the second half of the twentieth century, Mathare has been informally populated since the city’s colonial days.