Kibera

The Kibera slums of Nairobi are among the largest in Africa, and provide affordable housing to many Kenyans looking for work within the capital city. With so many people choosing to live in a congested and under-developed community, access to quality care can be limited. The ELCK deaconesses in this area serve the people of Kibera by making visits to administer home-based care and share the saving grace of Jesus Christ. We were able to journey through the maze of iron sheet structures with these deaconesses and with Dr. Just and Pamela to visit some of these homes.

Dr. Just shares a Scripture reading with a Kibera resident

Megan walking outside of some Kibera homes

Megan making her way through the narrow slum alleys

Students at the Springs of Life Lutheran Church Preschool in Kibera

Path to one of the homes we visited

Tim outside of Kibera

Pamela attending to a wound during a home visit

Deaconesses, Dr. Just, Pamela, and Tim seated inside a Kibera home