Vincentians serve in 2nd largest slum in the world

Have you ever heard of Kibera? You will not find it on any map or globe, but it is there – right in the heart of Nairobi in Kenya – the second largest slum in the world with nearly 1,000,000 people including 100,000 orphans.

Its sole infrastructure are the tens of thousands of mud huts and scrap tin huts.  For more on their service read the following links…

• http://www.vincentian.org/development/projects/kenya.php

• http://www.vincentian.org/newsletter/archive/0401/cover.html

• http://www.vincentian.org/newsletter/archive/0003/0003feature.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibera

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Tags: CM, Congregation of the Mission, Kenya, slums