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Entering a Nairobi Slum
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Kids playing with fire
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Justin and I met Patrick, who showed us around Kibera
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Patrick worked for an NGO, building schools in Nairobi's slums
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1 Million Kenyans live here in Kibera
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"Kibera" means "jungle"
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Part of Kibera is built along a train track
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I thought the tracks were abandoned, but suddenly everybody but me cleared off of them
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A train barrels through, inches away from me and the shacks on the side
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Kibera pays no taxes, and gets no help from the state
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It's a shantytown of temporary structures and stolen electricity
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Garbage is strewn all over its dirt streets
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But in the middle of the garbage, there's a well-kept school run by an Australian Christian mission
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The kids have clean uniforms and work hard
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The students were washing the classrooms for the weekend
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Despite the abject poverty, kids are kids
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Wasaaaaaaap
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I narrowly avoided being eaten by these children
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Hamming it up
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Kibera is run by gangs, not politicians
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Everything from garbage collection to protection is run from within
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It's like a sovereign country within Nairobi
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A TV repair shop
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Chicken Restaurant
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Kute Kiberans
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An AIDS health center with a football field in front
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Justin has a fan
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Kids playing together
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I get the thumbs up
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They're yelling "Mzungu how are you, fine!"
