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Enid (Mama Steven to her neighbours) lives in Kasubi and is married to Charles, with a five-year-old son called Steven. Her house is next door to where the Kasubi Life Group holds its meetings each week and she, with several of her neighbours, are regular attendees. We first met Enid just over a year ago.MORE >

Kinawataka, Uganda “My name is Achipa Katie. My husband, Okyo Sam and I have three children, Monica is nine, Pakada is seven and Rachel is two. We moved to Kinawataka Slum from Mbuya seven years ago when Sam had a house built here. When I lived in Mbuya I didn’t have any friends and wasn’tMORE >

Kinawataka, Uganda Aisha died when she was just 18 months old, her little body unable to cope with severe malnutrition. She was Olivia’s daughter. With an absent husband Olivia could barely afford the tiny mud shack they rented in Kampala’s Kinawataka slum. Grieving for Aisha, surviving on popcorn, she worried about feeding her other baby,MORE >

Sometimes the situations that we deal with in the slum communities are not as straightforward as they first appear. Often people’s mindsets have to change before there can be any physical difference in their life. Take for example the case of Patience. We noticed her as we were walking though Katogo 2 one day, sheMORE >

We have known Mama Bruno for many years. We first met her when she was living with her children in Kinawataka slum in a small one room house made of mud. Her husband and the father of her children was absent and uncommitted. She had become used to a life of extreme poverty where eachMORE >