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Day 5: Today, I Went to Hell
Day 5: Today, I Went to Hell
Armed guards (or bouncers , as Kenyans call them) walked us down a descending, muddy trail into Mathare Valley, one of Kenya's largest slums, where 800,000 people live in an approximate two mile area. Bile rose up in the back of my throat as my senses were overwhelmed with raw sewage and ...
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