when you walk into an area where you think is un livable but then you find smiles and laughter and welcoming words you wonder about what really are necesities. today we did a walk through Kibera, we took photos and spoke with people. we learned hardships of a school and listened to the knowledge of a pharmacist. When you come from an island where water is something that surrounds you and is almost 99% swimable it is hard to imagine that for a town of almost the size of oahu there is almost no clean water to wash and clean let alone drink. This was the kinda of sites tourists dont see but the kind of thing that people should see. We were told that a picture can say a 1000 words but it has to first be viewed and shot before anyone can see those words.

Walking through an area that from an angle looks so unhappy and forgotten you find that everyone is moving and everyone is doing something. Children playing with their make shift soccer balls and women selling their vegis and mens even playing chess. everyone with their own purpose none of them truly unhappy it seems and none forgotten.

The one thing that i see everywhere i look in every set of eyes and every motion that is done in the towns we visit is the sense of hope. hope that what they are doing will change something. The pharmasisit hopes to help change the health of a million by selling condoms to those who need them and helping to solve ailments of those who come to his window. The women who clean the bathrooms that were donated by the movie the constant gardner. The children who run around us barefoot asking us how we are. All contain hope and strive for a better. this is something i dont always see in american nothing here is taken for granted, everything is used and everything is appreciated.