Philanthropy is Ubuntu: Ezekiel Ayuku's Story
Guest blog: Linda Kilwake-Masanja The slum situation in Africa has been growing over the years, becoming more incessant and urgent. As the population of Africa continues to increase past the billion mark, more and more people are ending up in slum settlements. At the same time, another significant majority remain in the rural setups. Given, that a significant percentage of Africa’s population lives outside of these two extreme contexts in what can be loosely termed as ‘balanced’ in terms of living conditions, exposure, education, and technology use, the two extremes still carry the day. Ezekiel Ayuku and his family found themselves in the extreme slum context. He was born and brought up in Mathare Valley Slums, the 3rd largest in Africa and the most congested in East Africa. His parents had moved from the rural context, hoping to find a better life in the city of Nairobi, Kenya. In many cases where a rural-urban migration occurs, the people moving hardly have a concrete ‘ what's n...