Kenya - Eldoret Dump – Living and Working in Poverty

Samuel Makomi 42 (Photographed on edge of dump). "I use to make bags but was fired from my job so I have worked here ever since , its been over 20 years now. “Its not a safe or nice place to work. You can get injuries here from bottles and infections from needles; I got malaria once and was ill for a month. There is fighting here as well when the boys get high or they are fighting over something valuable; and fatalities. A man was high and slipped and fell under the path of a lorry – another broke his leg. I would like to start my own business selling shoes or clothes but cannot afford to save. I make about 150 – 200 shillings a day ( £1-1.50).”

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Samuel Makomi 42 (Photographed on edge of dump). "I use to make bags but was fired from my job so I have worked here ever since , its been over 20 years now. “Its not a safe or nice place to work. You can get injuries here from bottles and infections from needles; I got malaria once and was ill for a month. There is fighting here as well when the boys get high or they are fighting over something valuable; and fatalities. A man was high and slipped and fell under the path of a lorry – another broke his leg. I would like to start my own business selling shoes or clothes but cannot afford to save. I make about 150 – 200 shillings a day ( £1-1.50).”