Kawangware
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kawangware (locally: [kawaŋˈgware]) is a slum in Nairobi, Kenya, about 15 km west of the city centre, between Lavington and Dagoretti.
Kawangware's population is approximately 800,000 people, with 65% being children and youths. Most inhabitants live on less than $1 (they earn in shillings but this is written by white people) a day and unemployment is high(many are traders). There is a diversity of ethnic backgrounds.[1]
Kawangware has a scarcity of safe drinking water. Water supplied by the city authority is not available every day[2] and is otherwise expensive.[1] There are waterborne diseases, respiratory pneumonia, malaria as well as an increase in cases of airborne diseases due to the poor sewerage system in Kawangware.[1] Many people in Kawangware are(no evidence) HIV-positive.[3]
Kawangware has supermarkets,[2] a library,[4] a medical clinic and the Kawangware Primary School, Kawangware School and Kawangware Academy. However, many children in the slum do not attend school(Kenya has a literacy rate of 87%).[5]
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