Ghetto Stories

Joshua Otieno Omanya has been interviewed about his work with The Cup.org and his life in Newsweek, BBC Africa and Elle UK. He grew up in Kibera, one of the world's largest informal settlements, and he is in this episode sharing stories about his life. How he grew up eating one meal per day, played soccer barefoot while he dreamt about becoming a Ronaldo and how he became involved in crime, imprisoned and then given a second chance. Today he is changing boy's lives in ghettos in Nairobi talking to them about menstruation and that crime does not pay. For more info see The Cup.org

Rachael Ouko is a young Kenyan women who grew up in the Nairobi slum of Mathare. In episode one of Ghetto Stories she describes the challenges she faced and the joy of today trying to help girls in her community. Rachael is a filmmaker as well as a photographer. She has made a film we speak about in the pod called Being Girl. To see it, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swGSvMBExBI&t=8s #Femme International. For more info about Camilla´s work helping girls in informal settlements in Kenya see www.thecup.org   Don´t forget to subsribe to the show!