After only ONE day so far filming in Kibera, African's largest slum, I can tell you that slum life really is something to be experienced. I have to admit that before we started this morning, i felt some angst about entering this home to 800,000 people after three people were killed there in a political dispute yesterday. But politics is a far cry from the world the poverty stricken people move in...they live in basic conditions...today we spent the whole day with a granny and her 9 children who live in the space of about 2 x SUV's put together. I dont know how they fit! But they do, and they are amazing people - not becasue they survived, but because despite the horrific conditions they're in, they dream of education...becoming doctors and pilots...they define love and hope for us as soon as we ask, and they are perfectly in tune with their situation. The only thing I am left wondering is how they can be helped...and I am convinced that through our contacts here, we can help them go to school. The teenage boys especially, can literally be saved if we send them to high school! Sounds crazy, but school saves kids totally from getting into the wrong hands...gangs, drugs, alcohol and it goes on. For the rest of the week, I'll keep researching the "how" - it is the beginning of an interesting journey in slum life.
Love the AGT team
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