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Resilient Hopeful Humans
The insights on this site come directly from conversations with Gioto residents and community leaders, gathered by the Cabbage & Crayons team
Resilient Hopeful Humans
The insights on this site come directly from conversations with Gioto residents and community leaders, gathered by the Cabbage & Crayons team
Gioto dumpsite in Central Kenya is the main dumpsite for the city of Nakuru. Over a thousand people of all ages live in and around the dumpsite. Their homes are literally built on and from piles of garbage. The dump serves as their main resource for food, clothing, building materials, and income. In order to survive, children and adults rummage through the trash to eat discarded, rotting food and sell plastic for less than $1/day.
Due to political conflicts, forceful displacement, and extreme poverty, people began seeking refuge in the Gioto dumpsite in the early 1970’s. Local leaders are trying their best, yet, their limitless hearts battle with their limited resources and the community remains with little opportunity and a lot of stigma.
The travesties that can exist anywhere in our world are multiplied without resources or power. Violence, hunger, exploitation and a lack mental health support hinder a promising future for the Gioto residents.
We have seen this truth, especially in the most vulnerable; the sick, the elderly, the women, and the youngesters.
It is hard to fathom children playing barefoot amongst needles and rotting food, but it is their daily reality in the Gioto dumpsite.
Thanks to so many collaborations and supporters some children have been given the opportunity to attend school. Education & hope often leads many of them to return to Gioto to uplift their families & community.
Barriers such as studying at night with no electricity, the need to support themselves or their family, and exploitation through drugs and sex, has caused many children to quit school or graduate with little opportunity to go to college successfully.
This precious community longs for a better chance for their children and for one another. They are grateful to God for the life they are given and would love an opportunity to thrive. Our school project is needed, researched, and a desired support for their community.
We have been given the chance to help fan the flame of hope for the Gioto residents.
Will you join us?
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