In mid-August 2015 Harry Knopke and Jim Tuinstra (along with Jim’s grandson Kyle) traveled to Kenya to meet with John Nyagwencha, ACI-Kenya CEO, and his staff; review the coming year’s business plan; visit a number of sites in the Kisii area; as well as evaluate the feasibility of a project requested for the Mogoso School in Kibera, the largest slum in Africa and among the five worst slums in the world.

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There are several districts in the Kibera slum that borders downtown Nairobi. Each one has a central, official area housing security and other services
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The national government is finally starting to address the problems of Kibera. In addition to building mixed-income housing to eventually replace the slum dwellings, it has installed “hudumas” in each district to provide a full range of services to inhabitants.
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Walking through the district to the Mogoso school. This is the main rail road that goes through the residential areas to Uganda.
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Passerbys
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Cleaning out a water source.
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Neighborhood church.
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John Nyagwencha on the side street where the school is located.
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Harry and Doreen, one of the two officers assigned to guide us through the streets to the school.
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Entry gate.
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Interior wall.
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Part of the courtyard, an oasis in the slum.
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A classroom.
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The industrial arts room where students learn to sew and make a variety of products the school sells.
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This was a holiday but nonetheless over 100 students showed up anyway, in part to have the one meal per day they can rely on. They also divided into groups to perform a number of songs for us.
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The school’s well; we’ll be installling a solar-powered summersible pump in it that will bring water to an ACI facility filter located in the kitchen in an adjacent strcture.
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The kitchen
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The door to the school. A second ACI facility filter system will be installed next to this tank to provide clean water the school can sell to the local community.

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Mama Choo Choo (Lilian), the school’s founder, with Tony, once one of her orphans whom she adopted who now has a college degree and teaches music and music therapy at the school.