Walking Thru Kibera

[jbalbirnie]

@sondano...

Shut the actual fuck up you stupid prick! These people

Are not lazy, most of them are dying plus there's barely any space in kibera to build anything,

You muppet... How anyone can call these people lazy is beyond me, especially since the Americans themselves didn't build these 'outhouses' you speak of, they got their black African slaves to do it for them. I know your going to come back at me with a hate comment, but if you can judge, you yourself can be judged. Having worked aroun

[wilfwat]

It is not a safe place to be.. Simply look! Just because people are nice it doesn't mean they deserve any less than what we have. Take a closer look the next time. Ask yourself would you eat, sleep let alone live in the conditions? If so, go a head and report back in a week,

[carlsm95]

I just watched an episode of Teen Cribs on MTV, where spoiled teenagers take you on a tour of their parents' gigantic mansions full of everything anyone could ever want. Some of these brats are 14 and 15 and they own BMWs that they can't even drive yet. Then I watched this, and it really makes you realize the extreme disparity in this world. It made me very grateful for being an average middle class American who doesn't have much but at the same time has a whole lot.

[youGotslapped100]

man places like these draw my greatest attention, however if I were ever to go to Kenya i wouldn't like to walk through places like these because I'm afraid what I might see

[cherylschildrenCD]

If you have a chance have a look at our channel and video and see the project we are involved in with orphans who once live in Kibera .

[carlsm95]

You know the situation is bad when the ancient Romans from thousands of years ago lived in better conditions. At least the Romans had a sewage system and paved streets.

[mistermochuelo]

Congratulations, amazing vid! I've been there but I couldn't get into the town...

[KevinKeunen]

@hexcane he's saying that it's good considering what it COULD be: a lot worse..

[84WAKEUP]

kibera teaches me how to

respect ppl

love people

equality

to fear god

fight 4 justice

makes me strong

and ppl of kibera give me strength and r my role model 4rom the bottom of my heart respect

[Canashea]

shocking that ppl live like this in 2011, wake up people, GET RID OF CAPITALISM!

[blkshabazz]

i seen kibera with my own eyes. it was a amazing site when i thought it couldn't get worse the the robert taylors or caprti greens in chicago. kibera makes the robert taylors look like beverly hills

[nigouer]

even though they have nothing they look so happy..

when will we "civalised" people ever learn from them ?.....

[Cakerolled]

@nigouer

Hohoho the darkies are happy in their poverty, we can learn from these noble savages.

[luifon22]

mann what extremly poverty. Here in Argentina we also have a lot of slums o favelas (here we say Villas Miserias) but Kibera based in the information there´s around is one of the most bigs of the world and when i´ve seen the video it socked me. Because here are overty but Kibera sems to be a place where the human live in unbealiavble conditions.

I´d like to haev a a nice coversation to anyone who lives there, for know each other, learn more and try to understand the exactly situation,

[Logan7783]

I was born, bred and still live in kibera! What some people are commenting is just like adding salt on a wound! How can u say we are lazy when many of hustle to earn a living, all the blame goes to the gov't! We try as much as we can but unemployment and lack of control measures lets us down.

[sondano]

@Logan7783 we say you are lazy because you are. Negligent filthy primitives who can't even grab a shovel dig a ditch and bury the trash or build outhouses. Most American pioneers were dirt poor they still didn't live like pigs. They had ingenuity and extremely high work ethic. You have neither. You live among garbage heaps and flying toilets for god's sake! That goes waaay beyond being poor. It would be time to take a look in the mirror instead of always blaming others.

[literyodadoz]

horrible :(

i read that 70% women in Kibera was raped once or more ;(

[warrenclarkable]

They don't seem to have any trouble breeding. Get the drift?

[SidiRunner2]

I worked in Kenya for three years in the 1960’s prior to and after independence and cannot recall anything the like of Kibera ever existing. With the departure of the British administration and the Kenyan Government becoming responsible for its own affairs the population were promised a more abundant future. Watching the video I see that 700,000 have achieved it – Well done.

[piratemgm]

in the words of the great Bill Hicks...."Can you stop your rutting for two seconds while we figure out this whole Food/Air deal?"

Go back and watch this and count the number of children you see.

[transdrole]

Where does the food come from? For that many?

[BVargas78]

There are two roots to the problem, the government for not doing enough, and also rapid population growth.

The government should get it's act together, and the people should also take some responsibility with sensible family planning. Every human should have a right to children. But they should realise that having too many children will only make this problem worse.

[ranelproductions]

man the people in detroit are very lucky.

[boggiebenda]

why should someone help , let the miros help themselves , the leaders they elect just dont care about the people

[wifegone]

get some white peoplwe to fix three problem

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[unit45x]

the pictures are blurry

[unit45x]

Wha says Jambo?

[nunoperestrelo]

jambo means hello in swahili, the local language

[lololzak]

1:05 lol

"jambo"...

*stares*

[ParkerTerrace]

I just came from Kenya. I wanted to go there really bad, but couldn't because of the tribe that my friend was in.

[LolonMatinez]

It looks poor but a lot cleaner than Dharavi in Bombay.

It must be the climate.

[dawnseattle]

Kibera a is one of my favorite places and favorite people. It is not violent, considering the lack of modern infrastructure (sanitation systems) it is clean. The children are bright faced not flies in eyes like media likes to depict. Everyone is industrious. I support organized women's groups there.

[Erovian]

@dawnseattle Ok let me just say something: having empathy and understanding for a plight is one thing, but pretending there is no problem at all is very different. I worked in and with people from Kibera for several years, and let me say that the place is beyond awful. Children do have bright faces, and upwards of 40% of them will die before the age of 25. It is most certainly NOT clean, having urine and feces in the street is testament enough to that. So please don't pretend everything's fine.

[sixdozenscots]

@dawnseattle where in kibera were you? no district of kibera i saw was anything near clean and men i know fear walking alone at night there. i've met some of the most amazing people there but there are also some of the worst. it's a place of extremes and overwhelming to even think about.

[kobie8819591]

@dawnseattle Clean? Garbage is everywhere in every pic. These people cant burn all the garbage? There is no reason to destroy the small area they have because they have no money.

[lauriesworldrox]

@dawnseattle not violent? please, i have researched kibera and during the night muggings and rapings are big. Gang violence is one of the biggest crimes, people are so poor and they resort to stealing other people's belongings. Dont get me wrong im not trying to make out that it is a sick place, they dont know any better

[marvinpaikert]

Imperialist responsible for their whole situation right now,..

[itsbenagain]

my friend who lives there is taking me soon

[someuser91]

if niggers ruled the world, every city would look like this

[YungWilly]

You're right! Kenyans dont say jambo! The government should start doing something about this.

[andr0zz]

I always hear about stupid wealthy people killing themselves because they lost money in the stock market. Poor people in african countries actually have a reason to kill themselves- they're lives are hell and they are in complete distress.

[emmawahlstrom]

Thank you for posting this! I've been in Kibera and think a lot of people needs to see this to really understand what its like there. It is a dangerous place and I understand why a tourguide doesn't take people there. But people there are so friendly and it makes you kind of "like" Kibera (you don't like the slum, but the people you meet and their attitude towards strangers)

Thanks anyway!

[shelzo]

poor bastards dont know any better. your ignorence makes me sick

[Fronika]

@shelzo Yes, I can see that. It looks like Paradise. I must move there.

[kendall85]

i lived there for 3 months. it doesn't matter if you're white. as long as you're friendly, smart, and open-minded you'll be fine.

ps kenyans dont say jambo. its a tourist thing.

[lavidalocaliving]

When I was in Kenya doing safari, I asked my tour guide to take us to Kibera and he told me it's very dangerous there and do not take any pictures.

This place is worse than the worst zoo in the world. Americans are really blessed!

[ikillmofos]

Puts our lives into perspective.

[sataari]

damn! yo is this for real

[OneWorldTV]

thanks for posting this,

[bugablue]

This is sad to see, but the people look happy. The kids look full of energy and seem to play happily. Not like the videos designed to make you pity them so you give money.

[Jefftoye99]

Seeing that video brought me back to earth. We take what we have for granted.

[biestie]

when i watch this video i feel ashamed of the "wester" ignorance!

will africa ever have a chnace ? europe must pull down its trade barriers - now!

[jenkins3927]

fuck you man, u obviously dont know shit, u prolly never been 2 africa, I have so fuck off!

[jenkins3927]

hey man i was a vol in the shit, ive seen that shit 2, im not some fucking tourist and im also not some biggoted asshole fuck u

[unit45x]

then don't speak like you are, if you really want to help anyone but your own ego, whoops, did I actually say that!

[pauldarilek]

We just dug a hole in the ground in Kibera to find water and it was more than 1,000 feet deep. They'd die trying to do that with a shovel. We had to use $500,000 of machinery to do it. People in Kibera work hard but don't have that kind of money.

[lololzak]

learn what your talking about before you say it... africans work their asses off just to live another day...

so how can you say that their lazy?

[makeachangeprods]

Thank you for posting thi!

[MuskokaLad]

Good work people.

[papakale]

good job