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Kitonyi is the firstborn in a family of six in Mathare. He has just finished Form Four. That alone feels like an achievement. In his home, survival has always come before dreams. His father works at the dumpsite, sorting through waste under the hot sun for whatever little he can earn in a day. His mother sells illicit brew, not because she is proud of it, but because hunger does not wait for legal options. Between them, they manage to keep the family going, barely. Some days

In places like Mathare, childhood can look very different from what most people imagine. Many households are headed by single parents. Survival often depends on whatever work can be found that day. Janet is ten years old. Her mother is a single parent who survives by washing clothes in nearby Eastleigh. It is the kind of work that depends on availability and pays just enough to get through the day. She leaves early in the morning and usually returns home around 8 or