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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