11/10/2024
A son's laughter is music to her mother's ears and brings joy to her soul.
But to Agnes Wanjiru, it's been years of pain and struggle watching her Son 28-Year-Olf Macharia struggling through depression and lives in a tent at a local dump site where he makes a living through garbage collection and recycling plastic products. The mother of seven makes a living through collecting firewood and logs from the nearby forest and sells them locally at Ksh 100 ($ 0.8) so she can pay her grandchildrens school, food and manage her rent. Joseph collects the recycled plastic waste and later sells them to local pplastic waste collectors who pays Ksh 10 or less per Kilogram. Agnes Wanjiru prays that her son will get a job someday and buy her a piece of land away from Kibera.
Photography: Donwilson Odhiambo
