DRUGS

Drugs are great barriers to human development. In Mathare slums, cheap drugs and glue-sniffing are an increasing problem. Initially taken to alleviate boredom, chang'aa is additively cheap alcoholic brew that has also affected people.
With over 50% unemployment in Mathare, many start drinking and taking drugs at an early age and during the morning hours leading to huge  problems of violence and crime.
The Government of Kenya, churches and other NGOs have come in to help to solve the sit6uation by showing that chang'aa makers how to make the drink less poisonous due to the fact that some people consume the drink and end up loosing their lives or even battering their spouses to death.
There is more need for other stake holders to join in the race of stopping drug consumption.

Location: MATHARE, NAIROBI, KENYA